Baby Day brings generations together at Northbrook Manor
Mary Cummings aged 101 at Northbrook Manor Care Center holds 1 year old Bobak Pourahmadi while the center hosts a Baby Day for parents with children under 6. Activities director Kathleen Becker says visitors often wanted to come but felt invited only with effort. The event aimed to unite residents and families and was considered a success by all.
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Mary Cummings
Northbrook Manor Care Center
Bobak Pourahmadi
Frank Pourahmadis
Cedar Rapids
Kathleen Becker
Mulvaney held on assault charges after deputies’ arrest
Patrick M. Mulvaney was jailed in Linn County on public intoxication and assault charges after deputies arrested him near Blairs Ferry Road and Highway 151. Two others were charged with drunken driving in Linn County. Also noted: Cedar Rapids firefighters begin union convention at Sheraton Inn and Hiawatha to fluoridate water.
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Patrick M. Mulvaney
Linn County
Mulvaney
Mount Vernon Road
Blairs Ferry Road
Highway 151
Linn County Attorney's Office
Mary J. Hill
Bever Ave
Second Avenue SE
Ronald L. Rimrodt
Fifth Ave
Old Lisbon Road
Mount Vernon
Iowa Association of Professional Firefighters
Cedar Rapids
Sheraton Inn
Larry Circle
Circle
Hiawatha Water Board
Dick Larson
Water Board
State Health Department
Larson
Hiawatha
Bruce Fenchel
Marion
Vandals Strike Coca Cola Bottling Plant Again
Vandals broke into the Coca Cola bottling plant at 851 66th Ave over the weekend, marking a second entry in as many weeks. Red paint sprayed on office equipment and trucks. police report details include three juveniles taken into custody last week in connection with the incidents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Coca-Cola
66Th Ave
Tennis back in board's court
Cedar Rapids Community School Board weighs ninth grade tennis in high school program as parent presents data challenging the plan. Jim Bradley argues more ninth graders play tennis than all high school grades. board to reexamine July 14.
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Christie Wallace
Cedar Rapids
Jim Bradley
Bradley
Vernon Drive
Ronald Moore
Cedar Rapids schools seek funds fix for 1980-81
Cedar Rapids Community Schools officials Monday reported the general fund still about $100,515 from a balanced 1980-81 budget with potential overrun up to $40,000. The district's general fund is now estimated at $48,494,793, up from 1979-80's $45,227,443, while transfers and remodeling priorities at four older junior high schools are debated.
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Cedar Rapids
Marvin Maire
Ronald Moore
General Fund
Moore
Curran Rosser
Wayne Howes
Edward Beatty
Aldrich Drahos
Maire
Winthrop Celebrates With Parade and Crownings
The Annual Winthrop Celebration opens at 11 a.m. Saturday with a kiddie parade and prince and princess crowning at 1 p.m. The program continues with games at 2 p.m., tug of war at 4 p.m., and an old-timers ball game at 6 p.m. The event is sponsored by the Commercial and Community Club.
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Winthrop
The
Commercial and Community Club
Crackdowns on chop shops curb auto theft in Midwest meeting
At a regional conference in St Louis Illinois official Scott Shaerer says licensing auto body shops and salvage yards has helped shut down about 40 large scale chop shops since 1978, reducing auto thefts by four percent while nationwide thefts rose. Kentucky’s Richard McQuewin notes tracking illicit buys of wrecked vehicles. Owners sometimes stage thefts for insurance and split proceeds with chop shops, with about half of auto thefts allegedly arranged by owners.
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Nancy Stevens
Illinois
American Association of Motor Vehicle Administrators
Stouffer's Hotel
Scott Shaerer
Illinois State Attorney's Office
Shaerer
Richard McQuewin
Kentucky
McQuewin
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C.R
Howard McClellan
Boston
Federation
Second Ave
Leo Engebritson
Robins Road
Webb Patterson
Cheryl Briar
Grant Wood
American Red Cross
Red Cross
Westdale Mall
State Department of Public Instruction
Louis Harris
By Christie Wallace
Craig Anderson
Wilson Junior High School
Anderson
Wilson
Winthrop Festival
Bridge
the Gazette
Charles J. Clarke
Ili
Clarke Investment
Clarke
United States
Heraton Inn
Chop Shop
Wesrvice
Ame
Erhead
Chanter
Ceder Roads
Iowa City
8Th Ave
Rich Etscheidt
Newhall
Bill Hungerford
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