Cedar Rapids City Calendar Highlights March Events
A dense list covers city hall and school board meetings across Cedar Rapids and surrounding towns. Notable items include budget action by Cedar Rapids and Marion bodies, a Vietnam Memorial Moving Wall ceremony at Cedar Memorial Cemetery, and public notices for a school levy recount petition at the Cedar Rapids Public Library. Highlights also feature concerts by the Cedar Rapids Symphony at the Paramount and community/history programming across local venues.
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Cedar Rapids
Council Chambers
Alburnett School Board
Alburnett Community School
Belle Plaine
Cedar Rapids Municipal Band Commission
Marquis Hall
Coe College
Linn-Mar School Board
N. 10Th St
Marion
Benton Community School Board
van Horne
College Community School Board
Prairie High School
Linn County Board of Health
13Th St. NW
Linn County Zoning Commission
Center Point-Urbana School Board
Trader St
Center Point
Lisbon
Lisbon High School
Lisbon School Board
Lee Clancey
Cedar Rapids Public Library
Prairie Creek
Cedar Memorial Cemetery
Illinois and Iowa Lottery Draws Report
Sunday Illinois Lottery Pick 3 numbers 5 1 2 and Powerball 3 1 5 7 45 in Powerball. Indiana and Kansas sold winning tickets. Iowa Super Cash Lotto 1 2 15 32 39 42 and Cash Game 4 5 10 25 31. no Super Cash winner. Wednesday jackpots noted. CityLine numbers listed for results.
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Illinois
Indiana
Kansas
Iowa
Vital Statistics and DUI Arrests in Eastern Iowa
The Gazette notes births at Mercy and St. Luke’s hospitals with listed parents and addresses. It also lists drunken driving arrests in Iowa City with ages and arrest locations, and notes medical calls and false alarms are excluded from the list.
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Bryan J. Reinhart
Harper
First Avenue
Iowa City
Karen L. Phillips
Dover St
Kirkwood Avenue
Dubuque Street
Angela L. Zimmerman
Gilbert Ct
Burlington Street
Riverside Drive
Francisco E. Barrera
Arthur St
Lower Muscatine Road
Mark M. Malone
Summer Circle
Foster Road
Shannon D. Greenman
J St
Market
Dubuque Streets
Alan J. Rivera
Ottumwa
Market Street
17Th St
Jacolyn Dr. NW
HIV home-test kits arrive in Cedar Rapids market
A Walgreens Wal-Mart displays Confide HIV Testing Service and Home Access Express home kits approved by the FDA. The $36 kits require finger pricks and lab return with results by seven days via anonymous ID. Critics flag telephone counseling and lack of in-person support for positives.
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Gazette News
Cedar Rapids
U.S. Food and Drug Administration
Wal-Mart
Blairs Ferry Road
Gary Graber
Graber
Direct Access Diagnostics
Bridgewater
N.C
Home Access Express
Iowa
FDA
David Fries
Iowa Department of Public Health. “This Is A Good Test,” Said John Katz
Texas
Jack Stapleton
University of Iowa
David Packard
Gazette
Iowa football win spurs 43 disturbance complaints in Iowa City
After Saturdays Iowa Hawkeyes victory police logged 43 disturbance or loud party complaints from game end through Sunday morning. Most incidents involved parties outdoors. residents were warned first then cited if non cooperative. Christopher Low cited for disorderly house after hosting 200 plus guests.
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Wazelle News
Iowa City
University of Iowa
Jim Linn
Linn
Christopher Low
Low
Evolution of the Cedar Rapids Post Office and its leaders
Charles Seda, Cedar Rapids postmaster from 1968 to 1980, notes two major shifts in the last half century. He cites the 1971 move to privatize administration removing politics from the system and ZIP code introduction in 1963 as game changers that transformed operations and management philosophy.
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Charles Seda
Cedar Rapids
Federal Treasury
Seda
Congress
West side post office to rise at Wiley and 20th
Site work starts for a $3.2 million Cedar Rapids west side branch post office at Wiley Boulevard and 20th Avenue SW. Taylor Ball Construction Co. is the general contractor. the 25 000 square foot building will replace the Johnson Avenue NW branch and serve about 60 carriers and clerks.
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Wiley Boulevard
20Th Avenue
Taylor Ball Construction Co
Johnson Avenue NW
Flesh Eating Bacteria Illnesses Persist in Eastern Iowa
The Gazette recalls necrotizing fasciitis cases in 1994 95 near Independence and West Union. Bryan Crawford 12 lost his leg amputated but now enjoys high school life. Ryan Johnson 14 died after leukemia weakened his system. Jim Koch 51 avoided death with emergency surgery and continues hog farming. CDC notes 500 to 1000 US cases yearly with a 25 percent fatality rate.
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England
The
Gazette
Iowa
Bryan Crawford
Independence
Bryan
Ryan Johnson
Jim Koch
West Union
Koch
U.S
Centers For Disease Control and Prevention
United States
Douglas Neumann
Linn County taxes due before October 1
The semiannual installment of property and mobile home taxes in Linn County is due before Oct. 1. A payment postmarked Sept. 30 is considered paid in September with no penalty. Payments received Oct. 1 or postmarked that day incur a 1.5 percent penalty. Tax payments are accepted at the Linn County Treasurer's Office, 930 First St. SW, during normal hours.
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Linn County
First St
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Daily Notebook
Cedar Rapids Symphony
Hilary Hahn
Paramount Theatre
Symphony
Paramount
Stephanie Wager
History Center
Chautauqua
Cornell College
Tom Morain
State Historical Society of Iowa
John Ashbery
van Allen Hall
U of Writers’ Workshop
Farmers Markets
Noelridge
Noelridge Park
Collins Road
Council Street
Coralville Farmers Market
S.T. Morrison Park
Seventh St
Beth
Lee Vanhyfte
Ottawa Dr
Danelle Lockard
Park Towne PI. NE
Kim
Warren Lammers
Palo
ST. Luke's
Chitra Samy
Tamil Muthusamy
Park Towne Ct
the Gazette
Johnson County
C.R
By Renee Berg
American Red Cross
Packard
Katrina Kump
Gazette Intern
John Hughes
Dwight
ISU
Greene
Burianek
First Street
Third Avenue SE
Smulekoff’s
Second Street
Second Avenue
Third Street SE
Post Office
Federal Court
Witwer
First and
Second Avenues SE
P.O
Ollow
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