Local Government and School Board Meetings and Lottery Results
A list of meetings in Cedar Rapids Linn County and surrounding areas including airport commission board, Linn County supervisors, decategorization committee, Cedar Rapids and Marion school boards, Cascade and Walker councils, MFL Mar Mac and Monticello boards, plus city lottery results. Powerball and Iowa lottery drawings reported with outcomes and upcoming jackpots. Numbers include dates and locations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cedar Rapids
Cedar Rapids School Board
Second Ave
Marion Independent School Board
Mentzer
Marion
Cascade City Council
Mar-Mac
Monona Center
Monticello School Board
Walker City Council
Vital Statistics Mercy and St Luke's Births
The Gazette notes births at Mercy and St Luke's hospitals with parent names and addresses for June 25 and 26. It lists Amy and John Church a son. Sherry and Steve Lukes a son. Tarina Sparks a son. Julie and Joe Freeland a son. Carrie and R Scott McMurrin a son. A drunken driving arrest is reported for Christa Ann Fairchild at 1:45 a.m. near Clinton Street and Iowa Avenue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amy
John Church
Cobblestone Dr
Sherry
Steve Lukes
Amana
Crystal
Christopher Smith
Ave
ST. Luke’s
Tarina Sparks
Luzerne
Julie
Joe Freeland
Larick Dr
Marion
Robert Soupene
Anamosa
Carrie
R. Scott McMurrin
B Ave. NW
Christa Ann Fairchild
S. Johnson St
No. 11
Clinton Street
Iowa Avenue
Community events and talks at Cedar Rapids venue
The YWCA hosts free facility use from 6 a.m. to 7 p.m. during the Freedom Festival. A Brown Bag Briefing titled A Community in Flux runs 12:15 to 1:30 p.m. at Beems Auditorium with panelists Abbott Lipsky Lillian Neff Lumir Dostal and Pat Crawford. Live from Studio One airs 7 to 9 p.m. at Bever Park west pavilion featuring Hawkeye Herman acoustic blues and slide guitar.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
YWCA
Beems Auditorium
Cedar Rapids Public Library
Abbott Lipsky
Lillian Neff
Lumir Dostal
Pat Crawford
Studio One
Bever Park West Pavilion
Hawkeye Herman
Linn District Court slows cases with acquittal and dismissals
Donald E. Fleetwood 44 of 1628 B Ave NE was acquitted by jury of drunken driving from an Aug 20 1993 arrest. Jeffrey D. Avis 24 of Coggan was charged with domestic assault and dismissed for lack of evidence related to Oct 25 1993 incident. Neil O. Higdon 31 of 3040 C Ave NE had a motion to dismiss granted for allegedly assaulting his wife on Aug 15 1993.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Linn District Court
Donald E. Fleetwood
B Ave. NE
Jeffrey D. Avis
Coggan
Avis
Christine Lambert
Neil O. Higdon
Higdon
Dianna
Lakota saying links culture and science at Iowa camp
University of Iowa hosts a three week Life Sciences camp for 28 American Indian youths blending Lakota philosophy with hands on science. Campers study ecosystems, field trip to Effigy Mounds, and how ancient culture informs modern technology. Teachers emphasize that culture and science can coexist and guide future careers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lyle Muller
Johnson County
Owa City
Mitakuye Oyasin
University of Iowa
American Indian Science and Engineering Society
Life Sciences
U of I
Iowa City
Joe Dan Coulter
Coulter
Marquette
Robert Carter III
Carter
Lumberton
N.C
Gazette
Linda Kahibaugh
Brooke Pinkham
Wapato
Wash
Dream Catcher inspires a native view of science at camp
OWA CITY—A camp showcases how American Indian perspectives teach science through Dream Catchers. Carolyn Penning and Joe Dan Coulter explain the web links living organisms in interdependent processes, blending culture with science and reframing learning as a cultural practice.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carolyn Penning
St. Paul, Minn
Bill Tuma
Pine Ridge
Red Cloud
Lyle Muller
Owa City
Camp
Joe Dan Coulter
U of I
Anatomy
Proactive Health Watch for Skin Cancer Epidemic
The article highlights risk awareness from page 1B with emphasis on diet and non smoking. It notes skin cancer as a growing epidemic with one in six Americans likely to get it and 1994 projections of 700000 new cases mostly basal cell carcinomas. Malignant melanoma caused 6800 deaths in 1993. The National Farm Medicine Center is a Marshfield Clinic program since 1981 addressing farm related health issues.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lee
United States
National Farm Medicine Center
Marshfield Clinic
Marshfield Medical Research Foundation
Learn It Pays to Fight City Hall in Cedar Rapids
After 1994 property valuations Cedar Rapids Board of Review upheld 59 protests by 126 owners reducing total valuations by 4.05 million dollars. Reductions split as residential 643k, commercial 3.33 million, industrial 74k. Of 81 residential protests 40 upheld, 41 commercial 18 upheld, three industrial one agricultural denied.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dick Hogan
City Hall
Cedar Rapids
Nine property valuations appealed to Linn County District Court
Cox Cable Westdale Von Maur Sweeney Co Noland Land O Lakes Bob Zimmerman Ford Klimrod Ind nine appeals total reduction requests amount to 8 083 192 Klimrod is the only new court appeal of the group Nine owners mostly commercial properties had appealed board decisions to district court Ellars Cedar Rapids assessor says eight appeals are existing cases from prior years awaiting resolution and updates to new valuations may take up to two years
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
District Court
Cox Cable
Plant Area
von Maur
Westdale
Sweeney Co
Westwynn Theatres
Carmike
HNW Associates
Noland Corp
Land O' Lakes
Bob Zimmerman Ford
Klimrod Ind
Klimrod
Board of Review
Linn County District Court
Rick Ellars
Cedar Rapids
Ellars
Benton County approves extra funds for development group
Benton County supervisors voted to add 12000 dollars to the 1995 budget of the Benton Development Group BDG bringing its total to 40000. Richard Berrier said the five year old BDG has leveraged nearly 1 million in grants loans and other funding to spur economic growth and create about 390 jobs while continuing to offer assistance to all communities despite funding gaps.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ruth Kalkbrennerens
Vinton
Benton County Supervisors
Benton Development Group
BDG
Richard Berrier
Also Mentioned on This Page
Daily Notebook
TEL
Cityline
Freedom Festival
Noelridge
Noelridge Greenhouse
Coralville
S.T. Morrison Park
Illinois
Iowa
Linn
Johnson Counties
Science and Engineering Society
The
Northwest United States
Pinkham
U of I College of Medicine
John Brewer
Brewer
Little Wound High School
South Dakota
Pine Ridge Indian Reservation
Penning
C.R
Jeffrey D. Nicholls
Gazette Inter
Tom Vernon
Chuck Weber
Vernon
Stinson
Benton Ok’s Funds
Berrier
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