Folkers to Fill Marion Board Vacancy for Three Months
Virginia Folkers a former board president was named to replace Mark Smith on the Marion Independent school board for three months. Smith resigns effective June 1 to join the U S Army Reserve for extended active duty. The two years of Smiths term will appear on this September's ballot.
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Marion Independent School Board
Virginia Folkers
Mark Smith
Folkers
Smith
U.S. Army Reserve
Cedar Rapids telephone outage hits about 1000 customers
US West says service to around 1 000 customers in southeast Cedar Rapids should be restored by noon after a water department crew severed a telephone cable on Memorial Drive and Bever Avenue SE. The cable carried about 1 300 working lines, repair crews will work through the night with gradual restoration.
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Cedar Rapids
US West
Cedar Rapids Water Department
Memorial Drive
Bever Avenue
Lynn Gipple
Gipple
Larry Robinson
Water Department
Judges named for 1997 Freedom Festival Heroes Contest
Judges for the 1997 Freedom Festival Heroes Contest are Ron Steele of KWWL TV Al Lenway from the Metro Veteran's Council and John Linge Cedar Memorial president. Nominations due Monday winner receives a 100 dollar savings bond a medallion and a framed certificate. Heroes serve as grand marshals for the June 28 parade. nomination forms from Freedom Festival office Cedar Memorial The Gazette KWWL TV and HandiMart locations.
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Ron Steele
Kwwl-Tv
Channel 7
al *“Lenway
Metro Veteran’s Council
John Linge
Cedar Memorial
U.S
Stephen Rapp
Terry Bergen
the Gazette
Linn-Mar School Board Seeks Interim Appointee
The Linn-Mar school board seeks nominations for an interim appointee to serve until after September's election. The vacancy arose when Gary Keoppel resigned May 19 to become Marion Chamber of Commerce president. the board will fill the seat at its June 2 meeting. Keoppel was elected in 1993 after leading space study and served on facilities committees linked to recent bond issues. Two years remain in his term before September elections.
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Linn-Mar
Gary Keoppel
Marion Chamber of Commerce
Keoppel
Linn-Mar ‘Board
Keeppel
Rieflin jury begins verdict timeline in double murder case
Linn County District Court jurors will hear closing testimony and final instructions as the Gerald Rieflin Jr. double murder trial nears the jury verdict. Defense rested after 13 witnesses. prosecution rested after 30 with one rebuttal. Rieflin, 38, of Cedar Rapids, pleads not guilty by reason of insanity.
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Dick Hogan Gazette
Linn County District Court
Gerald Rieflin Jr
Rieflin
Alfredo Parrish
Des Moines
Parrish
Cedar Rapids
Michael Taylor
Taylor
Logan
Linn County Public Defender’s Office
Miner Johnson laments 1993 fee sparking western land grab
Dan Johnson describes how the 1993 federal rental fee on mining claims, set to $100 per year per 20 acre claim, collapsed U.S. claims from 760000 to 293000, forcing small miners like him and his partner Sandra LaBudda to court. They contest the law before the Supreme Court, recounting hard life in Marion California and Barstow area claims.
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Department of the Interior Appropriations
Johnson
Bureau of Land Management
U.S. Department of the Interior
Congress
Clinton
High Desert
Barstow
Calif
Sandra LaBudda
U.S. Supreme Court
LaBudda
Marion
Marion High School
California
Death Valley
Hell
Mississippi River
la Budda
Supreme Court
Cedar Rapids hires consultant to study downtown parking
The city selects Rich & Associates of Richfield to study downtown parking expansion. The firm will assess needs of employers and employees, with possible additions of one or two ramps or expansions of existing structures. Report due in October. project cost $54,600 with potential space needs exceeding the 1,000 surface slots planned.
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First Street
Plaza
City Hall
Linn County Courthouse
Hoekstra
Lee Clancey
Cedar River
Fifth
Seventh Avenues
Fifth Avenue
Rich & Associates
Eighth
12Th Avenues
Third
Fourth Avenues
Hiawatha Unveils Logo and Slogan at Leadership Dinner
Hiawatha debuts a new logo and the slogan Say hello to with a launched economic development push. Cedar Rapids Area Chamber of Commerce led by Bart Woods and designer Mark Keele showcased the concept at Collins Plaza Hotel with hundreds of business and community leaders.
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George C. Ford
Bart Woods
Hiawatha Chamber
Hiawatha
Chamber
Woods
Priority One
Cedar Rapids
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Ings
Mark Greiner
Gregory Martin
David Sebetka
Darrell Bahndorf
Ralston Foods
Brenna
William Logan
Kansas City
Linn County
Denver Dillard
Dillard
LaBudda’s
Sandra la- Budda
Dan
Department of the Interior
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