Local Meetings and Events Roundup
A roundup of upcoming local meetings and events includes Linn County staff reviews at 3 pm in the Administrative Office Building small conference room. Marion Independent School Board at 7 pm in Longfellow Administration Building. Fairfax and Marion City Councils at 7 pm in City Hall. Venereal disease clinic 6 to 9 pm at Linn County Health Department. lectures at Mount Vernon and Mount Mercy. Boat Sport and Travel Show at Five Seasons Center. Klezmorim concert at 8 pm in Hancher Auditorium. Door at Turner Alley film noon at Cedar Rapids Museum of Art. Positive Communications Skills workshop 7 pm at Securitys Corp conference room.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Linn County
Marion Independent School Board
Longfellow
Fairfax City Council
Marion City Council
Linn County Health Department
Center Point
Turner Alley
Grant Wood
Cedar Rapids Museum of Art
Michael Newmeister
Mount Vernon
Linn District Court
August F. Hansell Jr
Newmeister
Brent Harstad
Cedar Rapids Washington High School
Pepperdine University
Malibu
Calif
Cedar Rapids
Gayla
Water system hearing draws crowd over Lincolnway Village plan
A standing room only public hearing on a proposed Lincolnway Village water system drew about 100 residents, with 600 signatures opposing and 100 supporting. Final council decision scheduled for March 18. The plan would serve about 360 homes with new water service and fire-protection benefits, but assessments range from 1200 to 2500 dollars. Some oppose due to cost and optional well usage. city cites rust reduction and improved fire protection. A new fire station is planned at 50th Avenue and Sixth Street SW with bids in April.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lincolnway Village
Donald Canney
Greiner Well Service
Steven Belay
Ken Greiner
Don Ross
Klinger St
Lee Coppock
Canney
50Th Avenue
Sixth Street
Floyd Bergen
Bergen
the Gazette
Engineers hired to study Edgewood overpass project
Cedar Rapids city council approved a feasibility study for an Edgewood overpass above railroad tracks between Highway 30 and 60th Avenue SW. Shire-Hattery Engineers, with Johnson Brickell Mulcahy, will study location length and structure at a cost of 32525 dollars, for five to six months. The council also named 11 members to a downtown improvement district commission and held a hearing on a northeast housing development with no speakers opposing it.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edgewood Road
Cedar Rapids
Highway 30
60Th Avenue
Chicago & North Western
Crandic Lines
Shire-Hattery Engineers
Johnson, Brickell, Mulcahy & Associates Inc
Traffic Transportation Specialists
Des Moines
Henry Royer
James Seifert
J. Bernard Rehnstrom
Mimi Meffert
Harold Becker
Jay Petersen
Linda Irvine
Steven Dummermuth
Thomas Wyckoff
Charles Burd
Thomas Aller
Heather Ridge
Deer Creek
Also Mentioned on This Page
Thomas Morain
Living History Farms
King Chapel
Cornell College
Cathy Brown
Mount
Mercy
McRaith Auditorium
Mount Mercy
Five Seasons Center
Securities Corp. of Iowa
Terri Hoyland
Heather Sloman
Gazette City Hall
Edgewood
Citizen
Younkers
Westdale & Lindale
VISA
Mastercard
American Express
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