Zoning Change Defended Before Cedar Rapids Realtors
Linn county officials defended a two zone proposal D 1 and D 2 to restrict rural housing on prime agricultural land. The plan would set minimum 1 acre on D 1 and 35 acre prime ag land tracts in D 2 with exceptions for existing homesteads and current developments. A public hearing is tentatively set for April 12 pending publication.
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Linn
Cedar Rapids Board of Realtors
Wapsipinicon
Cedar Rivers
Prime Ag
Stamy
Commission
Black Hawk
Buchanan
Commis
Sion
Board of Supervisors
Zoning Commission
Blairs Ferry Road
County weighs land use plan amid growth and prime ag land
Stamy cites 180 houses built last year versus 125 in Marion with 25 percent on prime agricultural land. CSR averages 63, about half the county suitable for development after excluding flood plains and already developed areas. Johnson argues for local action before state mandates, stressing flexibility to develop while protecting prime ag land.
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Monroe Township
Primarg
Marion
Johnson
Prime Ag
Linn County
Stamy
Daughter Burned in Oelwein Parents Seek $960000
Charles and Luetta DeTimmerman filed a federal suit in Cedar Rapids seeking 960000 in damages for their daughter Joetta DeTimmerman now 12 who suffered severe burns last November when a poncho she was removing from a stove caught fire. They allege the poncho purchased at Oelwein Penney's and manufactured by Cotton City Industries was defective and negligent. A jury trial was requested.
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Oelwein
Cedar Rapids
Joetta DeTimmerman
Charles
Luetta DeTimmerman
J.C. Penney Co., Inc
Cotton City Industries, Inc
Oelwein Penney
Cotton City Industries
Ellis Y Spring Sign Up Time
Registration for the Ellis YMCA spring session runs the week of April 4 with classes starting April 11. Adult swim lessons for beginners and intermediates 14 and up meet Tuesday and Thursday 7 30 to 8 pm. Women swim instruction Tuesday and Thursday 10 45 to 11 30 am. Noon aquacise runs Monday through Friday at noon for one hour. A women’s aquacise class meets Tuesday and Thursday mornings at 10. A lap lane is available for continuous swimming during Ellis Y hours.
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Ellis Ymca
Mail-Order Seed Firm President Dies at 93
George Gurney, president of Gurney Seed and Nursery, a leading mail-order seed company, died Monday in Yankton South Dakota at age 93. The brief note also mentions a 20 years ago item about a Communist Hungarian court sentencing three freedom fighters to death.
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Yankton, S.D
George Gurney
Gurney Seed and Nursery
Williams pleads innocent to false uttering of checks
Ward Williams of rural Chelsea has pleaded not guilty in Tama county district court to a charge of false uttering of checks. A trial is scheduled for May 9.
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Toledo
Ward Williams
Chelsea
Tama
State OKs Collins road extension plan advances
IDOT approves a new urban extension policy to back a Collins road extension from I 380 to Edgewood road. The agency gains legal standing to plan and schedule, but funding and exact timing remain unresolved as Cedar Rapids pushes for completion before the interstate. City officials call it a step forward toward a needed beltway link.
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Collins Road
City of
Cedar Rapids
State Department of Transportation
SDOT
I-380
Edgewood Road
Linn County
IDOT
Bob Henely
Henely
United Way Chairman Named Linn County Leader
Darrell Schumacher president of Kinderknecht Associates Inc was named chairman of the 1977 Linn County United Way campaign at the second annual awards dinner Wednesday night at the Roosevelt Royale. He previously served as vice chair and led after John Byers moved from the state as over 250 people attended the event recognizing more than 300 companies and employee groups meeting their goals.
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Darrell Schumacher
Kinderknecht Associates, Inc
Linn County United Way
Roosevelt Royale
Schumacher
John Byers
Belle Plaine to Stage Arsenic and Old Lace Tonight
Belle Plaine high school presents the Broadway hit Arsenic and Old Lace Friday and Saturday at 8 in the school gym. Cast includes Karen Kohen Gina Thompson Jeff Bevins and John Thomasson.
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Belle Plaine
Belle Plaine High School
Karen Kohen
Gina Thompson
Jeff Bevins
John Thomasson
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Jean Oxley
Robert W. Johnson
Don Stamy
County Zoning Commission
Ellis Y Spring
Regional Planning Commission
Henery
T United Way
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Owa
Des Moines
Mason City
Sigur Ci
al Weaver
Rsiorahg Ste's
1St Avenue S.E
Allen
Midland
Lance
Glidden
Lloyd's
First Avenue S.E
Lindale Plaza
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