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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 03, 1992
Page
9
Center Point Urbana School Board By-Election Set for May 12
Ken Hunt and Mark Andrews of Center Point will run in a May 12 special election to fill the seventh seat on the Center Point Urbana Community school board. Andrews already serves on the Center Point board. Nomination papers were due Thursday and any eligible voter in Center Point or Urbana districts may run. The at large term ends September 1996. Current appointees include Center Point: Carol Davbs Sharon Hannen Don Burke and Larry Wear. Urbana appointees Carl Lehne and Jim Fink. May 1 is the deadline to register to vote.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ken Hunt
Mark Andrews
Center Point
Center Point-Urbana Community
Andrews
Urbana
Carol Davbs
Sharon Hannen
Don Burke
Larry Wear
Carl Lehne
Jim Fink
Burglars Caught With Goods in Linn County Home
Two daytime burglars fled a rural Linn County residence after deputies found them near a 2 p.m. alarm on 16th Avenue SW. Kevin E. Kloubec and Genio M. Ruiz were arrested on second degree burglary and theft charges, with Ruiz also facing fourth degree criminal mischief. Both are held on bond.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Linn County
Linn County Sheriff's
16Th Avenue
Cedar Rapids
Linn County Sheriff's Department
Kevin E. Kloubec
Second Ave
Gen
Marion raid finds 105 marijuana plants in makeshift greenhouse
Robert J. Jakubowsky, 23, of 1725 Eighth Ave., was arrested without incident at 3:30 p.m. in a Marion apartment where 105 marijuana plants were growing under lights. He faces charges of manufacturing marijuana possession and drug paraphernalia and is jailed in Linn County. The raid involved the Metro Narcotics and Dangerous Drug Unit and Marion police.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marion
Robert J. Jakubowsky
Eighth Ave
Dennis Fiser
Linn County Sheriff's Department
Fiser
Metro Narcotics and Dangerous Drug Unit
Jakubowsky
Linn County
Prairie Intermediate fourth graders win Gothic look-alike contest
Fourth graders Jacque Hining and Corey Phillips won Prairie Intermediate School’s March American Gothic look-alike photo contest. Art teacher Pat Healy organized the Youth Art Month event to spotlight local art history with a Grant Wood themed backdrop by Prairie High School student John Long.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Prairie Gothic
Jacque Hining
Corey Phillips
Prairie Intermediate School
Pat Healy
Grant Wood
Prairie High School
John Long
Lenient Iowa Juvenile Home helps troubled youths reform
The Iowa Juvenile Home near Toledo, founded in 1920, houses 100 Enrollees aged 12 to 17 from disrupted homes and delinquency cases. Under Supt. Robert Eppler, a more open, less punitive approach reduced December lockups from 53 in 1989 to 13 in 1991, with average confinement down to about 1 hour 13 minutes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eppler
Volunteers help youths learn family values at Iowa Juvenile Home
Duane Bossman and Superintendent Robert Eppler describe a growing volunteer program at the Iowa Juvenile Home. Volunteers, screened with fingerprint checks, assist residents on and off campus, some even inviting youths into their homes. Since July, volunteer hours exceed previous levels as community groups and individuals contribute efforts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eppler
Duane
Bossman
Dave Rasdal Oledo
Iowa
Duane Bossman
Robert Eppler
Tama
Toledo
Marshalltown
Iowa Juvenile Home Youths Face Rough Life in To Le Do
Statistics from the Iowa Juvenile Home show residents average 15.5 years old and have had seven out-of home placements. Many have been away from home for over a year before age 15, struggle with substance abuse, and lag academically by more than two grades. Half have mental health placements or crisis histories, with over 50 percent reporting abuse, most come from single-parent homes, about half maintain family contact, and stays last eight to nine months.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
OLEDO
Iowa
Robert Eppler
Cherokee
Eppler
Bossman
Toledo
Sheriff hearing tests Linn County gender hostility policy
Linn County Civil Service Commission heard Sgt. John Hromidko appeal over a five day suspension for using a vulgar term about a woman subordinate. Deputy Lori Ferguson protested after the incident, triggering an internal probe. The panel’s decision is pending as witnesses testified on both sides.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Linn County
John Hromidko
Lori Ferguson
Hromidko
Linn County Civil Service Commission
Peregrine falcon sighting signals return to Cedar Rapids
A peregrine was sighted Thursday in downtown Cedar Rapids marking the first confirmed sighting this year. Students and residents observed the bird near the MCI area, Fir Star, Roosevelt garage, and a Quaker Oats silo as DNA biologists hope for a resident Cedar Rapids flock.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cedar Rapids
MCI
Iowa
Steve Atherton
Kirkwood Community College
Parks and Natural Resources
Peregrines
Randy Brown
Shawn Hawks
Atherton
Brown
Hawks
Five Seasons
Roosevelt Parking Garage
Department of Natural Resources
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School of Hard Knocks
Dave Rasdal
CINA
Boys Training School
Eldora
Lowa
Gazette
Turner
Wilson
Donna Lee Olson
Bill Boermerman
Linn
Falcon
Jim Mayer
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