Marion resident’s guide to edible wild plants and mushrooms
Yvonne Chadek, a Vernon Middle School teacher and wild foods expert, shares methods for safely foraging and cooking cattails and morels. She teaches Kirkwood Community College courses and warns that poisonous mushrooms can be deadly, advising learners to identify species one by one and cook properly to avoid illness.
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Euell Gibbons
Yvonne Chadek
Vernon Middle School
Gibbons
Mrs. Chadek
Kirkwood Community College
Marion
Upstate
New York
Chadek
Mount Vernon
Cedar Rapids Knife Attack, Picket Gun Incident Reported
Metro Roundup details multiple Cedar Rapids incidents including Christopher C. Comes, 17, wounded in Shaver Park after four assailants approached his car. Police report one suspect waved a knife. Comes sustained five cuts. Also, Roger Dean Coker, 60, a special police officer, arrested for pointing a revolver at a worker. he holds a gun permit. A 20 year old Atlantic man suffered serious injuries when a car hit a utility pole on Mount Vernon Road SE. Mikuls faces drunk driving charges. Worthington is in serious condition with spinal injuries.
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Christopher C. Comes
Pirie Drive
Hiawatha
St. Luke’s Hospital
Shaver Park
Cedar Rapids
Comes
Angelwein
ADM Corn Sweeteners
Waconia Ave
Roger Dean Coker
Glenn M. Dunham
Coker
Peewee
Oelwein
Linn
Atlantic
Mount Vernon Road
Jeff T. Worthington
Stephen M. Mikuls
Red Oak
Linn Sheriff's Department
Mikuls
Worthington
Mercy Hospital
Area Ambulance
Cedar Rapids Airport scales back terminal plan to 18.2 million
The Cedar Rapids Airport Commission approved a scaled down 18.2 million terminal plan cutting over 4 million from the original 22 million proposal. A mid June meeting with the City Council was set to seek approval, with funds tied to airport revenue and potential federal aid. The Tibben Flight Lines project was tabled pending final terminal cost projections.
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Cedar Rapids
Commission
Bud Jameson
House
Senate
Jameson
Tibben Flight Lines, Inc
Tibben
County may monitor vehicle use to save costs
Linn County supervisors consider tracking all county vehicles including purchase price miles driven purpose and costs to identify underutilized cars. A computer program could house data, with potential removal of executive cars and a possible 10 to 12 car pool if savings justify it.
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Linn County
Linn
Joe Rinas
Board of Supervisors
Rinas
Dean Ernst
County Data Processing Department
Ken Schriner
Schriner
Dave Cunningham
Ernst
Cedar Rapids approves combined tax district bond bid
Harris Trust and Savings Bank of Chicago and Iowa Des Moines National Bank and Associates bid 4 975 million in general obligation bonds at an average 9.1801 percent to refinance 6.09 million of the Five Seasons Center issue. Bonds mature by 1995 and funded by a merged tax increment financing district.
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Cedar Rapids
Harris Trust and Savings Bank of Chicago
Iowa-Des Moines National Bank and Associates
Five Seasons
Five Seasons Center
Marion Briefs and Local Meetings Featured This Week
Senior citizens group Marion Club No 1 meets Friday at 7 p.m. at Farmers State Bank. Milwaukee Railroad Club lunches Thursday at 1 30 p.m. at Suburban restaurant 2240 Seventh Ave. Reservations 377 2356. Marion Independ ent fifth and sixth grade bands present a free concert Tuesday at 7 30 p.m. Vernon Middle School gym under Paul Wright. Planning and Zoning Commission meets Tuesday at 7 30 p.m. City Hall. Mr and Mrs Christopher Goble sold 905 25th St to Mr and Mrs Donald Waddell 300 35th St. sale handled by R L Smith and Co.
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Marion Club No. 1
Farmers State Bank
Milwaukee Railroad Club
Seventh Ave
Marion
Vernon Middle School
Paul Wright
Christopher Goble
25Th St
Donald Waddell
35Th St
R.L. Smith and Co
Marion Police Make Weeklong DUI and Related Arrests
Marion police last week arrested six for drunken driving and one for public intoxication. Two were charged with criminal trespass. The week saw three theft reports, three criminal mischief cases, four burglaries, one vehicle theft, three bad checks and one false use of a financial instrument. Traffic enforcement included nine speeding tickets and 34 other offenses.
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Marion
Car Fire and Medical Call From Weekend Downtown点
A car fire reported at 9 21 p m Saturday in the 800 block of 12th Street and medical assistance requested at 9 27 a m Sunday at 700 35th Street.
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12Th Street
35Th St
Also Mentioned on This Page
Tom Fruehling
Marion Bureau
Metro Roundup
C.R
Nancy Stevens
Gazette
Ed Sauer
Sauer
Dave Rasdal
Gazette County Reporter
Banking Combine
Ed Burrell
Burrell
TIF
Marion Planning and Zoning Commission
City Hall
Cgazette
10Th Street
Foreman & Clark
Third Avenue
Smoking Rey A
U.S. Public Health Service
E.W
Smokenders. Inc
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