Cedar Rapids and Linn County Meeting Schedule Highlights
Calendar notices list multiple morning and evening sessions across Cedar Rapids City Hall and county offices. Canceled Linn County Supervisors session. meetings include Human Resources Advisory Board Public Health Department Empowerment Finance Committee Marion City Council Hiawatha Water Board Linn County EMA Robins boards and Black Hawk County Supervisors in Waterloo.
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Cedar Rapids
Hiawatha Water Board
10Th Ave
Linn County Emergency Management Agency
Cedar Rapids City Hall
Robins Board of Adjustment
City Hall
Robins Public Works
Public Works
Community Events and Health Services Listings in Cedar Rapids and Iowa City
Local schedules show Tai Chi at Indian Creek Nature Center and author Janis Agee reading at Prairie Lights in Iowa City. Also listed are markets at City Market and Sycamore Mall, free clinics, STD screening by Linn County Public Health, and drive through recycling sites in Cedar Rapids and Marion with contact numbers.
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Indian Creek Nature Center
Otis Rd
Cedar Rapids
Prairie Lights
Janis Agee
Prairie Lights Books
S. Dubuque St
Iowa City
Indigo Road
Prairielightsbooks
Public Works Complex
Sixth St
Marion
35Th St
Bluestem Solid Waste Agency
Red Cedar Chamber Music Concerts and Poetry Readings Listed
This week offers a noon preview of Ries pieces at Cedar Rapids Museum of Art 410 Third Ave SE free. An 8 pm concert at Ainsworth Opera House features Ries pieces with admission 7 dollars for adults 3 dollars for students. Richard Jackson reads at Prairie Lights Books 15 S Dubuque St Iowa City for free. Send Community Calendar submissions to Gazette.
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Cedar Rapids Free Medical Clinic
Third Ave. SE
Linn County Public Health
13Th St. NW
Jane Boyd Community House
14Th Ave
Red Cedar
Ries
Cedar Rapids Museum of Art
Third Ave
Crma.org
Ainsworth Opera House
Ainsworth
Prairie Lights
Richard Jackson
Prairie Lights Books
S. Dubuque St
Iowa City
Prairielightsbooks
Riverside celebrates Trek Fest honoring Star Trek captain
Riverside honors Capt. James T. Kirk as future birthplace with a parade unit from City Park. Roy McCoy a concrete mason air inflated the trailer carrying the USS Riverside before the North Liberty Fun Days parade last Saturday. Riverside plans Trek Fest on June 27 and 28.
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Riverside
Roy McCoy
James T. Kirk
North Liberty
Riverside memories unfold from pigeons to Velocipede era
Suzanne Barnes recounts Riverside's 19th century oddities from 1851 passenger pigeon invasions to the Velocipede era and early local dance halls. The piece notes Prohibition era disruptions, a New Year’s Eve brawl, and long-time residents Mary Huffman and Irene Thompson recalling dances, schools, and department stores. The Gazette invites reader feedback at Delgato's today.
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Suzanne Barnes
Gazette
Riverside
Mraz Dance Hall
Town
Chris Boyd
Boyd
John Mraz
Mary Huffman
Irene Thompson
St. Mary’s School
Riverside memories of rural life and old telephone days
Riverside residents Huffman and Thompson recall growing up on farms near Riverside with no running water or electricity. They describe party lines and shared telephones, unbroken doors, and a community ready to help during fires or illnesses. A Riverside page features teens painting a new paint-ball blind near Marsengill’s timber property.
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Huffman
Thompson
Riverside
Jeremy Slay
Jordan Marsengill
Travis Shalla
Marsengill
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Farmers Markets
City Market
Sycamore Mall
West End
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Gazettecommunications.com
the Gazette
P.O
NCC
Delgato’s
First St
Melissa Heatherly
Tim Grecian
Thomann Welding
Washington County
928
Fairfax
Shellsburg
Oxford Junction
Tipton
Hopkinton
Swisher
Brandon
Homestead
Palo
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