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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 14, 1983
Page
8
Creekside Apartments residents Mark Bechka Mary Pond and Susan Fairlie fed a mallard and her ten ducklings at the pond beside 3009 12th Ave SW. The ducklings hatched about a month ago on the grassy pond bank and vanished after heavy rains, then reappeared Monday.
The Cedar Rapids Board of Adjustment told the Catholic Worker House to secure two leased parking spaces or relocate from 1027 Fifth Ave SE. The group gained a modified lease after agreeing spaces would be available in emergencies. The panel also approved a four-space solution for Foundation II and denied a beer garden expansion for East-Side Maidrite and a home-based legal office request.
Water department director Dave Kalkwarf told the water board the annual hydrant flushing starts about 8 p.m. Wednesday and runs each evening through the weekend, with different town areas flushed nightly to clean and check hydrants and loosen iron sediment causing rusty discoloration.
The Koza family seeks the return of their peach colored Moluccan cockatoo named Peaches that flew from Paula Koza on Sunday afternoon and was last seen perched high in a tree. A reward is offered and callers may reach Gary or Paula Koza at 363-5347.
A rural Springville resident, 19 year old Stuart R. Selk, was arrested at Miller's Automotive Service after loading a .380 Colt handgun into his back pocket. Police say the weapon was unloaded and hidden in a duffle bag when officers arrived. Selk had been released from Linn County Jail two hours earlier and faces concealed weapon charges after the incident.
The Linn County Conservation Board wrestled with trail issues including a $130,000 legislative appropriation for an old railroad depot along Cedar Valley Nature Trail, how funds should be allocated between depots in Center Point and Gilbertville, and a required $250 donation for a farm crossing along the trail. Board actions also addressed a hog-market parking land lease, designated dog training areas in parks, and a $1 fee for unregistered park dump station use.
A lawn mower valued at 275 dollars was reported stolen from a garage at the Everett Dague residence 1311 19th Ave SW. Police said the thief pried open and crawled through a sliding west window, taking the mower sometime Sunday night or Monday morning.
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