Ditch Project Split Into Stages Under HUD Funding Rule
Cedar Rapids officials say HUD will cap federal grants at 1.5 million annually for the Kenwood ditch storm sewer plan. The project, totaling about 6 million, will be phased with 3.4 million slated for first priority lower-ditch work from the lower end to a box culvert at Twenty-fifth Street NE.
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Department of Housing and Urban Development
HUD
Kenwood Ditch
Cedar Rapids
Donald Canney
Omaha
Canney
Richard Phillips
Jon Janda
Twenty-ninth
Fourteenth Street
Future earth resources satellites aid crop blight mapping
Rapid detection and mapping of crop blight areas will be possible with forthcoming earth resources technology satellites. The statement highlights improved monitoring capabilities and potential impact on agricultural management.
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Earth Resources Technology
Walk for Development to Fight Hunger in Cedar Rapids
A Walk for Development will be held in Cedar Rapids on October 10 to fund hunger relief at home and abroad. Walkers aged 6 to 60 will cover a 25 mile route starting at Kingston Stadium at 8 a.m. Sponsors pay per mile, with 15 percent to the American Freedom from Hunger Foundation and 85 percent to local Outreach Credit Union and Thin String fund and international Ort School and Yemen IVS program. The Cedar Rapids Youth for Development event aims for 2,000 to 3,000 walkers and up to $30,000.
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Outreach Credit Union
Thin String Fund
Bombay
India
Ort School
Cedar Rapids
Municipal Court Dismissal In Stolen Property Case
Richard P. English, 43, of 1150 Eighteenth Avenue SW, had a municipal court dismissal on a charge of receiving stolen property. He faced a June 14 allegation of receiving a mini bike belonging to Clarence Panash, with prior misreporting noting a different age and address for English.
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Richard P. English
Eighteenth Avenue
Clarence Panash
Second Avenue SE
Young Man Fined On Drug Charge
Larry Pretz, 20, of 634 Thirty third street NE, pled guilty in municipal court to possession of narcotics for personal use. He was fined 300 dollars and given a six month suspended sentence on July 16. Counts of contributing to delinquency of a minor and possession of beer as a minor were dismissed after the March 27 incident involving marijuana LSD and beer.
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Larry Pretz
Thirtythird Street
the Gazette
Pretz
Charge Against Koehler Dropped
A charge of assault and battery against John E. Koehler twenty two of 804 Fifteenth Street SE was dismissed in municipal court because the complaining witness did not wish to testify. Koehler was charged with beating his wife Roberta on May 29.
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John E. Koehler
Fifteenth Street SE
Koehler
Roberta
C. R. Youth Fined in Resisting and Drunkenness Case
Wesley Beshears aged 18 of 1112 Fifteenth Street pled guilty in municipal court to two counts of resisting an officer and a drunkenness charge. He received fines of 35, 50 and 15 dollars for the three counts arising from incidents August 15 at Van Vechten Park and August 30 on First Avenue SE. The Gazette notes he had been found innocent of the charges.
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Wesley Beshears
Fifteenth Street
Beshears
van Vechten Park
First Avenue SE
Moyle Brothers Bound Over On Delinquency Charge
Thomas Moyle aged 18 and his brother Jerry 23 of 1833 First Avenue SE waived a preliminary hearing in municipal court and were bound over to the grand jury on charges of contributing to the delinquency of a minor. They are accused of encouraging a minor to be guilty of immoral conduct between July 23 and 30.
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Thomas Moyle
Jerry
First Avenue SE
Receiving Stolen Property Charge Against C R Man
Jerome K. Weida, 26, of 2115 O avenue NW, arrested Tuesday evening on a charge of receiving stolen property. He is held pending arraignment. Tires stolen from Rapids Chevrolet, 601 First avenue SE, were traced to Weida with four tires at his residence and two in his front yard. An outboard motor stolen from Cedar Rapids Marine Sales, Inc., 1324 Ellis boulevard NV, was also recovered during the investigation.
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Jerome K. Weida
O Avenue NW
Weida
Rapids Chevrolet
First Avenue SE
Cedar Rapids Marine Sales, Inc
Ellis Boulevard
Cedar Rapids Area Arts Council Formed
The Cedar Rapids Marion area Chamber of Commerce announces the creation of the Cedar Rapids- Marion Area Arts Council to promote and coordinate local cultural groups. Initial members include the Cedar Rapids Art Association Community Theater Cedar Rapids Symphony Orchestra Children's Theater and Community Concert Association. T. J. McQuillen is chairman Horace Hedges vice chairman Kenneth W. Kirby treasurer and Mrs. Ronald B. Moore secretary.
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The
Chamber of Commerce
Cedar Rapids- Marion, Area
School Night for Scouting to recruit 2000 boys in Hawkeye area
Scout groups across seven county Hawkeye Area Council plan a mass School Night for Scouting on Thursday. About 2000 boys aged 8 to 16 are expected to join Cub or Boy Scout units. Schools serve as meeting sites with Bruce Haupt of Cedar Rapids guiding the effort and local coordinators arranging locations and materials.
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Hawkeye Area
Bruce Haupt
Cedar Rapids
Haupt
Youths Injured in Cedar Rapids One-Car Crash
At 1:14 a.m. Randy K. Coe 18 of 2724 Meadowbrook Dr SE lost control at First Ave and 29th St NE and struck a light pole. Coe faces charges of failure to maintain control and possession of beer as a minor. Passengers Michael E. Reid 15 of 1648 First Ave NE and Coe were hospitalized with head injuries and other injuries but are in fair condition at St Luke's Hospital.
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Cedar Rapids
St. Luke’s Hospital
Randy K. Coe
Meadowbrook Drive
Michael E. Reid
First Avenue
Coe
Twenty-ninth Street
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Jiffy
Berkshire
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