A Second Street Interchange Reinstated by RPC Vote
Citizens opposed to a Forty-second Street NE interchange saw the plan revived by the Linn County RPC after an 18-2 vote. The reinstatement hinges on completing Collins road west to Edgewood road and opening it with state approval. Critics griped of a sell-out as about 200 attendees left City Hall Armory after midnight.
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Forty-second Street
Linn County Regional Planning Commission
RPC
City Hall Armory
Collins Road
Edgewood Road
Collins
Canney
Public Improvements
Richard Phillips
Linn
Phillips
Colton
Ken Glass
Redbud Road
Glass
Bob Walkup
Marilyn Drive
IDOT
Thirty-fourth Street
Mt. Vernon Road
Marion Bypass
Interchange debate splits Cedar Rapids officials on Forty-second Street
Cedar Rapids officials clash over the Forty-second street interchange and the Collins road extension. Mayor Don Canney pushes reinstatement citing negotiating power, while opponents press for studying alternatives. The commission advances a compromise plan replacing the Thirty-fourth street extension with a diagonal highway and improved East Post road, with further hearings planned.
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Cedar Rapids
Don Canney
Collins Road
Canney
State Department
Commission
Thirty-fourth Street
Marion Bypass
First Avenue
East Post Road
Green Valley
Thirty-third
Thirtyfourth Street
Don Salyer
Cottage Grove Avenue
Waterloo Man Challenges Part of Iowa ADC Law
A Waterloo man filed a class action in Cedar Rapids federal court challenging Iowa ADC provisions as unconstitutional. He argues his minor daughter Cynthia and her child Koya live with him while he and Cynthia each receive monthly benefits. The suit cites lower court rulings upholding a similar prohibition as unconstitutional.
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Waterloo
Cedar Rapids
Iowa
Harry Griffith
State Commissioner of Social Services
Kevin Burns
Cynthia
Koya
Griffith
Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals
Preservation vs City of Future at Kirkwood
Kirkwood Community College hosts an energy and housing conference featuring David Monk of ERES Champaign and Cosanti Foundation critics Kerry Gordon and colleagues arguing for Arcosanti. Monk advocates functional reuse of structures, while Cosanti promotes alternative city design centered on solar power and new community models. The conference runs sessions through Wednesday with free admission and panels on energy system design and maintenance.
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Kirkwood Community College
Iowa Hall
David Monk
Educational Resources In Environmental Sciences
ERES
Champaign
III
Monk
Cosanti Foundation of
Arizona
Gordon
Cosanti
Arcosanti
Mexico
Illinois
University of Illinois
McDonald’s
Hamburger
Big Mac Company
Big City
Kirkwood
Iowa Arts Council
Former Rector Arthur Kinsolving Dies at 77
The Rev. Arthur Lee Kinsolving, former rector of St. James Episcopal in New York and Trinity in Boston, died of cancer Monday at the Greater Baltimore Medical Center. He was 77.
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Baltimore
Arthur Lee Kinsolving
St. James Episcopal Church
New York
Trinity
Beltone offers free non-operating hearing aid model
In Chicago Beltone advertises a free non working miniature hearing aid model. The model weighs under a third of an ounce and sits at ear level in one unit. No cost or obligation is stated. Send for the free model to Beltone Electronics Corp Dept 2543, 4201 W Victoria Ave, Chicago IL 60646.
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Chicago
Ill
Beltone
Beltone Electronics Corp
W. Victoria
Illinois
United Way Linn County Holds Annual Meeting
The Linn county United Way will hold its annual meeting at 4 p.m. Wednesday in the Education Service center board room at 346 Second avenue SW. The session will elect officers and board members for the coming year and review past year activities. All contributors are invited to attend and vote.
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Linn County
United Way
Education Service Center
Second Avenue
Aquacises for Women at YM Central YMCA
The Central YM offers women only aquacises with no swimming required. Sessions run four times weekly with 9:30 to 10 a.m. on Monday Wednesday Friday and 7 to 7:30 p.m. Tuesday. Members join free. nonmembers enroll for ten weeks at $15. For details contact Cherie Gothe at 366 6421.
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Central
Cherie Gothe
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Mike Deupree
Lozette City Hall
Edo
SONOS
APC
Federal Highway Administration
FHWA
Environmental Review Committee
United Way Annual Meeting
Folger
the Folger Coffee CO
Don Owen
Bishops
Lindale Plaza
Bishops Buffet
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