This Week Public Meetings List for Linn County and Cedar Rapids
This week schedules public tax spending agency meetings across Linn County and Cedar Rapids. Sessions include Linn County Board of Supervisors at 1 am in Room 103 Courthouse and a 10:30 am open session. Cedar Rapids city council informal and regular meetings. Marion planning and zoning and city council gatherings. Cedar Rapids airport commission and school board sessions. Marion parks department and Linn-Mar school board meetings.
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Linn County Board of Supervisors
Linn County Health Center
Third Avenue
Cedar Rapids School Board
Second Avenue
Cedar Rapids
Marion City Council
City Hall
Marion Parks Department
Marion City Hall
Linn-Mar School Board
Linn supervisors meet social services board at Health Center
The Linn County board holds a 9:30 a.m. session with the social services board at the Health Center. Also at 9:30 a.m. the Linn County board reviews social services, the Cedar Rapids urban renewal board meets on the sixth floor of City Hall, and the Health Center budget committee meets at noon.
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Linn
Social Services Board
Linn County Board of Social Services
Ilam
Cedar Rapids Urban Renewal Board
Brazil’s Phone Owners Are an Elite Minority
The Brazilian telephone system shows a two million line base in a 100 million population, with a $1 billion expansion lagging behind demand. A gray market thrives as dealers like Mr. Bell sell private lines for 1500 to 2500 dollars, often faster than state services, with each number tied to a neighborhood and adjustable based on scarcity.
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Mr. Bell
ITT
United States
L. M. Ericsson
Sweden
Plessy
Great Britain
Japan
Nippon Electric Co
Philips
Holland
West Germany
Siemens
Brazil
Sao Paulo
Alvaro de Barros
Bell
Barros
States Send Trade Envoys To Europe
In Brussels four US states including Virginia New York Illinois and Michigan maintain European offices to promote trade and investment. Denis E Rufin European director for Virginia reports helping 23 European firms invest about 162 million in Virginia creating 3160 jobs.
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Brussels
Virginia
New York
Illinois
Michigan
U.S
Denis E. Rufin
Louisiana
Europe
Rufin
Hagerstown Almanac 177th Edition Promises Sex Predictions
The Hagerstown Town and County Almanack issues its 177th edition offering weather forecasts and a zodiac based sex prediction service for unborn children. The originator Lydia Cline will not assist this year after claiming 118 correct predictions out of 126 over three years.
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Hagerstown, Md
Hagerstown
Lydia Cline
Miss Cline
HACAP Elections Set This Week for Linn County Delegates
Elections for three low income delegates to the Linn county advisory board of Hawkeye Area Community Action Program are held Tuesday in the Chain Lakes area and Wednesday in Cedar Rapids. Polling places include Neighborhood Center Toddville Center Point city hall Ellis Branch YMCA and Trinity Methodist Church. Candidates in Chain Lakes are Mildred Blackford Shirley LeVelle and Judith Squires. Northwest Cedar Rapids precincts vote at Ellis Branch YMCA and Neighborhood Center 1200 Fifth Street SE with Barbara Thursgrove LaVanne Wilson. Southwest precincts vote at Trinity Methodist Church and Neighborhood Center 1200 Fifth Street SE with Carol Becker Barbara Pratt Estella Scovel. Polls open 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Low income residents only may vote.
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Linn County Advisory Board of Hawkeye Area
Chain Lakes Area
Cedar Rapids
Chain Lakes
Toddville
Center Point
Mildred Blackford
Shirley LeVelle
Cedar River
First Avenue
Ellis Branch Ymca
Fifth Street
Barbara Thursgrove
LaVenne Wilson
Sixteenth Avenue
Trinity Methodist Church
Carol Becker
Barbara Pratt
Estella Scovel
Montreal Miracle Mart Debuts French Speaking Receipts
Miracle Mart in Montreal uses a French language receipt for all sales as part of a system updated by Pitney Bowes-Alpex. The 22 terminals in the store display French on registers and receipts while other locations retain English. James Carter of Pitney Bowes-Alpex notes the change across stores in the United States and Canada.
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Montreal
Merci
Miracle Mart
Miracle
Wlich
Pitney Bowes-Alpex
United States
James Carter
Danbury, Conn
Aruban Villages Preserve Hex Sign Tradition
Many native homes on Aruba display hex signs, colorful decor dating to early settlers. The signs were once believed to ward off evil spirits and remain a vestige of island history and culture.
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Caribbean
Aruba
Island
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College Community Board of Education
Prairie High School Library
William R. Long
Hagerstown Almanac
HACAP
Judith Squires
And
Canada
First Street
Anton Hacro
D Koterns
Lars
Armstrong
Cenel
Mister Wu
Paani
Newport
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CME
Emma
PUR
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Smulekoff
Smulekoff's
Vvtern
Smulekoff’s
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Hex Signs
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