City council members lead Bike-to-Work Week ride
Cedar Rapids council members Tom Podzimek Brian Fagan and Pat Shey will host a 6 30 a m bike ride starting at Greene Square Park The route heads along Cedar River Trail to C Street SW then to AEGON Kirkwood Community College and back Employees can register at Biketown site AEGON tops signups with 78 followed by the University of Iowa 27 and Rockwell Collins 17
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Tom Podzimek
Brian Fagan
Pat Shey
Greene Square Park
Cedar River
C Street
AEGON
Kirkwood Community College
Biketown
Biketowork
University of Iowa
Rockwell Collins
Stamp Out Hunger drive today collects food along routes
Letter carriers will collect non perishable food donations today along routes in Cedar Rapids Marion Hiawatha and surrounding areas. Bags left near mailboxes will be delivered to Hawkeye Area Community Action Program Food Reservoir and local food banks in Cedar Rapids Anamosa Marengo Marion West Liberty. Call your local post office for details.
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Cedar Rapids
Marion
Hiawatha
Hawkeye
Anamosa
Marengo
West Liberty
Volunteers sought to relocate Oak Ridge School playground
Blahnik Construction Co and Oak Ridge School parents in Marion seek volunteers to move a playground to Echo Hill Elementary set to open this fall. Today volunteers will disassemble and transport equipment. Sunday will landscape the former site. Work resumes Friday and ends Saturday May 17. Bring tools and gardening gear. food provided. Contact Laurie Patel at 319 538-1552.
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Blahnik Construction Co
Oak Ridge School
Marion
Echo Hill Elementary
Echo Hill
Laurie Patel
UI Nite Ride to Run Year Round at UI
University of Iowa announces year round Nite Ride service for campus women offering free rides home from 10 p.m. to 3 a.m. seven days a week, extended to 5 a.m. Sun–Thu for finals hours. Call (319) 384-1111 for pickup times or visit uiowa.edu pubsfty nite.htm for details.
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University of Iowa Police
Uiowa.edu
Culver Signs Prison Funding Plan At Fort Madison
Gov. Chet Culver traveled to Fort Madison to sign a measure authorizing more than 200 million dollars for Iowa prison renovations. The package includes 130 million to replace the aging Iowa State Penitentiary, with phased construction near the current site and a 2014 opening target.
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Fort Madison
Chet Culver
Iowa
Iowa State Penitentiary
Corrections Department
Fred Scaletta
Healing music helps burn survivor become teacher
Allison Offerman, a 19 year old Earlville native, defied doctors after severe burns to 19 percent of her body. She earned an associate degree in liberal arts with a music emphasis at Kirkwood Community College and will study instrumental music education at the University of Northern Iowa. Music served as therapy through 15 reconstructive surgeries and sparked her dream to teach middle or high school students.
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Edar Rapids
Allison Offerman
Offerman
Earlville
Kirkwood Community College
Cedar Rapids
University of Northern Iowa
Cedar Falls
University Hospitals
Iowa City
Faith and Values: Spanish Mass in Cedar Rapids Grows Clergy
The Rev. Nils Hernandez led Mass in Spanish at Immaculate Conception Church in Cedar Rapids on Sunday. The article notes a rising number of Hispanic and bilingual ministers and priests.
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Jonathan D. Woods
the Gazette
Nils Hernandez
Immaculate Conception Church
Cedar Rapids
Catholics expand Hispanic ministry in Iowa
The Catholic Church accelerates Hispanic ministry as demographics shift nationwide and in Iowa. Rev. Nils Hernandez of Cedar Rapids says more Spanish speaking priests are needed while programs grow, with St. Patrick's in Iowa City and Immaculate Conception Cedar Rapids highlighting Spanish Masses. Census figures show Iowa’s Hispanic population rising from 82,473 in 2000 to over 113,300 in 2006.
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Molly Rossiter
Gazette
Nils Hernandez
Iowa
Hernandez
Immaculate Conception Church
Third Ave. SE
Cedar Rapids
Rudolph Juarez
St. Patrick’s Church
Iowa City
Juarez
Davenport
Spelling Bee Raises Funds for Catherine McAuley Center
The Catherine McAuley Center Adult Spelling Bee hosted by Gazette teams raised over 7700 dollars for transitional housing and adult education. Participants across 11 teams from Rockwell Collins Cedar Rapids Toyota Scion Shuttleworth Ingersoll and others competed in a lighthearted event with tricky words and a spell off ending in a Gazette victory.
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Catherine McAuley Center
Gazette
Rockwell Collins
United Fire Group
Cedar Rapids Toyota Scion
Richard Pratt
Carrie van Sickel
Shuttle
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