Susan Simon Leads Expanded Paraprofessional Training
Susan Simon, assistant professor and coordinator for Kirkwood Community College's Handicapped Services Program, holds degrees from Brooklyn College, University of Wisconsin Madison, and University of Iowa. She directs a U.S. Department of Education grant to expand paraprofessional training at Kirkwood.
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Susan Simon
Kirkwood Community College
Brooklyn College
Brooklyn
N.Y
University of Wisconsin
Supported employment offers real work for disabled adults
The article discusses how people with disabilities gain workplace inclusion through supported employment. Job coaches accompany workers in real jobs at various local sites, with cost savings and tax contributions cited. Local employers endorse reliable staff, noting equal pay and improved community status for disabled workers.
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Linn County
Goodwill
Cedar Rapids
Jim Stevens
Galt Sand
Sally Schaab
Drake’s Salad Bar
Volunteer opportunities seek help across community groups
A local volunteer alert lists multiple nonprofits and programs seeking help. Opportunities include tour guides at Seminole Valley Farm, county soil conservation volunteers, YMCA writing tasks, Family Service Agency receptionist duties, COMMIT public information writing, reading tutors, Cedar Rapids Police Reserves, Grandparents reading at Jane Boyd House, Special Olympic volunteer day, Retired Senior Volunteer Program, Mentoring for a young man with mental retardation, United Way information referrals, mailings for Muscular Dystrophy Association, and the American Cancer Society Discovery Shop. Contacts and phone numbers provided.
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LIV
Call Barth
Seminole Valley Farm
Nancy Beatty
Linn County Soil Conservation Service
John Bruene
YMCA
Annette
Family Service Agency
Sarah Long
Sandi Perrin
Elaine
Cedar Rapids
General Services Division
Jane Boyd Community House
Joan Mitchell-Nelson
LeeAnne Chapman Houtz
ABC
Faye
Annie
United Way
Marian
Muscular Dystrophy Association
Judy Levan
American Cancer Society
Discovery Shop
Becky Eden
Des Moines firm sued over Bloomfield bank insolvency
A Des Moines law firm Whitfield Musgrave Eddy faces a depositor suit for counsel in the failed Exchange Bank of Bloomfield. The complaint, filed by Iowa banking officials, alleges founder Allen Whitfield helped hide insolvency in 1976 and that the uninsured bank’s collapse caused more than 5 million dollars in losses.
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DES Moines
Bloomfield
Iowa
Robert Rigler
First Interstate Bank of
Whitfield, Musgrave & Eddy
Allen Whitfield
Exchange Bank of
First Interstate
Exchange Bank
Solon Senator Varn Announces Re-election Bid
Des Moines reports Sen Richard Varn D Solon will seek a second term in Iowa Senate District 27. The district covers Poweshiek Iowa counties and western Johnson County. Varn has served four years in the Senate after two terms in the House and co chaired the budget panel overseeing education. He was named head of the Senate Judiciary Committee.
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Gazette
Des Moines Bureau
DES Moines
Richard Varn
Solon
Iowa
Senate
Poweshiek
Johnson County
Varn
Iowa House
Legislative
Judiciary Committee
Iowa teachers fall to 37th in U.S. pay rankings
Iowa teachers earn an average of 26 747 for 1989 90, down four spots to 37th nationally despite a 3 3 percent rise. NEA data show Iowa lags the national 31 304 average by over 4 550, and Phase III funds are not counted as continuing salaries.
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Iowa
U.S
Iowa Newspaper Association
DES Moines
Ken Tilp
Iowa State Education Association
United States
National Education Association
NEA
Tilp
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