Protests Fail as Cedar Rapids Transit Center Bids Stand
Cedar Rapids City Council rejected two protests over Ground Transportation Center bids. Knutson Construction's challenge to minority goals failed. Paulson Adams protested the electrical contract but the council upheld Acme Electric. UMTA approval now awaited. Mayor Canney notes minority participation factors and potential appeals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Garette
Cedar Rapids
District Court
Urban Mass Transit Administration
Knutson Construction Co
Minneapolis
Paulson Electric
Adams Electric
Omaha
Knutson
Minority Business Enterprise Committee
Kinderknecht & Associates
Newson
Minor Barnes
Barnes
Council
Ground Transportation Center
UMTA
Paulson-Adams
Acme Electric
Acme
Rick Fry
Fry
Donald Canney
Kinderknecht
Canney
Kirkwood Opens Bids on Cedar Hall Addition and Parking Lot
Kirkwood Community College opened bids Thursday for an addition to Cedar Hall and repairs to the Linn Hall parking lot facing Kirkwood Boulevard SW. Bids will be reviewed and contracts awarded at the next board meeting. Cedar Hall additions include a 155 seat lecture room with low bids totaling 318,840 and parking lot bids totaled 133,449.16, both under or over initial estimates with multiple contractors named.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kirkwood Community College
Cedar Hall
Linn Hall
Kirkwood Boulevard
E and F Cement and Asphaltic Concrete Co., Inc
B.L. Anderson Inc
Cedar Rapids
Linn ARC honors service awards for volunteers and donors
The Association of Retarded Citizens of Linn County presented service awards to local residents. Tait and Dotty Cummins received the Meritorious Service Award for Camp Courageous efforts including the World’s Largest Garage Sale and Pineapple events that raised over $25,000 in two years. Keith Fleck earned the Community Service Award for charity donations from auto racing winnings benefiting Special Olympics and Camp Courageous. Numerous individuals received certificates of appreciation for volunteer work, with eleven volunteers named as advocates for mentally handicapped proteges.
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Association of Retarded Citizens
Linn County
Tait
Dotty Cummins
ARC
Gerri Pettitt
Cummins
Keith Fleck
Fleck Sales
Friends of Cedar Rapids Public Library Membership Drive
The annual drive for the non profit Friends of the Cedar Rapids Public Library is under way offering membership levels of adults three dollars students one dollar family ten dollars and sustaining twenty five dollars or more. Dues are tax deductible and support library materials and equipment.
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Friends of the
Cedar Rapids Public Library
Friends
Cedar Rapids
Memorial Coliseum
Fifth Street
Vivian Rinaberger
Two men sentenced in Benton County District Court
In Benton County two men received prison terms this week. Ricky D. Higgs of Vinton, 27, drew 10 years for second degree arson with credit for 195 days served and must pay court costs for the July 28 1981 Schmitt’s Appliance break-in in Mount Auburn where 4000 dollars worth of merchandise was taken. A Waterloo man, Donald L. Alden, 20, pleaded guilty to second degree burglary and was given a 10 year suspended sentence, five years probation with 200 days in the Waterloo Community Correction Facility for the November 18 1981 fire at the Vinton trailer home where he and Michelle Lerch lived.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vinton
Benton County
Ricky D. Higgs
Higgs
Schmitt
Mount Auburn
Waterloo
Donald L. Alden
Michelle Lerch
N D man pulled from wreck after head on crash
North Dakota man William Allwardt 41 from Valley City was trapped in his car after colliding head on with a grain truck east of Decorah on Highway 9 at 12 40 p m Friday. He was hospitalized in Winneshiek County and then transferred to Rochester Minnesota for a fractured ankle and other injuries. His 15 year old daughter Karen was treated for facial lacerations. The grain truck driver Dale Lepa 52 of Cresco jackknifed and crossed the center line.
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Decorah
North Dakota
William Allwardt
Valley City
N.D
Winneshiek County Memorial Hospital
Rochester
Winneshiek County
Fourth man charged in Lake Macbride brawl
Iowa City report says Geoffrey Scott Walker, 21, of Cedar Rapids, faced assault with intent to injure in connection with last weekend’s Lake Macbride State Park brawl. The incident drew about 50 people and involved two gangs, with three others already charged in the case and a May 28 preliminary hearing scheduled for Walker.
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Iowa City
Cedar Rapids
Lake Macbride
Johnson County
Geoffrey Scott Walker
Concord Lane
Walker
Joseph Thornton
Lloyd G. Hasson Jr
Western Drive
Randall W. Olson
Elder Lane
James R. Vecerka
24Th Ave
Johnson and Linn
Iowa State Patrol
Iowa
Mercy
Linn County to survey Toddville property lines next week
Linn County Supervisors were told to expect calls from angry residents as surveyor Dick Odenbach of Anderson Consultants begins staking 31 properties north of Toddville. The project, ordered last fall to correct subdividing without proper survey and plat, will cost 2500 dollars from the county with the remainder paid by Lyle McBurney.
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Linn County
Dick Odenbach
Anderson Consultants
Marion
Toddville
Linn County Auditor's Office
Lyle McBurney
Joe Rinas
Odenbach
CURE Cancer Bike Ride registration opens in Cedar Rapids
Registration blanks available in Cedar Rapids for the C U R E for Cancer Bike Ride raising funds along the Mississippi River in August. Sponsor a minimum of 200 dollars. The event runs August 14 and 15 with three routes from Keokuk to Muscatine, Davenport to Dubuque, and Dubuque to New Albia. Deadline August 6. Contact Linn County Unit of the American Cancer Society at 365 5241 or visit the unit office at the Margaret and Howard Hall Radiation Center for forms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cedar Rapids
Mississippi River
Iowa
American Cancer Society
C.U.R.E
Ramp Park
Keokuk
Stewart Road
Muscatine
Crapo Park
Burlington
Scott Community College
Davenport
Pleasant Creek Park
Dubuque
Bellevue
Dubuque County Fairgrounds
Central Park
New Albia
Pikes Peak State Park
McGregor
Linn County
Margaret and Howard Hall Radiation Center
New Coe College inducts 15 evening students into honor society
Coe College forms Gamma Sigma Chapter of Alpha Sigma Lambda for evening learners. Fifteen charter members are named including L Susan Behrens Steven Buhr Robert Eckles Margaret Eidemiller Ruth Gallaher John Haack Renee Hurt Karen Johnson Donald McAlister Bruce Melick Tracy Mullin Maii Stark Donald Story Linda Taylor Susan Younggreen. The group is open to part time students with at least A average per coordinator Dot Hinman. Alpha Sigma Lambda began at Northwestern University in 1946.
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Coe College
Gamma Sigma
National Alpha Sigma Lambda
L. Susan Behrens
Twin Pine Drive
Steven Buhr
Mayberry Drive
Robert Eckles
A Ave
Margaret Eidemiller
Highview
Marion
Ruth Gallaher
Memorial Drive
John Haack
Ridge Trail
Renee Hurt
Clymer
Hiawatha
Karen Johnson
Terrace St
Donald McAlister
Crimson Drive
Bruce Melick
Solon
Tracy Mullin
Cedar Rapids
Maii Stark
Pirie
Donald Story
Eastview Ave
Linda Taylor
Shiloh Lane
Susan
Dot Hinman
Coe
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Ack Tie Gazette
Tom Merryman
Robbins Lake
Manhattan Park
By Christie Wallace
Kirkwood
Kleiman Construction
Bob Ahern Plumbing
Universal Climate Control
Coralville
Shay Electric Service
Fandrei, Inc
Des Moines
Linn Service Awards
John Gallagher
Rosemary Oldorf
Handicapped Systems
Catherine Lapes Samouris
Sue Schollman
Nicholas Scholtus
Victoria Soukup
Marilyn Spores
Jack Terndrup
Max Thompson
Dorothy Topie
Sharon Wetherell
Ellyn Wrzeski
Rev. Andrews
Margo Avery
Robert Baskerville
Mary Burke
Steve Ferin
David Ford
Sandy Fox
Mary Rickertson
Bob Rompot
Roxanne Rundle
Mary Wise
Library ‘Friends
Washington, Vinton
Anamosa
Psychology of Human Relations
Kay West
New Coe College Honor Society
Alpha Sigma Lambda Society
Northwestern University
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