Family Bike Ride highlights Cedar Rapids downtown upgrades
A 16 mile Sunday tour called A Family Bike Ride will visit 11 public schools and downtown Cedar Rapids. Led by Stephen Daeschner the ride runs 1 30 p m to 4 p m starting at Ground Transportation Center and ending at Greene Square Park. Riders visit Harrison Roosevelt Cleveland Jefferson Taylor McKinley Johnson Washington Arthur Franklin Polk and end with refreshments provided by booster clubs. The event aims to showcase downtown improvements and promote family activity.
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Cedar Rapids
Greater Downtown Association
Stephen Daeschner
Nick Gearhart
Greater Downtown
Ground Transportation Center
Greene Square Park
Gearhart
Harrison
Roosevelt Middle
Cleveland
Jefferson High
Taylor
McKinley
Johnson
Washington High School
First Avenue
Arthur
Franklin Middle
Polk
Des Moines
Linn County open new baseball diamond at Four Oaks
A baseball diamond built with donated materials and labor will be dedicated Thursday at Four Oaks Treatment Center in Cedar Rapids. Key contributors are Telephone Pioneers of America Cedar Rapids Kiwanis Club and Positive Support Training. Representatives from US West AT&T and Four Oaks officials attend the 11 30 a m ribbon cutting.
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Four Oaks
Kirkwood Blvd
Telephone Pioneers of America
Cedar Rapids Kiwanis Club
US West
At&t
Linn County CROP Hunger Walks Planned For Sunday
Two CROP Hunger Walks raise funds to fight hunger at home and abroad. A 6.2 mile walk starts 1:30 p.m. Sunday on the Cedar Valley Nature Trail from Boyson Road Hiawatha with sponsor forms at First Presbyterian Marion and First United Methodist Marion. Seventy five percent of receipts aid Church World Service and local Linn County hunger programs. A southern Linn County walk begins 1:30 p.m. at St. John’s Lutheran Ely five miles to Shueyville United Methodist Church with sponsors from Hus Memorial Presbyterian Salem United Methodist Cedar Rapids and First Presbyterian Ely. envelopes available at Ely and Shueyville churches.
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Linn County
Linn County Church World Service/ CROP Committee
Churches United
Cedar Valley
Boyson Road
Hiawatha
First Presbyterian Church
Fifth St
First United Methodist Church
Eighth Ave
Marion
Cedar Rapids Christmas Extravaganza at Hawkeye Downs
The 12th annual Cedar Rapids Christmas Extravaganza runs at the Hawkeye Downs Exhibition Hall this weekend. Hours are 6 to 10 p.m. Friday, 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. Saturday, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Sunday. Admission is 1 dollar for adults and free for children under 12. Over 160 booths offer arts and crafts, antiques, toys, garage sale items, tools and fishing gear. The swap meet began in summer 1978 to turn spare items into cash and now includes surplus stock and crafts. For more information call 362-8070.
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Cedar Rapids
Hawkeye Downs
Cedar Rapids Bands Dominate Five Seasons Invitation
Winners were Lone Tree in Class A, Sigourney in 1A, Williamsburg in 2A, Cresco in 3A, and Ankeny in 4A at Kingston Stadium. Cedar Rapids public schools performed in exhibition.
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Kingston Stadium
Lone Tree
Sigourney
Williamsburg
Cresco
Anken
Cedar Rapids Public Schools
Drivers pass stopped buses despite laws in Iowa
Cedar Rapids district officials and transportation directors report ongoing violations as motorists illegally pass stopped school buses. Since a 1988 law change, license numbers justify tickets, yet complaints rise with high speed roads and busy loading zones.
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Lonnie Zingula
Azette
Highway Patrol
Margaret Hamed
Cedar Rapids
Gus Horn
Iowa Department of Transportation
Hamed
Carlyn Wessel
Linn
Voy
Iowa
Cedar Rapids Council to mull tax breaks for downtown project
Cedar Rapids City Council will consider a $1.7 million in tax breaks for the 2060 Partnership L.P. downtown office and retail complex at Third Avenue and Third Street SE. A public hearing on designating the site as an urban revitalization district starts the 9 a.m. meeting. decision could come later.
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Jeff Burnham
City Hall
Cedar Rapids
Partnership L.P
Third Avenue
Third Street
Partnership
Development Corp
Ryan Construction Co
Minneapolis
Ryan
Dangerous traffic spots listed in Iowa city study
A city study assessing 1988 accidents identifies Sixth Street and Waconia Avenue SW as the state’s top dangerous intersection. Other sore points include Fourth Avenue and Fifth Street SE, Interstate 380 at Collins Road NE, Wiley Boulevard at Williams Boulevard SW, and E Avenue with Third Street NW.
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Cedar Rapids
Sixth Street
Waconia Avenue
Fourth Avenue
Fifth Street
Interstate 380
Collins Road
Wiley Boulevard
Williams Boulevard
E Avenue
Third Street
HACAP services for elderly face funding squeeze
HACAP faces a potential 60 percent drop in elder and disabled aid as federal work programs shrink. Don Maniccia says four of six counties may lose free labor, forcing private contracts at five dollars an hour and squeezing a budget of sixty eight thousand five hundred seventy five dollars. Florence Bender, 86, relies on HACAP help to stay in her home.
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Udvison Gazette
HACAP
Florence Bender
Bender
Linn County
Benton
Iowa
Jones
Washington
Maniccia
Bush lunch subsidy proposal may push Cedar Rapids schools to leave program
Cedar Rapids Community Schools face rising costs as federal commodity supplies shrink and a Bush proposal links subsidies to income. If enacted some schools with low free or reduced price meal eligibility could exit the National School Lunch Program, cutting regulatory costs but risking food service changes.
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McCune
Cedar Rapids
Pierce
Harding
Food Service Department
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Terry Vay
Iowa Department of Education
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Alburnett
Larry
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C Street
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Davenport
Mississippi River Bridge
East 15Th Street
Highway
Kimberly Road
37Th Street
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Forest Avenue
Aurora Avenue
Council Bluffs
Chicago Central Pacific Railroad
30Th Street
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Rocky Shore Drive
Leech
Lewis
C.R
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