Cedar Rapids golf courses to open Friday weather permitting
Cedar Rapids four municipal golf courses will open Friday weather permitting. Parks director Elmer Delaney said frost in mornings may delay openings. Reservations for any course can be made at any clubhouse up to nine days in advance, in person, 35 cents per player, with no reservations first weekend. All players must register at the clubhouse. Tennis courts at four city parks are also open.
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Cedar Rapids
Elmer Delaney
Delaney
Jones Park
Ellis Park
Squaw Creek
Twin Pines
Jones, Bever, Ellis and
Noelridge Parks
Community Builder award to Scherrman
Emmett Scherrman of 3614 Bever Ave SE received the B'nai B'rith Community Builder Award at the Cedar Rapids Marion Area Chamber of Commerce dinner at Veterans Memorial Coliseum Armory. Gary Goldstein praised Scherrman for his community work with United Way Mount Mercy Mercy Hospital Boy Scouts and YMCA while noting his quiet dedication to family and All Saints Church.
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Emmett Scherrman
Bever Ave
B'nai B’rith
Gary Goldstein
B'nai B'rith
Cedar Rapids-Marion Area
Mount Mercy College
Mercy Hospital
Boy Scouts
YMCA
Scherrman
United Way
Mount Mercy Board
Linn County overrun on court ordered evaluations rises
Linn County's budget for court ordered psychiatric evaluations has ballooned to twenty seven thousand seven hundred ninety dollars by February end, well above the ten thousand dollar yearly plan. Disputes with DSS over who pays for out of state cases and a recent Eldora facility shutdown drive the surge.
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Mary Burke Razette
Linn County
Jean Oxley
Linn County Board of Supervisors
Eldora
Joe Rinas
Ken Shriner
Oxley
St. Luke’s Hospital
Iowa Medical Security
Oakdale
South Dakota
Linn
Nelson
Spicher
Linn County Auditor's
Fire at Metro High School From Lighter Trick
A student demonstrated a lighter trick at Metro High School just before noon, causing sparks that ignited leaves and trash beneath wooden steps. The flames were doused by students with a water-filled wastebasket, and firefighters arrived to confirm the fire was out. Lt. Lawrence Spielbauer of the Fire Prevention Bureau reported the sequence.
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Metro High School
Lawrence Spielbauer
Fire Prevention Bureau
Spielbauer
Teamsters and Sweeteners Resume Talks Over Strike
Representatives of striking Teamsters at ADM Corn Sweeteners and company negotiators plan to resume talks next Wednesday. About 180 production workers have been on strike since the old contract expired on November 1.
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Teamsters
Adm-Corn Sweeteners
Ex-sergeant forfeits profits in heroin smuggling case
Detroit report says Michael Pokorney, a former Air Force sergeant, agreed to forfeit more than 250000 in proceeds from a large wholesale narcotics operation run from his Romeo home from 1974 to 1978. UPI says the case tests DOJ authority to seize profits of a continuing criminal enterprise. The forfeiture stems from sale proceeds of Pokorney’s home. His wife and her Thai sisters allegedly smuggled Asian white heroin for fees up to 10000 per trip.
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Detroit
UPI
Air Force
U.S
Richard Rossman
Department of Justice
Michael Pokorney
Romeo
Pokorney
The Best of a Lean Year at the 53rd Academy Awards
PARADE Magazine previews the 53rd Academy Awards noting a lean year for spectacle and star power. It highlights expectations, potential surprises, and the tone of the ceremony as seen in Parade's Sunday feature.
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Parade
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Lodge of
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Maypark
Manhattan
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Kennebec Norland Cabhiar
Wei Viking Mayfair
Atri
Nursery & Garden Center
Windale Mall
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Aileen
2Nd Ave
Westdale
Siedke
Missy
Thirty-Second
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