East Iowa speakers address economy and energy topics
Susan Phillips of the Federal Reserve speaks on The U S Economy Compared to Other Industrialized Economies at Coe College during a noon SCI Corp luncheon not open to the public. Laurent Hodges presents energy efficiency themes at United Nations Day event in Cedar Rapids. The Cedar Rapids Police auction lists 215 vehicles with 11 30 opening, 1 p m sale in the 200 block of 32nd Street Drive SE.
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Susan Phillips
Board of Governors
Federal Reserve Board
U.S
Coe College
Phillips
University of Iowa
SCI Corp
Coe
Gage Memorial Union
David Jones
Aubrey G. Lanston and Co
New York City
Jones
CNN
Iowa
Laurent Hodges
Iowa State University
Cedar Rapids
Linn County
United Nations Association
Cedar Rapids-Marion
32Nd Street Drive
Sherry Decker
Police Department
Music of the Romantic Period Chautauqua at Cornell College
Cornell College offers a non credit Chautauqua session titled Music of the Romantic Period taught by professor emeritus Marcella Lee. The four day course runs Mondays November 2 9 and 16 from 9 am to 3 pm in Hedges Lounge The Commons with a 30 dollar fee for adults 50 plus. Contact the Office of Continuing Education for details or mailing list at Cornell College Mount Vernon.
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Marcella Lee
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Office of Continuing Education
Cornell College
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Mount Vernon
Vernon earns Community Service Award at Marion Chamber event
Marion attorney John Vernon received the Community Service Award at the Marion Chamber of Commerce annual meeting held October 14 at Collins Plaza Hotel. Vernon, a partner at Allen Vernon Gibson Robison, leads MEDCO and helped establish Marion's city manager form of government. About 375 people attended the 55th meeting as Jerry Zahradnik passed the gavel to Kim Colberg.
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Marion
John Vernon
Marion Chamber of Commerce
Collins Plaza
Allen
Vector Corp
Kim Colberg
Linn County Rural Electric Cooperative
Nature's Acres: A Calamus-Wheatland mini arboretum
Bob Boock transformed a 10 acre cattle lot into Nature's Acres two miles north of Wheatland. Since 1985 the preserve with two ponds and 50 shrub and tree species serves as a field lab for students and a wildlife habitat. Boock earned conservation honors and champions preservation over profit.
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Farmlan
Boock
Wheatland
National Wildlife Federation
Northeast Iowa
Iowa Department of Natural Resources
Iowa
Operation Stronghold
Bob Boock
Fire dims at former Farmstead Foods office in Cedar Rapids
Cedar Rapids firefighters dampen the smoldering remains of the former Farmstead Foods main office after a spectacular fire Sunday. Investigators have not determined a cause and did not enter the gutted three story brick building Monday.
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Cedar Rapids
Farmstead Foods
Michael Augustine
Linn-Mar weighs $9 million plan if merger fails
If Linn-Mar and Marion Independent districts do not merge, the Linn-Mar Space Study Committee urges a $9 million construction package to cover new classrooms and facility upgrades for 700 fifth and sixth graders plus 460-seat Novak Elementary conversion, with $490,000 in nonbond fire safety funding and accessibility work.
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Novak
Bowman Woods
Indian Creek
Linn- Mar
Marion Independent
Debates Persist In Iowa Senate Race
In Cedar Rapids Jean Lloyd Jones presses Grassley to agree to more debates ahead of the Nov 2 Des Moines clash while election day looms. Grassley defends record and mocks the lieutenant Truth Squad remark as the campaign centers on issues and debate frequency.
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Ken Sullivan
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U.S. Senate
Cedar Rapids
Jean Lloyd-Jones
Charles Grassley
Des Moines
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Cedar Rapids Public Library
Grassley
Rosanne Freeburg
Meth-Wick
Gazette
Truth Squad
Chuck Grassley
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