Bush visits Cedar Rapids reading project fundraiser
Barbara Bush toured Cedar Rapids for a fund raiser on Lt. Gov. Terry Branstad’s gubernatorial bid and viewed a Reading is Fundamental preschool program. She autographed a book for preschooler Gabe Van Nevel, praised the program, and asked for a title for her grandchildren. About 150 attended the $50 event at Stouffer's Five Seasons Hotel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Barbara Bush
George Bush
Cedar Rapids
Terry Branstad
Brucemore
Gabe van Nevel
Barbara van Nevel
Fifth St
Branstad
Stouffer's
Five Seasons Hotel
Paraphernalia ordinance sparks Cedar Rapids petitions
Petitions with over 500 names opposing a local rule on smoking or snuff accessories were filed with the Cedar Rapids City Clerk. Public Safety Commissioner Floyd Bergen asked the city attorney to consider a drug paraphernalia ordinance, possibly with customer registration. PRIDE backs a restricting measure while Record Realm spokesman Steven Bray counters, arguing education over regulation and noting stores’ paraphernalia aren’t advertised and that home alcohol use also affects youth.
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Sam Carson
Maplewood Drive
Record Realm
First Ave
Carson
Steven Bray
Jeff Berg
PRIDE
Bray
Gazette
Council
First Avenue
TV sewer repair plan hits Cedar Rapids costs and delays
Cedar Rapids faces a summer headache as a $30,000 diagnosis escalates to a $500,000 cure for aging sewers. Officials plan televised inspections of 33,000 feet of lines, identifying cracks, root intrusion and collapses on Wilson Avenue SW and I Avenue NW. Estimates total about $235,000 for the two main problem areas plus related street work. Bids due in two weeks, with the city financing through reallocations and a lift-station upgrade at $25,000, saving $10,000 yearly.
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Cedar Rapids
Wayne Murdock
Wilson Avenue
18Th Street
Newport Drive
I Avenue NW
Ellis Boulevard
13Th Street
Murdock
Avenue NW
Richard Ransom
Ransom
32Nd Street
Lindale Drive
G Avenue
Seventh
Eighth Avenues
Eighth Streets
Taylor School
L1th
27Th
29Th Avenues
Second Street
Fourth
Fifth Avenues
Ground Transportation Center
Otis Road SE
14Th Avenue SE
Four face drunk driver counts in Linn County arrests
Four people were arrested this week on drunk driving charges in Linn County. Robert J. Staebell of 456 Mayberry Drive NW faced a third offense after a West Post Road NW chase, plus two traffic signal disobey charges. Ronald D. Helgeland of 506 Seventh Ave SW was cited for driving while license suspended, failing to surrender plates, and speeding. Roderick E. Mason of 187 Tiki Terrace Hiawatha was arrested after a Marion incident. William C. Hall Jr. of Solon faced a Sunday drunk driving charge on Blairs Ferry Road in Hiawatha.
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Linn County
West Post Road
Robert J. Staebell
Mayberry Drive
Ronald D. Helgeland
Seventh Ave
First Avenue
Roderick E. Mason
Tiki Terrace
Hiawatha
Sixth Avenue
Marion Boulevard
Marion
William C. Hall Jr
Solon
Blairs Ferry Road
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