Cedar Rapids School Cuts Costs With City Bus Routes
Cedar Rapids officials coordinate with city to lower student bus costs after state budget cuts. Some routes begin next week, possibly saving up to 272 dollars per pupil annually while district fees could reach 344 dollars for the year. Transportation manager Margaret Hamed notes routes near Van Buren Hiawatha and Grant Wood elementary schools and North Twin Pines. City routes start Monday with an estimated 72 dollars yearly per student.
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Cedar Rapids
Margaret Hamed
van Buren
Hiawatha
Grant Wood
Twin Pines
Hamed
Drowning Fatality Ties Riverside Farm Pond
A farm pond near Riverside becomes the scene of a fatal drowning. Washington County deputies and Riverside First Responders arrived around 7 20 p m and found the victim before search boats arrived. The person was airlifted to University Hospitals and pronounced dead. The victim’s identity remains withheld pending relative notification.
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Washington County Sheriffs Department
Riverside
University Hospitals
Missing Iowa City teen Jennifer Werdweitsch returned home
A 17 year old girl reported missing over the weekend was found at home Monday morning. Police had appealed for public help after she was last seen about 3 20 a m Saturday and were notified at 6 40 a m Monday that she was safe. Police could not reveal where she had been.
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Jennifer Werdweitsch
Telephone outages hit four Eastern Iowa towns
Telephone users in Vinton Anamosa Center Point and Monticello faced interruptions starting 4 15 p m Monday. US West said repairs to processors restored service but more repairs are needed and both local and long distance calls could be affected overnight according to spokeswoman Kyle Turner.
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Iowa
Vinton
Anamosa
Center Point
Monticello
US West
Kyle Turner
Turner
Kann Manufacturing ships garbage trucks to Merida Mexico
Kann Manufacturing sent six compartmentalized garbage trucks to Merida Mexico as part of a trade push tied to the North American Free Trade Agreement. The units cost 50 000 to 55 000 dollars each and feature three compartments for organic inorganic and medical waste.
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Merida
Mexico
Yucatan Peninsula
North America
Canada
U.S
Kann
Dirk Kann
Chuck Andracchio
Kann Manufacturing
IPESA
New Orleans
Andracchio
United States
City ponders fifth Cedar Rapids public golf course
A NGF market analysis finds demand for new public golf facilities in Cedar Rapids exceeds supply by over 53 thousand rounds this year, with projections rising to 72 thousand by 1996. Four city courses run deficits, prompting a study to raise revenues and adjust fees while considering a new 18 hole course on 190 acres north of the city.
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Lonnie Zingula
Cedar Rapids
National Golf Foundation
NGF
Jupiter
Fla
Twin Pines
Ellis
Jones
Squaw Creek
Barry Frank
Dave Holstad
Marion school board takes no position on Linn-Mar merger
Marion Independent school board votes 4 3 to take no position on a proposed merger with Linn-Mar. The board adopts three resolutions opposing Linn-Mar plans and directs Superintendent Jacobson to file rationale with Grant Wood AEA before the October 7 hearing.
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Marion Board
Virginia Folkers
Donald Norton
Jeff Humister
Gordon Gibson
Tom Thurman
Mike Nash
Bill Huntoon
Thurman
Grant Wood
Marion Independent
Linn-Mar
Linn- Mar
Nash
Marion
P-51 Mustang brings Belle Plaine airport to life
A writer relives a dream ride in a CAF P-51 Mustang at Mansfield Tippie Airport. Pilot Reg Urschler guides the writer during a high speed takeoff, rolls, and a victory roll, praising the community funded airport project valued at over 500000 dollars. The memory lingers as a lifelong aviation moment.
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Mansfield- Tippie
Reg Urschler
CAF
Belle Plaine
Dave Rasdal
Bellevue
Neb
Mansfield-Tippie Airport
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Attenberg
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Wow
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Frank Silkebaken
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Air Force Star
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