Flood aid meeting for Czech Village area
Residents affected by the flood in the Czech Village and South West areas are urged to attend a 1 p.m. meeting at Jefferson High School auditorium. The Czech Village Association and South West Area Neighbors Association organized the event with city officials FEMA state and county representatives and Red Cross staff ready to answer questions.
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Czech Village
South West Area
Jefferson High School
Czech Village Association
Cedar Rapids Woman Dies In Robins Car Crash
Blair E Burke a 22 year old Cedar Rapids resident was killed when her car rolled on North Center Point Road north of Robins after midnight Authorities say she was not wearing a seat belt and died at the scene The vehicle veered crossed the center line and rolled into an east ditch before stopping upright
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Blair E. Burke
Cedar Rapids
Center Point Road
Robins
Iowa State Patrol
Burke
County Home Road
Hawkeye Court residents allowed back into apartments
The University of Iowa permitted most Hawkeye Court residents to return as floodwater-damaged units were limited to 76 of 504 apartments. Evacuation days were June 12 and 13, with many residents staying in Hillcrest and Parklawn halls and Hawkeye Drive Apartments. Juan Diaz-Toledo found his books dry but officials cautioned on unknown damages.
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University of Iowa
Hawkeye Court
Kate Fitzgerald
Hillcrest
Parklawn
Hawkeye Drive
Juan Diaz-Toledo
Puerto Rico
Fitzgerald
Sunrise Sunset newsletter minds homebound readers across states
Ione Murdock writes Sunrise Sunset a four page monthly newsletter begun in 1994 for home bound people. It reaches more than 600 readers in 21 states with copies sent by churches Meals on Wheels and Cedar Rapids volunteers.
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Ione Murdock
Grant
Lotus Poole
Waterloo
Arizona
Ione
Carl
Illinois
California
Colorado
New York
Virginia
Tucson
Iane
Jane Murdock
Hiawatha
Cedar Rapids flood leaves 400000 cubic yards for landfill
City crews use end loaders and trash crews to clear 1300 blocks in 9.2 square miles as Cedar Rapids tackles flood debris. Karmin McShane of the Solid Waste Agency says 400000 cubic yards will go to the landfill, about 350000 a typical year, enough to fill two football fields 60 feet deep.
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Edar Rapids
Tom Podzimek
Cedar Rapids
Linn County
Karmin McShane
Solid Waste Agency
Federal Emergency Management Agency
McShane
Waste sorting rules amid flood debris and Mount Trashmore reopening
Residents must separate flood damaged items into five piles including garbage hazardous waste appliances electronics and tires while most trash goes to Site 2 at County Home Road. Emergency approval allows Site 1 to handle industrial dump traffic as trucks unload flood waste and officials consider expanding Site 2 and even a third development phase.
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Jonathan D. Woods
the Gazette
Iowa Department of Transportation
Cedar Rapids
Linn County Solid Waste Agency
Mount Trashmore
Solid Waste Agency
Site 2
County Home Road
Highway 13
McShane
Iowa Department of Natural Resources
Site 1
Iowa
Marion
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