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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 07, 2003
Page
21
City and county officials meet in Cedar Rapids and Marion with sessions at City Hall council chambers and Linn County Administrative Office Building. The schedule includes the Civil Service Commission at 7:15 a.m and planning and transportation panels through 3 p.m.
At 8:30 a.m. the City Council staff meeting unfolds followed by the Priority One annual meeting at noon. Evening events include the Waypoint Tribute to Women at 6:30 p.m. and the Southwest Area Neighborhood Association gathering at Wilson School.
The Benton County Board of Supervisors meets at 9 a.m. at the courthouse in Vinton to discuss regional matters and budget items.
Public focus group by the Iowa Transportation Commission meets at the Clarion Cedar Rapids to gather ideas for future state investment strategies. Sen John Edwards hosts gatherings at Sandy's Java Nook Anamosa Legion Arts Cedar Rapids home of Nick Arensdorf Tipton and more. Local arts events include Live From Prairie Lights Katy Lederer and Rachel Zucker in Iowa City and Patrick Ball at CSPS Cedar Rapids. Other shows include Ed Gerhard Guitar Clinic Cedar Rapids Keller Williams Iowa City The Seven's Travels Tour Decorah and Jenson Noble Hall concerts.
City Market Riverside Roundhouse hosts sessions from 3:30 to 5:30 p.m. Sycamore Mall farmers market runs 3 to 6:30 p.m. at the west end of the parking lot in Iowa City Cedar Rapids Free Medical Clinic operates 5:15 to 6:45 p.m. CALENDAR PAGE 2b.
History of funeral customs traced from Victorian parlor rites to modern practices in three Sonntag sessions at Montauk Mansion near Clermont. Experts Dave and Karen Schutte discuss Civil War to World War II shifts, including home mourning, parlor funerals, and evolving public ceremonies.
Community groups assist survivors by coordinating grief support as tours of a historic mansion are offered free on Sundays. The effort gathers neighborhoods and families to meet demand for mourning attire and manage details for those affected.
YMCA Teen Leaders Club members from Cedar Rapids and Marion raised 100 dollars by selling pizza and snow cones at a back to school dance. They delivered kitty litter pet food and cleaning supplies to the Cedar Valley Humane Society and planned future projects with Habitat for Humanity.
The city will provide curbside leaf pickup from October 20 through December 5 weather permitting. Residents are urged to use Yardy carts and rake leaves to the curb with a one foot gap for rainwater runoff. citylines route notices and schedules are available by phone and online. Yard waste is collected on normal garbage days and mulching saves space in Yardy carts.
The Ushers Ferry Parlour Theater Series opens Halloween season with Morbid Curiosities at 7 p m Oct 18. Bram Stoker's Dracula's Guest and H R Wakefield's The Red Lodge headline. Tickets 12 adults 6 ages 5 to 14. Reservations required call 319 286 5763.
Public notice seeks haunted houses corn fields cemetery walks costume parades and other Halloween fare. Include ages day date time place cost sponsoring organization contact name and daytime phone. Send to Halloween The Gazette P O Box Cedar Rapids IA 52406 or email linda cruise gazettecommunications com. Deadline Friday for Oct 16 publication.
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