Meter-plugging to return for Five Seasons patrons
The City Council funds a shift back to meter feeding on event nights at the Five Seasons Center starting with Conway Twitty, replacing the $1 event pass experiment that yielded far less revenue. One ticket will be issued per expired meter on event nights. projected income per event is $258.
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Five Seasons Center
Five Seasons
Mel Meyer
Parkers
Conway Twitty
Meyer
Tom McDougall
Marion council hears SADD sign proposal on drunk driving
Marion High School seniors Pat Butz and Melanie Lewis asked the council to post road signs reading Friends Don't Let Friends Drive Drunk. The council discussed locations on Seventh Avenue and Highway 151 and an potential conflict with highway regulations.
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Christie Wallace
Marion
Marion City Council
Marion High School
Pat Butz
Valleyview Drive
Melanie Lewis
35Th St
Students Against
Buzz
Lewis
Council
Indiana
Butz
Charles Kraut
Seventh Avenue
Highway 151
Bill Grundy
Carl Ramey
Inmate Escapes From Linn County Courthouse Escort
Bruce A. Day, an 18 year old inmate from 518% Fourth St. SW, slipped from a deputy during a Linn County District Court appearance and fled a few blocks before Cedar Rapids police officer recaptured him at Third Street and Fifth Avenue SW. Day faces potential charges while remaining in custody. he had been jailed on burglary and theft charges and earlier suffered head injuries from a fall at the jail. The sheriff noted a tunnel-connected future jail to improve security.
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Linn County
Linn District Court
Roy Roseberry
Bruce A. Day
Fourth St
Day
Donald “Buzz” Sawyer
Third Avenue
Cedar Rapids
Third Street
Fifth Avenue
Sawyer
College Community names Beth Kemp care chief for new district center
Beth Kemp of Coralville was hired as director of the College Community School Districts new child care center The 5 Cs set to open Jan 3 in the Prairie Intermediate School building. Kemp 52 joins Monday with a $14000 annual salary and staff recruitment under way.
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Beth Kemp
Coralville
College Community School
Kemp
Board of Education
College Community Child Care Center
5 Cs
Prairie Intermediate
Linn County courthouse bids for fourth remodeling phase
Linn County supervisors announce bid opening for the courthouse on May's Island including a new elevator to the fifth level and rotunda lighting work. The project, designed by Leo Peiffer, will be discussed at a public hearing December 13 and bids awarded December 27 after bids are opened December 21.
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Linn County
Leo Peiffer
Teen Driver Flees Police Then Strikes Car Injuring Four
A police chase ended when Patrick White, 17, failed to stop for speeding and ran a stop sign, colliding with Martha Randall 73, and injuring Randall and passenger Dale Haddad 36. White and Shawn Goddard 16 were also hurt. all were hospitalized. Conditions were not released.
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Patrick White
K Ave
Penick and
Ford Co
White
Seventh Avenue
Second Street
Martha Randall
Third Ave
Randall
Dale Haddad
Haddad
Shawn Goddard
10Th St. NW
St. Luke’s Hospital
Quail Ridge Road name change approved in Linn County
Linn County supervisors approved renaming Baptist Road north of Toddville to Quail Ridge Road. The change follows a residents petition of 15 households who view it as an extension of Feather Ridge Road and reflects the area’s local history tied to Indian Boundary and the Baptist Church. The decision was recommended by cartographer Bob LaRue with approval from supervisors Joe Rinas and Jean Oxley.
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Linn County Supervisors
Baptist Road
Toddville
Quail Ridge Road
Feather Ridge Road
Joe Rinas
Jean Oxley
Bob LaRue
Building Department
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Davco Devel
Opment
Des Moines
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13Th Street
Iowa Department of Transportation
Marion Boulevard
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Blairs Ferry Road
College Community
Paul
Mark Twain
Iowa City
Waterloo
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Berlin
Heac
Peay
Rails
Oran
Gazette
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