Linn County and Cedar Rapids Evening of Local Meetings
Calendar lists 8 30 a m informal sessions for Cedar Rapids City Council and Linn County Board of Supervisors at City Hall and Admin Building. Afternoon 1 30 p m Blue stem Sol id Waste Agency Board at Cedar Rapids City Hall. 2 30 p m Linn County Community Empowerment Finance at Public Health Dept 501 13th St NW. Evening 7 p m Linn County Emergency Management Agency mezzanine City Hall. 7 p m Marion Zoning Board of Adjustment City Hall. 7 p m Robins Public Works Public Works Building.
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14Th Ave
Mayors Schedule Includes Board Meeting and Proclamation
C R mayor's agenda lists a 1 30 p m Bluestem board meeting followed by a 6 30 p m proclamation to the National Association of Insurance Women.
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Cedar Valley Neighborhood Association Meeting Notice
The Cedar Valley Neighborhood Association meets at 7 p.m. at Cedar Valley Park to discuss community issues and upcoming events.
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Cedar Valley Park
Regional meetings and community events schedule
Regional meetings at 9 a.m. include Benton County and Black Hawk County boards at their courthouses in Vinton and Waterloo. A Tae Kwon Do demonstration at Cedar Rapids History Center at noon. Lectures and readings at Cornell College and Mount Vernon with contact numbers. Health clinics and screenings available in Cedar Rapids, Linn County, and Jane Boyd House, with hours and contact details. There are also city market events and drive-through recycling sites in Cedar Rapids and Marion with locations and hours.
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the History Center
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Cole Library
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Suzette Astley
Honk! musical comedy at Theatre Cedar Rapids
New musical comedy Honk! runs 7 30 p m at Theatre Cedar Rapids 102 Third St SE Adults 22 Students 17 Children 11 performances Wednesday through Sunday Contact 366 8591 or www theatrecr org to submit calendar items to Community Calendar at Gazette notices to Gazette Cedar Rapids IA 52406 or fax 319 398 5846
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Local tailor Phuong Lan Nguyen runs Cedar Rapids shop
Phuong Lan Nguyen, 25, owner of Law Tailoring in Cedar Rapids, offers alterations at Van Maur Westdale. A Washington High School graduate, she hails from Dak Lak Vietnam and lives with husband Le Van Nguyen. She helps others and comes from a large family.
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Vietnamese refugees flee by night from Vietnam to seek safety
Phuong Lan Nguyen and her two brothers fled Vietnam in 1989 aboard a crowded fishing boat with 144 others. After engine failure and days at sea they reached Singapore then Galang Indonesia as the last boat of refugees accepted, seeking a better life and family unity.
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Marion residents back buying abandoned rail line for trail use
Marion survey shows 56 percent of 396 respondents rate acquiring the Chicago Central & Pacific line as high or medium priority for a trail and Sixth Avenue extension. About 33 percent see it as low priority or not funded. The bid, without a price tag, is estimated in the millions. Margin of error is plus or minus 4 points.
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Iowa State University
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Visiting scholar to speak at Cornell College
Rogers Smith of the University of Pennsylvania will present as the Phi Beta Kappa visiting scholar at Cornell College. The 11 10 a.m. lecture in Hedges Conference Room is free and covers stories of peoplehood in myths and narratives. Smith plans to discuss Geoffrey of Monmouth and Arthurian tales, Tan Gun in Korea, and the American story as authored by God.
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Blairstown fire department sells truck on eBay
Blairstown Fire Department auctioned a 1979 grass and field firefighting rig via eBay. Listing by Assistant Chief Randy Macky started at 2500 dollars. 3000 viewers and 75 bids led to Coy ote Fire of Colorado winning at 7850 dollars. The department replaced it with a 1996 grass rig on a three quarter ton chassis.
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Blairstown
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Faces of Freedom plea seeks updates on deployed relatives
The Gazette invites readers to share information and photos of family members serving in the Middle East. Sgt. Brad Shears, 24, with the 389th Combat Engineer Battalion, is stationed in Kuwait or Iraq constructing supply depots for humanitarian relief. His wife Sadie and parents Larry and Connie, plus sisters Amy and Angela, are named.
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