Local Government Meetings and Lectures Noted
Today schedules include Cedar Rapids City Council Linn County Supervisors and planning sessions. Lectures cover Reagan Presidency Iran Contra topic Wendy Dunn and radon gas survey panel at St Pauls Church. Kennedy High School Orchestra performs with ticket details.
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Marion City Council
Coggon City Council
Marion Planning & Zoning Commission
Linn County Soil & Water Conservation District Commission
50Th St
Marion
Sara Fritz
Los Angeles Times
Hedges
the Commons
Cornell College
Mount Vernon
Wendy Dunn
Coe
Cherry
Coe College
St. Paul’s United Methodist Church
Third Ave
League of Women Voters
Kennedy High School
Three Iowa Lotto winners collect first checks
Neil Jones an assistant coach at Waterloo Central High School Patricia McCormick of Council Bluffs and Shirley Williams of Pilot Mound collected their first $8 000 checks after taxes from a $640 000 Iowa Lotto jackpot. Jones plans to fund his children's college expenses.
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DES Moines
Waterloo
Neil Jones
Waterloo Central
Patricia McCormick
Council Bluffs
Shirley Williams
Pilot Mound
Jones
Iowa
George
Virginia Hielen
Hielens
Bill Watson
Veterans groups host open house and events on Veterans Day
The Cedar Rapids Vet Center and VietNow East Central Chapter sponsor an open house for all veterans on Wednesday November 11 from 4 to 6 p.m. in the Dallas Room City Center 4701 First Ave SE. A pancake breakfast follows 6 to 9 a.m. at Hanford American Legion Post No. 5 421 Fourth Ave SE. VietNow also joins a balloon launch at noon on Mays Island to honor MIAs and POWs.
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Cedar Rapids
Log of disturbances and emergencies for locale
A sequence of incidents includes a blown fuse at 4420 Bowling St SW Lot F-5 at 8:20 p m and an under investigation note at 1500 Blairs Ferry Rd NE. The following day details multiple medical emergencies at various addresses and a grass fire investigation at 710 Sixth Ave SE. A van fire and additional medical calls are logged at 5754 Locust Rd SW and Linn Courty Courthouse on Mays Island.
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Bowling St
Blairs Ferry Rd
32Nd St
16Th St
Sixth Ave
Governor's aide wins $6.7 million jackpot
Springfield Illinois AP report notes David Fields and Chicago tool maker Calixto Bayon Ruiz share a 13.3 million Lotto prize after both matched all six numbers in Saturday's drawing. Each receives 335 thousand in the initial check and 334 thousand annually for 19 years. Fields remains governor James R Thompson's press secretary.
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Springfield
Ill
David Fields
James R. Thompson
Fields
Calixto Bayon-Ruiza
Chicago
Bayon-Ruiz
Lottery
Dale Arvidson
Arvidson
Governor’s Office
Cedar Rapids teachers seek 17 percent raise with 12 percent cost rise
Cedar Rapids Education Association asks for a 17 percent raise next year plus enhanced benefits. They say the district would incur about a 12 to 13 percent net cost due to state funds. Negotiations begin Monday with a 4:30 pm November 16 counteroffer at the Educational Services Center.
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Kurt Rogahn
Gettino
CREA
Arson Blamed for State Farm Building Fire
Fire officials say arson caused forty thousand dollars of damage Sunday to the State Farm Insurance building under construction at Blairs Ferry Road and Council Street NE. Lt. Alan Brockhohn said plastic milk jugs and anti freez containers filled with gasoline were placed inside the office area and gasoline poured around the perimeter and set on fire. The fire was contained in about five minutes and damage was mainly to the office area. An explosion was reported at the site and flames appeared around the building as responders arrived. Dunn Construction Co. is the general contractor. Investigators offered no motive and a five thousand dollar reward was announced for information. The case remains under investigation.
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State Farm Insurance
Blairs Ferry Road
Council Street
Alan Brockhohn
Brockhohn
Dunn Construction Co
Center Point
Rotary urged to back polio immunization drive for worldwide relief
Cedar Rapids and Marion Rotarians heard former District Gov Ed Wilson urge pledges to PolioPlus at Stouffer's Five Seasons Hotel. He noted 750 children daily contract polio and 75 die, as Rotary International funds immunization with UNICEF and WHO across 160 countries.
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Stouffer’s
Five Seasons Hotel
Rotary District
Ed Wilson
Waterloo
Rotary International
Wilson
Unicef
World Health Organization
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Linn County Supervisors
Cedar Rapids City
Lotto
Bob Gettino
Blue Cross
Blue Shield
State Farm
Anne Martyaff
United States
Iowa City
Robert Lee Boggess
Pheasant Ridge
Johnson County
Boggess
Meteh-Wick
13Th Street N.W
Robert Heldfond
Heldfond
Armstrong’s
Cosmetics
Auto Care
Medicine Chest Fitness
Pet Care
Crylinee
Slender World
Joan Coughlin
the Sheraton Entertainment
Faye Dudley
Indian Creek
Delancey Street Foundation
Skogman Realty
By Rick Skogman
Omebuyers
Tory
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