Cedar Rapids School Board to Buy 800 Computers
The Cedar Rapids school board will consider approving a purchase of 800 Cotplex GX100/L PCs from Dell Computer Corp for 845 each, totaling 676000, loaded with Windows 98. Installation in half of the district's elementary schools is planned this summer and the meeting is at 7 30 p m in the Educational Service Center.
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Cedar Rapids
Dell Computer Corp
Round Rock
Texas
Educational Service Center
Second Ave
Regis Middle School Hosts Meet the Teachers Night
Regis Middle School schedules Meet the Teachers Night for prospective students and parents. Staff and volunteers will host current sixth graders Monday seventh graders Tuesday and fifth graders Thursday at 6 30 p m at 735 Prairie Dr NE. Information on the 2000 2001 calendar curriculum busing and dress code will be presented.
Edgewood Road Northbound Closure Detours Planned
Part of Edgewood Road SW will close to northbound traffic starting Tuesday for two days. From 8 a.m. northbound traffic between 60th Avenue and Prairie Creek bridge will be halted for asphalt repairs with a detour via 60th Avenue to Sixth Street. Southbound lanes stay open.
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Edgewood
Edgewood Road
60Th Avenue
Prairie Creek Bridge
Sixth Street
Girl Falls 12 Feet From Bleachers At Softball Clinic
Four year old Hannah Van Horne was flown to St Luke’s Hospital Cedar Rapids after slipping through a bleacher gap and falling twelve feet onto concrete. Doctors found no broken bones after X rays and she was released. The accident occurred at Benton Community Schools softball diamond around 3 45 p m and Hannah was transported by ambulance then helicopter due to blood pressure drop.
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St. Luke's Hospital
Cedar Rapids
Kim Miller
Keystone
Hannah
Miller
Mary Rausch
Benton
Week Ahead Community Meetings and Auctions Schedule
A dense weekly ledger lists key economic reports from the Commerce Department and PMI, multiple Treasury bill auctions, and a slate of local meetings. Notable events include NABM April economy briefing, MBA chapter gatherings at St Peter and Paul and Tivoli Gardens, plus Linn County landlord and PR group sessions.
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Commerce Department
National Association of Purchasing Management
Treasury
Eastern Iowa
International Facilities Managers Association
St. Peter and Paul
Sheraton
Four Points
Toastmasters Club
Collins Communicators
Rockwell Collins
Watts
Alliant Tower
Treasury Bill
Criabwa
American Business Women's Association
Bishop's
Lindale Mall
Linn Medical
Kirkwood Community College
Linn Hall
Labor Department
Freddie Mac
Cedar Rapids Public Relations Associates
Clark Alumni
Coe College
Linn County
Windsor On the River
Buckingham Dr. NW
Cedar Rapids
Diversity Garden to grow Cross Cultural Harvest in Postville
In Postville Iowa a former baseball diamond becomes the Diversity Garden offering 19 ethnic groups space to cultivate traditional fruits and vegetables. The plan centers on transforming the outfield into family plots with a pond at home plate and seeds provided free by the Diversity Committee. Information is available in Russian at John's Hardware Center and in Spanish at St. Bridget's Church.
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Marlene Lucas Uwazette
Ostville
Postville
John’s Hardware Center
St. Bridget’s Church
Ukraine
Growing in the Garden project aids Postville families
Fran Passmore of Iowa State University coordi nates a free four session Growing in the Garden program for parents and children of diverse backgrounds at Memorial Hall Postville. Sessions run 3 to 4 pm May 21 28 June 3 and 11.
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Fran Passmore
Iowa State University Extension
Memorial Hall
Postville
Passmore
Barb Drahos
Becky Meyer
Merle Turner
Drahos
Iowa
EarthYear
John Hyman
Iowa State University
Waukon
Bicycle builder enjoys his slow roll
Steve Hansel runs Linear Manufacturing in Guttenberg with eight staff building hand crafted recumbent bikes. The firm ships to England with orders from 125 bikes as its largest batch and exports about 10 percent to Europe and the Middle East.
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James Q. Lynch
Guttenberg
Linear Manufacturing
Steve Hansel
England
Hansel
Linear
Garnaville
Kann Manufacturing
Dirk Kann
Kann
Iown
Iowa State University
Europe
Middle East
U.S
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van Horne
George Ford
the Gazette
P.O
Georges
Fyiowa
Id Lee Hen
Dave Impehi
Castalia
Impehl
Department of Public Works
John’s Hardware
Sharon Drahn
Gazette
Steve
Barbara
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