Portable meters warn readers with dog alerts and beeps
Iowa Electric Light and Power replaces paper cards with $1500 portable meters used by TE meter readers. The device signals approaching dogs with flashing screens and beeps, stores route data, and allows immediate input of new instructions, improving safety and efficiency for workers like Mary Stegall who have faced dog bites.
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Nancy Stevens
Gazett County
Iowa Electric Light and Power Co
Bill McFadden
Mary
Stegall
Ste
Steggall
McFadden
Iowa
Benefit Car Show for Garret Frey Receives Wide Support
Car dealers and club organizers rally to display 60 vehicles at the Garret Frey Benefit Car Show at Riverside Roundhouse Czech Village. The event runs from 11 a.m. with a 12:30 p.m. slow-pitch game and 2 p.m. charity auction to aid five-year-old Garret Frey, quadraplegic from last April’s motorcycle crash. Admission is free, spectators vote with donations. Vehicles include vintage Corvettes from Cedar Rapids Corvette Club, antiques from Early Ford and Early Chevrolet clubs, street rods from Cedar Valley Street Rod Club, plus 1988 models from Ford, Cadillac, Jaguar, Buick and BMW. sponsors include Iowa Precision Industries and local dealers Duffy’s Collectible Cars and Allen Motor Co.
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Garret Frey
Riverside Roundhouse
Czech Village
Cedar Rapids
Corvette Club
Ford
Chevrolet
Cedar Valley
Cadillac
Jaguar
Buick
BMW
Iowa Precision Industries
Street Red Club
Duffy's
Allen Motor Co
The Door is Open to Mental Health Education program
Abbe Center for Community Mental Health sponsors an educational program at Beems Auditorium Cedar Rapids Public Library on Wednesday Oct 7 at 7 p.m. The event kicks off Mental Illness Awareness Week and opens a monthly series for families and others about mental illness treatment and services. A candlelight ceremony in Greene Square Park at 8 30 p.m. follows with Mental Health Advocates. For more information call 398 3562.
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Beems Auditorium
Cedar Rapids Public Library
Abbe Center For Community Mental Health
Teans
Abbe Center
Greene Square Park
Call Abbe Center
Autumn Trail Excursion for Seniors on Cedar Valley Trail
Senior citizens and others will take an autumn trip on the Cedar Valley Nature Trail on October 17. Vans depart every 30 minutes from the Boyson Road trailhead in Hiawatha at 8:30 am, to Center Point Depot and back, with volunteers to assist. Pre registration is required and the fare is 50 cents per person. Call 398 3508 to reserve.
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Cedar Valley
Boyson Road
Hiawatha
Center Point Depot
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