Off-Leash Park Opens In Cheyenne Park Saturday
Citizens for Off-Leash Areas K9COLA with city leaders and dog lovers will open Cheyenne Park’s 18 acre off-leash zone on Old River Road SW. The public private project raised 25000 for fence benches planters kiosk and padlock. permits at 20 for spayed neutered dogs and 25 otherwise fund mowing. Welcome at 9 a.m. with ribbon cutting at 11:30 a.m.
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Cheyenne Park
Old River Road
K9cola
Marion council considers rezoning and horse permit revocation
Two public hearings set for tonight's Marion City Council meeting handle rezoning near Squaw Creek Park and potential revocation of 16 year old Bethany Franks permit to keep a miniature horse in city limits. Neighbors say the horse is a nuisance.
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Marion City
Squaw Creek Park
City Hall
Eighth Ave
Bethany Franke
Larick Ct
New Winneshiek County Assessor to Start Soon
James Alstad will begin duties as Winneshiek County Assessor within two to three weeks. He comes from Howard County where he spent nine years as deputy assessor. Alstad replaces Audrey Barth who resigned last month and will serve the remainder of Barth's term through December 31, 2003. He was hired by the Conference Board on a 2-1 vote at an annual salary of 42500.
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James Alstad
Winneshiek County
Alstad
Howard County
Audrey Barth
Les Askelson
Barth
Thanksgiving in a year of turmoil prompts family reflections
Readers are invited to share how they celebrate Thanksgiving amid national concerns after September 11 and anthrax scares, economic strain, and deployed troops. Submit stories to Mary Sharp by Friday via email or mail, or call for details.
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America
Gazette
Mary Sharp
Metro-Iowa
Marys
P.O. Box
Cedar Rapids
Iowa checks for anthrax at state buildings
Iowa Hygienics Lab staff began precautionary anthrax tests Wednesday at five state buildings in Oakdale and Des Moines that receive bulk mail. No anthrax found. risk deemed low. Tests at Oakdale and Des Moines locations continue with results expected in about a week.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Hygienics Laboratory
Oakdale
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Tom Vilsack
Hoover
Grimes
Parker
State Department of Education
Division of Vocational Rehabilitation
State Department of Personnel
IPERS
Teale
Health Department
U.S
Jones
New 13.5 Acre Waste Cell Opens at Linn County Landfill
A 13.5 acre cell at Linn County landfill on County Home Road will soon receive a layer of selected garbage to protect a state of the art high density polyethylene liner. The $1.7 million project adds four years of capacity to Site No. 2 and includes new scales a public drop off center and an improved leachate system. Residential waste will likely be first to fill the cell with full operation expected next spring.
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Dick Hogan Gazette
Cedar Rapids
Linn County
County Home Road
Dave Hogan
Bluestem Solid Waste Agency
C Street
Hogan
Marion
Highway 13
Lost money drains family in Cedar Rapids theft loss
Sally Rickard 61 reports $480 vanished Nov 2 from a bank envelope containing Social Security disability money. The family of three relies on disability, facing medical bills and debt with Irene delivering papers for income. Anyone with tips should call 396-4284.
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Irene
Ronnie
Richard
Gazette
Cedar Rapids library cuts back on old magazine collection
Cedar Rapids Public Library has eliminated its archive of old magazines after a six month study showing usage drops after three to four years. Director Tom Armitage noted researchers like Gazette columnist Mike Deupree cannot access Life Look and Saturday Evening Post issues, once sought for wartime research, now replaced by online resources.
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Rick Smith
Cedar Rapids
Cedar Rapids Public Library
Armitage
Gazette
Mike Deupree
Deupree
Look
Saturday Evening Post
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