Daily Notebook of Local Government and Library Events
A schedule of meetings and programs across Linn County and Cedar Rapids including city and county board sessions, planning commissions, school boards, library events, music programs, and recycling site hours. Highlights include Cedar Rapids City Council hearings, Hiawatha and Fairfax meetings, Springville school board projects, and library programs with Nancy Geiger and animal storytime.
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Linn County Board of Supervisors
Cedar Rapids
Iowa
William G. Faches
29Th Ave
Linn County Regional Planning Commission
Council
Linn County Insurance Committee
Cedar Rapids Community School Board
Second Ave
Grant Wood Aea
Sixth St
Fairfax Planning and Zoning
Hiawatha City Council
Springville School Board
Boardroom
Springville
Nancy Geiger
Beems Auditorium
Cedar Rapids Public Library
Hazel Westgate
Iowa City Public Library
Keith Haworth
Chauncey Swan Park
Iowa City
Cedar Rapids Area
Illinois Lottery Draws And Late Night Numbers Update
Daily Millions had no winner while several games produced numbers including Pick 3 and Pick 4 draws. Jackpot stands at 15 million with multiple games listed for players to check results on CityLine through city services.
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Illinois
May Births and Local Incidents in Iowa
Vital statistics list May births in Mercy area with families in Brooklyn and Marion and St Luke's hospital. An assault charge against DeWayne Shears is recorded alongside several fire calls including arcing equipment and power lines.
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DeWayne Shears
Park Towne Pine
Ella Doss Jr
Crandall Dr
13Th St
Tke
15Th St
11Th St
Cedar Rapids Brucemore visit highlights sixth graders’ study
Franklin Middle School sixth graders toured Brucemore on 26 acres at 2160 Linden Dr SE Cedar Rapids to study the mansion's architecture and history. They explored the grounds and wrote stories inspired by the historic estate built in 1884 by Caroline Sinclair and later owned by the Hall family before 1981 National Trust ownership.
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Vanzette
Brucemore
Franklin Middle School
Linden Dr. SE
Cedar Rapids
Emma Rowbotham
T.M. Sinclair
George Douglas
Margaret Hall
Margaret
Howard Hall
National Trust For Historic Preservation
L.W. Ward Franklin Middle School
Ben Weber
Joel Girdner
Matt Johns
Sixth graders visit Brucemore mansion for architecture study
Brucemore hosted sixth graders for a multiweek unit on architecture landscaping and preservation. Students learned vocabulary weight limits for posts discussed neighborhood architecture and viewed features like the pipe organ mural and Grant Wood plaster work in the great hall. Grant Jennings noted prior events but new architectural details impressed him.
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Bracemore
David Janssen
Janssen
Maddigan
Duck Pond
Grant Wood
Grant Jennings
Brucemore
Iowa Opens Online Physician Discipline Records
The Iowa Board of Medical Examiners will post profiles for nearly 10 000 licensed physicians on the Administrators in Medicine site. The database allows name searches and shows business addresses specialties education and licensing status with on screen notes for any disciplinary actions, charges or hearings.
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Associated Press
Medical Examiners Board
Des Moines
Iowa
Linn County landfill search advances amid calm calls
After naming 13 potential sites for a new Linn County landfill, officials report few angry calls and expect public input at open houses and a later advisory committee meeting. Tim Hall credits thorough groundwork and expects better turnout than past Scott County hearings. The new facility will replace two nearly full landfills.
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Beth Chacey Gazette
Linn County
Scott County
Tim Hall
Foth & van Dyke
Hall
Bluestem Solid Waste Agency Board
Bluestein
Lumir Dostal
Bluestem Board
Citizens Advisory Committee
Franklin Middle School
20Th St
Cedar Rapids superintendent to receive 2.7 percent pay raise
Cedar Rapids school board approves a 2.7 percent raise for Superintendent Lew Finch raising his base salary from 99,920 to 103,074 next year and extending his contract to June 30, 2000. Other terms remain the same with auto allowance life insurance and health plan contributions set as before. The board also sets substitute teacher and crossing guard rates and awards contracts for a Monroe Early Childhood Center portable building and Kennedy High School track site improvements.
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Viazette
Cedar Rapids
Lew Finch
Finch
Monroe
Satellite Shelters, Inc
Kennedy High School
Cedar Valley Asphalt Co
District votes on waivers and fees for next year
The board discussed waivers for high school mini courses for low income students amid potential course cuts. Other actions include lunch price increases, higher breakfast and supply fees, and eliminating fees for some art and lab classes. Bond sales and enrollment limits were also reported.
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Becky Stover
Gazette
College
Mick Starcevich
Piper Jaffray Inc
Minneapolis
Jim Steffen
Prairie Crest
Hiawatha Council Gets Cable TV Slot
Hiawatha will televise twice monthly council meetings on Cable Channel 18. Wednesday sessions will air the next Friday 9 to 10 30 p m, with longer meetings finishing Monday at 9 p m if needed. Videographer Bob Harmon says he acts independently. He is a Linn County resident linked to opponents of involuntary annexation.
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Harmon
Hiawatha
a_Rockwell-Collins
TCI
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Brooklyn
Ushter
Rachel
Joe Brokaw
Pioneer Ave
Jennie
Steve Lodien
Marion
ST. Luke's
Tara Bowling
Monticello
Kaylene
Matt Rock
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Ronda
Matt Locke
Clymer Rd
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