New Fitness Trail Planned for Cedar Rapids District
A $24104 federal SBA grant funds a 20 station mile long fitness trail along the Vinton Ditch between Wiley Boulevard and Edgewood Road NW. City parks director options on job counts for summer construction remain undecided.
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City Parks Department
The
Small Business Administration
Vinton Ditch
Midway Drive
Wiley Boulevard
Edgewood Road
David Kramer
Cedar Rapids transit wins national safety award again
The Cedar Rapids transit system received its second straight national safety award from the American Public Transit Association in Milwaukee. Emery Munn and Roger Hageman accepted the engraved plaque. the award cites a 27 percent drop in on street crashes and an 87 percent drop in on board incidents. City council approves $1 event parking at I-380 lots for Five Seasons Center events with one open entrance per lot. A Cedar Rapids man, 27, says four men attacked him with a bat on First Avenue SE. he was treated and released from St Luke's Hospital.
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Cedar Rapids
Emery Munn
Roger Hageman
Milwaukee
American Public Transit Association
Washington, D.C
Five Seasons Center
First Avenue SE
Michael Blazek
30Th St
Blazek
St. Luke's Hospital
Crime prevention brochures deployed at nine Cedar Rapids 7-Eleven stores
During National Police Week local Southland Corp officials will present Cedar Rapids Police Chief Raymond Baker with a plaque Friday at 2 p.m. at the police station. The plaque honors officers for preventing robberies and violence. Southland is the parent company of 7-Eleven Stores and this marks the second year brochures on home burglaries street safety senior citizen protection and Neighborhood Watch program organization are offered at store sites nationwide.
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Cedar Rapids
GOP Spring Event to Honor Robert D Ray in Cedar Rapids
Former Iowa governor Robert D Ray and wife Billie will headline the Linn County Republican Spring Event on June 2 at Stouffer's Five Seasons Hotel Cedar Rapids. Ray leads Life Investors in Cedar Rapids and the fundraiser supports 1984 Linn County campaign activities. Tickets are 50 dollars per couple or 30 dollars per person.
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Robert D. Ray
Billie
Cedar Rapids
Stouffer
Five Seasons Hotel
Ray
Iowa
Life Investors Insurance Co. of America
GOP County
First Avenue Building
Linn County
Labor wage cuts tied to Linn County Jail costs debated
Linn Auditor Merle Kopel asked County Attorney Denver Dillard whether wage reductions linked to building trades could yield jail project savings. Contractors and the county attorney reject any reimbursement plan, noting fixed contracts and the contractor's risk. Current bids: Tom Bowker and Son Inc. 1.1269 million. E&S Electric 469,650. Larson and Unzeitig 3.986 million plus 246,644 for pilings and foundation.
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Sazette
Linn County
Linn
Merle Kopel
Kopel
Engle
Merle
Dillard
Tom Bowker and Son Inc
E & S Electric
Larson and
Unzeitig
Genera
Larson
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