PETA’s caged pig sculptures to be displayed ‘on a busy intersection’ by Cedar Rapids Fareway grocery store on Saturday November 15, 2008
Posted by John in Business.Tags: Agriculture, animal abuse, Animal rights, animals, Cedar Rapids (Iowa), demonstrations, factory farms, Fareway, PETA, pork
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From PETA release (People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals):
Caged ‘Pigs’ Force Lunchtime Crowd in Cedar Rapids to Face Factory-Farm Cruelty
To illustrate the immense suffering and routine cruelty that pigs endure before they are made into ham and bacon, two pig sculptures–confined to metal stalls just as pigs on factory farms are–will be displayed on a busy intersection in Cedar Rapids on Saturday. This display–part of PETA’s “Think Before You Eat” campaign–comes on the heels of PETA’s new undercover exposé of an Iowa pig farm that supplies Hormel. The investigation uncovered routine, intentional abuse: Investigators documented …
Where: Fareway Grocery Store, 4220 16th Ave. S.W., Cedar Rapids
When: Saturday, November 15, 12 noon
Cedar Rapids associate superintendent named superintendent in Peoria November 8, 2008
Posted by John in Education, Jobs.Tags: Cedar Rapids (Iowa), Jay Marino, K-12 Schools
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From Peoria Journal Star:
A Cedar Rapids, Iowa, administrator with a plan to implement student-centered learning practices will lead the Dunlap School District when Superintendent Jeanne Williamson retires at the end of the school year.
At a news conference Friday, School Board President Bruce Hay introduced Dr. J. Jay Marino, who will assume his new position July 1. …
He is assistant superintendent for learning and continuous improvement in the Cedar Rapids Community School District. …
NPC International to acquire 7 Pizza Hut restaurants in Cedar Rapids area November 6, 2008
Posted by John in Business.Tags: Cedar Rapids (Iowa), NPC International Inc, Pizza Hut Inc
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From press release at MarketWatch:
Consistent with NPC International, Inc.’s objective to continue growth in the Pizza Hut system, NPC announced today that it had entered into two agreements with Pizza Hut, Inc. (PHI). …
The units to be acquired pursuant to the APA are located in and around Tampa, Florida (82), and rural Cedar Rapids, Iowa (7), and are comprised of 46 delivery/carry-out units and 43 dine-in restaurants. …
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News tip: Garrison Keillor sends large donation to Cedar Rapids Public Library, St. Joe paper says November 5, 2008
Posted by John in Kindness.Tags: Cedar Rapids (Iowa), Cedar Rapids Public Library, donations, flood damage, Floods of 2008, Garrison Keillor, Libraries, Public Libraries
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From The (St. Joseph, Missouri) News-Press:
A former St. Joseph resident [acting public library director Tamara Glise] is leading efforts to restore a library that was destroyed this summer during the catastrophic flood in eastern Iowa. …
Garrison Keillor, the host and writer for Prairie Home Companion, sent a large donation, Ms. Glise said. …
Need a little Christmas, right this very minute? Anamosa-Cedar Rapids radio station goes all-Christmas over weekend November 3, 2008
Posted by John in Media.Tags: 95.7 FM, Anamosa (Iowa), Cedar Rapids (Iowa), Christmas music, music programming, radio
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From Upper Midwest Broadcasting:
Washington Post news obituary for Cedar Rapids native: ‘Fred Baron, 61; Asbestos-Fighting Lawyer,’ John Edwards’ finance chairman November 1, 2008
Posted by John in Deaths.Tags: asbestos, Cancer, Cedar Rapids (Iowa), Frederick Baron, john edwards, litigation, Obituaries, trial lawyers
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From Washington Post:
Fred Baron, 61, a lawyer who won billions of dollars for clients in asbestos cases and served as finance chairman of John Edwards’s presidential campaign, died of blood cancer Oct. 30 at his home in Dallas. …
Frederick Martin Baron was born in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, and moved to Smithville, Tex., as a teenager. He was a 1968 graduate of the University of Texas at Austin and a 1971 graduate of its law school. …
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Former University of Colorado women’s basketball player, originally from Cedar Rapids, sues CU over scholarship; Claims breach of contract October 31, 2008
Posted by John in Courts, Sports.Tags: Cedar Rapids (Iowa), Kathy McConnell-Miller, lawsuits, NCAA, RyAnne Ridge, Stephen Ridge, University of Colorado
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From Boulder Daily Camera:
[RyAnne] Ridge, originally from Cedar Rapids, Iowa, left the CU team last season after playing in seven games, averaging 1.9 minutes per game while scoring one point. She is still a student at CU.
She and her father, Stephen, are named as plaintiffs in the suit and are seeking an unspecified amount in tuition and other expenses. They are claiming that because [Kathy] McConnell-Miller promised Ridge a scholarship — and she left her scholarship at Tulsa because of that — CU should have to pay the family. …
NYT highlights Cedar Rapids system engineer’s ‘Car Care’ iPhone application October 30, 2008
Posted by John in Technology.Tags: Cedar Rapids (Iowa), iPhone, Karl Becker, software engineering
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From New York Times:
Karl Becker, a systems engineer in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, developed Car Care to handle his own needs. The iPhone application calculates a car’s gas mileage if you enter the odometer readings every time you fill up the car. If you want this converted into a measurement of CO2 added to the atmosphere, the software is happy to figure it out. The package will also track required maintenance and remind you when you need to check the oil. …
Did Obama campaign bus African-American high school students from Illinois to Iowa City caucus? Hillary supporter claims caucus fraud (Source: Newsmax) October 29, 2008
Posted by John in Political.Tags: 2008 election, barack obama, Cedar Rapids (Iowa), iowa caucuses, Iowa City (Iowa), Kennedy High School (Cedar Raipds Iowa), Lynette Long
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From Newsmax.com:
Hillary Backers Decry Massive Obama Vote Fraud
… Lynette Long, a Hillary supporter from Bethesda, Md., who has a long and respected academic career, believes Obama’s victory in Iowa and in 12 other caucus states was no miracle. “It was fraud,” she told Newsmax. Long has spent several months studying the caucus and primary results. …
In Iowa City, red and white chartered buses with Illinois license plates arrived from Illinois packed with boisterous African-American high school students, who came to caucus for Obama in Iowa after being recruited by Obama campaign workers. …
Also, from Lynette Long site and interview (Iowa page):
Central Cedar Rapids Precinct – Kennedy High School
Caucus managed by Official who was an Obama partisan.
At least one minute before the caucus started a large group of people entered the room at once, all African Americans. They were bused in from Illinois. Approximately 450 people were in the room and half were African American. …
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Local Christian radio station (89.1 FM) expands coverage area with additional translators October 23, 2008
Posted by John in Media.Tags: Anamosa (Iowa), broadcasting, Cedar Rapids (Iowa), Christian radio, Dubuque (Iowa), Hiawatha (Iowa), Iowa City (Iowa), radio, radio translators, Waterloo (Iowa)
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From Upper Midwest Broadcasting:
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