Sam's Wholesale Club Grand Opening Sees Traffic Delays
Congested parking lot traffic marred the Sam's Wholesale Club opening at 2605 Blairs Ferry Rd NE as police, led by Capt. James Noonan, directed traffic. Officers reported no crashes despite complaints from frustrated customers during the rollout of the business aimed at business owners with group memberships.
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Sam
Blairs Ferry Rd
James Noonan
Noonan
Sam’s
Sam Walton
Wal-Mart
Marion Marching Invitational Opens With 13 Bands
Thirteen Iowa bands will perform at the 10th annual Marion Marching Invitational on the Marion football field across from Thomas Park. More than 1,300 students participate in this Iowa High School Music Association sanctioned event with awards for top bands, drum major, color guard, and sportsmanship. Competition starts at 1 p.m. Gates open 12:30 p.m. Admission is 2 dollars for adults and 1 dollar for students. rain plans move performances to Marion High School gym.
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Iowa
Marion
Thomas Park
Lone Tree
Davis County
Eddyville
West Delaware
Oelwein
Keokuk
Muscatine
Linn-Mar
Prairie
Cedar Rapids
Jefferson
Kennedy
Washington
Marion High School
Cedar Rapids NAACP Radiothon and Freedom Fund Banquet
The Cedar Rapids NAACP will join a national radiothon with public service announcements on WMT KCCK KCRG KHAK KTOF KOJC and KQCR. The 48th annual Freedom Fund Banquet follows at 6 30 p m Saturday at Stouffer s with Peggy Lewis LeCompte as speaker Tickets are 30 and reservations due Thursday with McKenzly Wilson or Paula Garner.
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Cedar Rapids
National Association For the Advancement of Colored People
NAACP
WMTAM/FM
Kcck-Fm
KCRG
KHAK
KTOF
KOJC
KQCR
Freedom Fund
Stouffer's
Peggy Lewis LeCompte
McKenzly Wilson
Paula Garner
Cedar Rapids Catholic School Campaign Launch
An organizational meeting for the Blueprint for Excellence capital campaign to fund a new central Catholic high school in Cedar Rapids gathers 250 volunteers from 12 area parishes at Immaculate Conception Church. Honorary Chairs include Archbishop Daniel Kucera and Sister Mary Lawrence Hallagan. goal is 8 million dollars for a 100000 square foot facility on a 60 acre site in northeast Cedar Rapids.
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Cedar Rapids
Marion
Bruce McGrath
Daniel Kucera
Jack Cosgrove
James Marie Donahue
Patrick Falconi
Mary Lawrence Hallagan
John Knapp
Lee Liu
Vinnie Noce
Audrey Linge-Ovel
Oral contract at heart of St Luke's suit
Kingsley Grant sues St Luke's Hospital and president Sam Wallace in a Linn County civil case alleging an oral contract for pathology services and misrepresentation. Trial showed a prior written contract from 1976 renewed to 1988, with both sides claiming grounds for termination while Grant seeks 1.5 million and punitive damages.
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Heart of St. Luke’s
Dick Hogan
St. Luke’s Hospital
Cedar Rapids
Linn County
Kingsley Grant
St Luke’s
Sam Wallace
Grant
Wallace
St. Luke’s
Tom Riley
Court ruling on Salvation Army may cut service
Cedar Rapids could lose its Salvation Army center if a Labor Department ruling forces payment of minimum wage for work therapy. Capt. Douglas Stearns says 90 day rehabilitation programs for 40 men would be untenable, given a $750,000 yearly budget funded by four thrift stores. The center offers room, board, therapy, and unpaid work therapy, and operates as part of a national network of 117 Corps.
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Lonnie
Stearns
Salvation Army
U.S. Department of Labor
Salvation Army Corp
Cedar Rapids Center
Salvation) Army
Labor Department
Goodwillee Inc
Window restoration moves in Evanston City Hall project
Bit by bit workers from Botti Studio of Architectural Arts remove and lower the first section of a Grant Wood window from the south side frame at Evanston City Hall. The city seeks to repair sections due to deterioration with a $30,000 state grant and $23,000 local contribution.
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Botti Studio of Architectural Arts
Evanston, Ill
Grant Wood
City Hall
Jim Edbrooke
Raul Martinez
Mike
Cedar Rapids weighs first reading on yard waste curb ban
Support for a Cedar Rapids yard waste ordinance grows as the City Council considers a first reading. The measure would ban dumping leaves and clippings in streets with two allowed leaf disposals per year and a city compost site handling the yard waste. Violations would be a misdemeanor with up to 30 days jail or a $100 fine.
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Jeff Burnham
Cedar Rapids
Wayne Murdock
Murdock
Streets Department
Hanor
Sanitation Department
New Vietnam veterans group to hold POW MIA vigil in Cedar Rapids
A new local Vietnam veterans chapter sponsors a POW MIA vigil Friday from 5 pm to midnight on Mays Island across from City Hall. President Jim Manuel says 2 316 service members remain unaccounted for from Vietnam, including 39 Iowans, with about 90 000 from earlier wars also missing. The 30 member group aims to grow and connects to national Vietnam Veterans of America. Contact Manuel at 393 4208 or Fritz Dier at 373 0776.
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Vietnam Veterans Organization
Cedar Rapids
Mays Island
City Hall
Iowa
Vietnam Veterans of Iowa
Jim Manuel
Manuel
National
Vietnam Veterans of America
Congress
Agent Orange
Fritz Dier
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Cedar Rapids Catholic School Meeting
Immaculate Concentinn
Wveenwpeewes Church
C.R
New Vietnam Veterans Group
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