Daily Notebook of Local Meetings and Events
A dense listing of Marion and Cedar Rapids civic meetings and events with schedules. Includes civil service, board of supervisors, city councils, planning commissions, and school athletic council. Also features library programs, lectures, a choir concert, health clinic, recycling sites, and lottery results.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marion Civil Service Commission
Linn County Board of Supervisors
Normal
Linn County Administrative Ofice
Cedar Rapids
Marion Planning & Zoning Commission
Armal
City Hall
Council Chambers
Joy Luck Club
Busse
Mount Mercy College
Hitchhiker involved in cross county chase ends with arrests
David Harris of Cedar Falls was picked up by Thomas Rose of New Haven Missouri and became entangled in a 40 minute chase from Tama to Grundy counties at speeds up to 100 mph. Rose faced multiple charges including eluding and no license. Passengers Rachel Buchholtz and Arica Dare were not charged. Rose posted bond and was released.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dave Gosch
Tama County
Des Moines
Rose
Rachel Buchholtz
Arica Dare
New Haven
Harris
Sheriff's Office
Iowa
Grundy County
Toll lectures on Holocaust lessons across generations
Toll, who arrived in the United States in 1950, holds a Rutgers master’s in art and art history and education and is pursuing a Penn doctorate. She has degrees in art therapy and counseling and authored Without Surrender and When Memory Speaks due this fall. A Holocaust Museum consultant, her talks stress how devastating prejudice can be and the need to prevent genocide.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Toll
Rutgers University
University of Pennsylvania
Holocaust Museum
Washington, D.C
Monet
van Gogh
Gauguin
Cezanne
Coe College
Peter Thompson
Thompson
Hickok Hall
Red Cross mobilizes volunteers as disasters strike across states
Lorie Glover, state Red Cross director of emergency services, says Iowa may field up to 279 trained volunteers for out of state relief as floods and tornadoes hit Mississippi Arkansas Ohio and Illinois. Cedar Rapids volunteers tally readiness while weather service tracks potential rainfall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Glover
Donna Lee Olson
Cedar Rapids
Tennessee
Kentucky
Ohio
West Virginia
National Weather Service
Rezoning withdrawal for gas station near Toddville
Linn County Board of Supervisors accepted the Carlson bid to withdraw a commercial rezoning request for land south of Toddville where they planned a convenience store at Loggerhead and County Home roads west of I 380. Neighbors opposed the project and Maps changes fed delay. The Carlsons also pulled a residential request for nearby land to build four to six one acre lots.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ann Varette
Toddville
Linn County Board of Supervisors
Roger
Mary Jo Carlson
25Th Ave
Marion
Loggerhead
County Home Roads
Interstate 380
Linn County
Rebecca Palmer
Center Point Road
Carlsons
Linn County Planning and Zoning Commission
All-City Instrumental Music Contest Entries Due Friday
Friday marks the deadline for the Cedar Rapids All-City Instrumental Music Contest entries. Forms are available from music teachers in district schools for the kindergarten through 12th grade competition held April 12 at Kennedy High School.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cedar Rapids
Kennedy High School
Educational Service Center
Second Ave
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Daily Notebook
Augsburg Choir
First Lutheran Church
Martin Luther King T
LINIC
Linn County Health Department
13Th St
Public Works Complex
Sixth St
Wilson Ave
Marion Recycling
35Th St
DWA Lottery
Llinois Lottery
Ital Statistics
IERCY
Adriane
Cory Szabo
15Th Ave. W
Kristin
Matt Lundh
20Th St. E
Sheryl
Robert Kellett
F Ave. NW
Benedicte
Ron Corbett
30Th St. SE
T. Luke's
Lisa
Peter Gordon
Shelisburg
Debra St
Cynthia
David Lyon
Independence
Maria Leslie
Sixth St. SW
Kelly
Lynn Ahrendsen
Clarence
Lori and the Bush
Fifth Ave. SE
Tracy and
Jayne Fisher
Coggan
Gazette Fromublic
Jim County
Runken
Shannon K. Brostad
Palo
Johnson Avenue NW
Sarah R. Frey
Kirkwood Blvd
First Avenue
Bunyan T. Howell
Ely
Old River
John W. McGee II
16Th St
Hiawatha
Robert A. Simoons
Oak Crest Ct
Fifth Avenue
Shane A. Stewart
Michael St
Second Street
Theodore R. Bascom
Center St
Brian A. Hopp
34Th St
Collins Road
John F. Kiegle
L St
Sixthtreet
16Th Avenue
Deborah K. Primmer
Boxwood Sn
Second Avenue
Lisa R. Andrews
10Th St
Demmel
Westover
Craig A. Proesch
Tipton
Rockford Road
Timothy J. Weaver
14Th St. SE
Diane Weaver
Richard S. Parsons
K Ave. NW
Peggy Wenger
Nathan R. Johnson
Alburnett
Tammy Jinderkne
David L. Gilliam
METRO
Red Cross
By Steve Gravelle
Mississippi
Arkansas
Illinois
Lorie Glover
Coe Forum
A.m
Gage Memorial Union
C.R
Rockwell
Rockwell Avionics & Communications
Parsons Technology
WMT
Rick Sellers
Freedom Festival Chorale
Nancy Wendler
Marion Independent Schools
Vernon Middle School
Shirley Rinderknecht
Tina Foss
Larry Bobe
College Community School District
College Community
Linn
Johnson Counties
Walford
Benton County
Kirkwood Community College
Heritage Area Agency On Aging Center
Kirkwood
Monroe
Johnson, Grant Wood
Erskine
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