Veterans face long waits for Agent Orange disability benefits
Iowa veterans report about 7000 pending disability claims with an 18 month average disposition time. They say delays create pressure to drop claims, while presumption of service connection for Agent Orange illnesses remains limited to Vietnam veterans and not blue water sailors.
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Tyne
Iowa
John Wilkinson
Marion
Wilkinson
Tom
Richard Davis
Iowa City
Vietnam
Ron Williams
Williams
Veterans Affairs Hospital
Dan Gannon
Ankeny
Iowa Veterans Affairs Commission
Gannon
Central Highlands
Denny Myers
Marshalltown
Navy
Myers
Ed Gaudet
de Witte
Army
1St Infantry
Gaudet
Sam
New Bohemia project eyed for underground cinema and offices
City plans for New Bohemia include Geonetric growing to 75 employees in a brick building with a first floor for retail and offices. A separate New Bohemia Station proposal won City Hall approval for Lerch’s mixed use site with a 225 seat underground cinema and hotel in Cedar Rapids.
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Iowa Steel
Martin Gardner Architecture
Marion
Altmann
Eric Engelmann
Geonetric
Engelmann
Cedar Rapids
New Bohemia
Council Mem
Lerch
City Hall
Third St
Brosh
Jennifer Pratt
OPN Architects Inc
Fea
Edgewood Road
Blairs Ferry Road
Sixth Street
12Th Avenue SE
New Bohemia Station LLC
CPN
New Bohemia Station
Supreme Court weighs Prop 8 as rulings loom in June
Justices consider standing and potential dismissal on Prop 8 challenges to California same sex marriage law. Kennedy and Alito urge caution while protesters from both sides fill the Supreme Court steps. If dismissed, Prop 8 would stay struck down in California only, leaving other states unaffected.
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Kennedy
Supreme Court
Jay Golon
New York City
California
U.S
John Roberts
Charles Cooper
Roberts
Cedar Rapids OKs Ellis Park site for rec center with April 1 FEMA deadline
City council split over site choices for a new recreation center with FEMA setting an April 1 deadline to propose a location. Ellis Park site won support for accessibility and amenities, while Harrison site drew concern over school property and green space. Olson recused himself due to district ties but backed the Ellis plan. extension with FEMA may be sought.
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Rec Center
FEMA
Northwest
Cedar Rapids
Scott Olson
Methwick
Harrison
Olson
Ann Poe
Ellis Park
Ellis Site
Don Karr
Kris Gulick
Rec
Ron Corbett
Monica Vernon
Poe
Karr
Justin Shields
Gulick
Pat Shey
Chuck Swore
Federal Emergency Management Agency
Cleveland Park
Joe O’hern
O’hern
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