Young craftsman builds unique x shaped guitar at home
Paul Speral, 15, and his father Terry built a one of a kind x shaped guitar in two months for about 100 dollars in materials. The handmade instrument uses wood from house stairs and a father's wiring skill while Paul hopes for a future rock band and a million selling song.
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Paul Speral
Paul
26Th Ave
Terry
Art Erickson
Music Loft
Collins
Speral House
Julie
Rural Linn County to adopt new address system this fall
Linn County plans a rural address numbering system to aid emergency response and house locating. The county board approved the ordinance and maps last year and expects paperwork to finish by August with public hearings before final approval.
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Linn County
Linn County Board of Supervisors
Bob Johnson
County
Bob LaRue
Cedar Rapids
Marion
LaRue
Bob Kent
Marion Briefs and Meetings Update
Rural Book Club plans a Friday 2 p.m. gathering at 310 32nd St. NE hosted by Mrs. W S Fisher. The Citizens' Advisory Group convenes Thursday at 7 p.m. at City Hall. Trojan Lodge 548 meets Thursday at 7:30 p.m. at the Masonic Temple. Robert Mitchell Women's Relief Corps No 126 meets Wednesday at 2 p.m. at Legion Hall.
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Rural Book Club
W.S. Fisher
32Nd St. NE
Impact
Citizens’ Advisory Group
City Hall
Masons
Trojan Lodge No. 548
Masonic Temple
Relief Corps
Robert Mitchell
Women's Relief Corps No
Legion Hall
Marion Fire Calls Summary
Fire and medical calls in Marion report multiple medical assists at 1395 Fourth Ave 1185 14th St and 1632 11th St with times Friday to Sunday. A couch fire occurred at 560 13th St and vehicle fire at 2401 Indian Creek Road. Grass fire on Dry Creek Lane and gas flush at Eighth Avenue and 12th Street.
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Fourth Ave
14Th St
11Th St
13Th St
Seventh Ave
Indian Creek Road
Dry Creek
Eighth Avenue
12Th Street
Linn-Mar High School offers $5 instructional deposits pickup
Linn-Mar High School students may pick up their $5 deposits in the high school office from June 12 through July 1. Hours are 8 a.m. to noon and 1 to 4 p.m. Unclaimed deposits must be paid for the 1981-82 year. Students owing fines or lost materials must pay by July 1.
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Linn-Mar
Balloonists stage Hare and Hound race in Cedar Rapids
The Cedar Rapids Balloon Pilots Association plans a Hare and Hound balloon race at Noel Ridge Park Sunday at 5 30 pm. Ten hot air balloonists will participate. The Hare launches first and flies about ten minutes before the Hounds chase across the sky. The winner is the Hound whose marker lands closest to the Hare. The group with 14 FFA licensed pilots aims to promote safety and public relations and to award landowners a chance on a television set through a yearly Montgolfier Day drawing on November 21.
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Cedar Rapids Balloon Pilots Association
Noelridge Park
Association
Peter Stamats
Stamats
Letters From Summer Camp
A PARADE Magazine feature compiles parent letters reflecting mixed guilt and pride about sending children to summer camp. Readers share personal anecdotes on separation, growth, and camp experiences.
Circuit Court upholds Linn force ruling in arrest case
The U.S. Eighth Circuit affirmed a Linn County District Court decision favorable to two officers, Cedar Rapids Patrolman Parnell Schmitt and Linn County Deputy Sheriff Donald Switzer, in a 1978 arrest dispute. Anthony W. Driscoll claimed excessive force and prejudicial nurse testimony. the appeals court rejected the claim.
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Linn
U.S
Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals
St. Louis
Anthony W. Driscoll
Cedar Rapids
Driscoll
Parnell Schmitt
Linn County
Donald Switzer
20Th Century
Center Point Road
Linn District Court
Switzer
U.S. Eighth Circuit
Toledo Man Faces Assault And Public Intoxication Charges
James Hill, 28, of Toledo, is charged with assaulting his wife Shirley Hill, 33, at the Town Pump in Tama. She received medical treatment and was moved to University Hospitals in Iowa City. Hill is also charged with public intoxication and held in the Toledo jail overnight. In 1977, Rosalynn Carter met missionaries in Recife who described Brazil jails as inhumane.
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TAMA
James Hill
Toledo
Shirley
University Hospitals
Iowa City
Rosalynn Carter
Recife
Brazil
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Dave Rasdal
Gazette County Reporter
Post Office
Johnson
Viola
Stone City
Prairie Chapel Road
Highway 13
Ford
Parade Magazine
Circuit Court
Fane
Jim Mayer
New Morning Gazette
Gazette
The
New Gazette Morning Daily
Jim
Iowa
Lowa
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