Linn Community Care opens for uninsured and others
Federally funded Linn Community Care begins Monday at main campus 610 Eighth St SE and Women’s Services 855 A Ave NE offering checkups immunizations pregnancy care mental health dental and prescriptions with sliding fees for low income. Homeless outreach starts December at His Hands Free Medical Clinic 1043 Third Ave SE. Hours 8 to 5 weekdays. Tony Hoagland to speak at Mount Mercy College with readings. campus events noted. Block of 10th Avenue SW between First and Second Streets closed for roadwork through month. alternate routes advised.
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Linn Community Care
Eighth St. SE
Linn Community Care Women’s Services
A Ave. NE
Third Ave
Linn
Tashia Roffey Roebrick
Police arrest Iowa woman in identity theft case
Jammie C. Dembele, 30, arrested on suspicion of identity theft after allegedly using a customer's debit card online to pay a phone bill. The incident dates to December while she worked at a Coralville Taco Bell, with charges including unauthorized credit card use and theft. The suspect faces $864.50 in billed charges plus a $239.93 phone bill. Bond set at $12,500 cash.
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Jammie C. Dembele
Johnson County
Dembele
Taco Bell
Coralville
Sprint
Veterans Day origins and veteran demographics in the United States
Veterans Day began as Armistice Day on November 11, 1919, marking the first anniversary of World War I. Congress established it annually in 1926 and it became a national holiday in 1938. Eisenhower renamed it Veterans Day in 1954 to honor all who served. The data outline federal spending for veterans benefits in 2006 and demographics including counts of veterans by age, race, gender, and disability status.
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Congress
Eisenhower
Veterans Education and Poverty Rates Summary
The data show 90 percent of veterans aged 25 and older hold a high school diploma or higher, 25 percent have at least a bachelor’s degree, 16 percent of Gulf War veterans are women, 5.9 percent of veterans live in poverty, and 12.3 percent of non veterans are in poverty.
D Day memories from Bert Katz on Omaha Beach
Bert Katz of Cedar Rapids recalls June 6 1944 at Normandy as a young Army lieutenant who landed with half his men on Omaha Beach. He lost 23 in another craft hit by a Nazi shell and describes the non stop shelling the fear and mayhem. Katz notes the earlier ships firing and the blood in the water as they labored to bring in survivors and gear.
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Dick Hogan
Gazette
Edar Rapids
Bert Katz
Katz
Cedar Rapids
Omaha Beach
Normandy
France
Germany
D-Day
Ryan
Jonathan D. Woods
the Gazette
England
Mount Trashmore to Mount Treasure a Cedar Rapids reflection
Todd Dorman recalls Cedar Rapids Mount Trashmore, its 41 years of discarded goods and the plan to cap and revegetate it. The column weighs whether the landfill could become a recreation destination like Virginia Beach’s Trashmere, urging a revival of riverfront ideas and local memory.
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Mount Trashmore
Cedar Rapids
Linn County
Solid Waste Agency
Jerry Osten
Osten
Kinnick Stadium
Cedar River
Virginia Beach
Virginia Pilot
Virginia
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Zacharis
Emerson College
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Ohio
U.S
Sgts
Buckner
Emery
Coleman
St. Symphonie
Belgium
Trashmore
Todd Dorman
Todd
Dorman
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