Merchants favor easing of some parking limits
Downtown merchants back extending maximum parking from one to two hours on side streets while Seventh Avenue would keep one hour. The Marion Chamber survey of 60 businesses, requested by City Manager Asaro, seeks adjustments to ease shopper access without promoting all day employee parking. The council will review proposals next.
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Steve Snyder
The
Marion Chamber of Commerce
Snyder
Marion
Larry Asaro
Chamber
10Th Street
11Th Street
12Th Street
Seventh Avenue
Asaro
Ninth
13Th Streets
Marion Retail Bureau
Farmers State Bank
Community Center Week Offers Senior Potluck and Dance Classes
Marion Community Center lists events for the coming week including a Saturday senior potluck at 10 30 a m and a Sunday dance workshop with Don Spurgin at 2 p m. Monday features high school completion at 9 a m and 6 p m along with painting at 1 p m and Mel Rhodes dance at 7 30 p m.
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Marion Community Center
Don Spurgin
Mel Rhodes
Gary Clark
Past 60 Group Opens Fall Winter Double Feature
The Past 60 Group begins its fall and winter season with a double feature program at Ascension Lutheran Church 2210 Grand Ave. The noon event includes a potluck dinner, magazine exchange, surplus garden vegetables table, community singing, and a Philippine Islands talk by Mrs. George T Henry followed by the film The Best of the Best about the Olympics. The meetings occur the second Thursday each month at various Marion churches and are open to anyone past 60 with no dues.
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Ascension Lutheran Church
Grand Ave
George T. Henry
Philippine Islands
Marion
Czech Festival Opens In Village With Museum Display
Betty Novak of 4030 Georgia Ave NE displays a lucky badge at the fifth annual Czech Village Festival. The event features a Czech museum opening on C Street SW behind the old United State Bank, plus demonstrations of crafts Czech food music contests and a carnival. Events run through Sunday two blocks south of the new 12th Avenue bridge in Czech Village.
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Betty Novak
Georgia Ave
C Street
United State Bank
Czech Village
12Th Avenue Bridge
Republican Challenger Advocates Civil Rights Focus in Linn County
Herbert Cherry a 48 year old Linn County supervisor candidate addressed a Linn County NAACP meeting stressing equal employment opportunities for black citizens and the need to curb payroll growth. He urged merit based hiring for social services lowering automatic budget increases and stronger department performance reviews to balance public and private sector workloads.
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Linn County Board of Supervisors
Herbert Cherry
Primrose Lane
Linn County
NAACP
Cherry
Wilson Foods
Joyce men delay court appearance in attempted murder case
Rockie A. Joyce and his father Albert T. Joyce were charged in connection with the Aug. 30 shooting at the CIO Tavern. They did not appear Friday as charges had not yet been filed. A later court appearance was scheduled.
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Rockie A. Joyce
Albert T. Joyce
16Th Ave. SE
Steven L. Frink
CIO Tavern
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Blouin
Mike Blouin
Marion Democratic Club
11Th St
Cedar Rapids Art Center
2Nd Ave
Cedar Rapids
OSCO
L’oreal
Loreal
Osees
Mark
Nester
Osco Cas
Osco Products
Styro Cup
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Renuzit
Osco Film Club
Czech
Joyce
Century 21
North America
1St Avenue
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Erusha Inc. Realtors
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