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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 11, 1988
Page
7
Three weeks into the 1988 East Central Iowa United Way Campaign, pledges total $615,715, announced campaign chairman Dick Meyocks. The amount equals 16 percent of the $3,852,128 goal, compared with $312,000 pledged at the five-week mark last year.
Today Tuesday schedule includes Cedar Rapids City Council informal meeting at 8:30 a.m. and Linn County Board of Supervisors at 9 a.m. Also county HR advisory board noon. Marion schools and city meetings at 4:30 and 7 p.m. Planning and zoning forums, electrical board, and a college board work session. Plus Washington High music concert 7:30 p.m. Admission details. Linn County Supervisors candidate forum 7:30 p.m. at Beems Auditorium. The Nerd play at Amana Theatre 8 p.m. Handweaving kingship lecture 1 p.m. at Squaw Creek Park Lodge.
More than 500 teenagers ages 14 to 20 visited TJ’s Teen Center at 709 Second Ave SE during opening weekend. About 250 attended Friday and 300 Saturday, with Donna Jones spearheading the opening campaign. A grand opening is planned for Oct 29 with a Halloween costume party.
Cedar Rapids Board of Adjustment tabled action on a proposed landfill for processed coal combustion residue after a two hour meeting. A conditional use permit is needed and the site, owned by William Hennessey, lies in agricultural zoning near Eastman Kodak plant with county road Honey Grove Road as access. Traffic dust health and groundwater concerns drew about 75 objectors led by attorney Wally Taylor. The plan was recommended for approval by the Planning Commission with six conditions, while staff recommended denial.
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