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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 07, 1992
Page
7
Fire destroys Linn County family's mobile home. aid sought
Eric and Anna Wilkey and their three children lost their Cedar Rapids area mobile home Sunday with no insurance. A Robins faith community and Cedar Terrace Mobile Home Estates are collecting clothing, furniture, and cash donations to help the family relocate near the northeast side of Cedar Rapids. Also, LIFTS will cut two mid day bus trips April 15 to save money, increasing fares for seniors and disabled riders July 1. Artsventure 92 offers arts activities for Linn County youths with disabilities through Thursday, inviting peers to join in workshops at Riverside Roundhouse.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eric
Anna Wilkey
Robins
Faith Bible Church
Cedar Terrace
Gretchen Dr
Wilkeys
Central Dr. SW
Cedar Rapids
North Linn County
al Baker
Baker
Linn County
Artsventure
Riverside Roundhouse
Ambroz Arts Advisory Board
Cedar Rapids Recreation Commission
Association For Retarded Citizens
YWCA
Grant Wood Aea
Cedar Rapids School District
College Community School District
Cedar Rapids Fiber Artists
Vandals Break Into Linn Academy. Classes Canceled
Mary Lou Erlacher says fire extinguisher residue forced Marion Linn Academy to cancel classes after vandals gained entry by breaking a ground level west window. No items stolen. residue risks skin and eye irritation, and damaged student projects. Sixty six students attend grades one through eight at 2301 Third Ave Marion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Linn Academy
Mary Lou Erlacher
Erlacher
The
Academy
Third Ave
Marion
Washington Elementary
Coe College Forum to Feature Shakespeare History Play
Cedar Rapids hosts a Thursday Forum at Coe College with Charles Cannon delivering the first of four talks on The Politics of Shakespeare's History Play. Sessions run 9:30 to 11:30 a.m. in Hickok Hall with 9 a.m. coffee. The four lectures cost 25 dollars with scholarships. area teachers may attend free. Call 399-8663.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Coe College
Charles Cannon
Coe English
Hickok Hall
Cedar Rapids
Study finds family planning saves tax dollars in Iowa
University of Iowa research shows for every dollar spent on publicly funded family planning programs, taxpayers save eight to fifteen dollars by reducing unplanned births. Teenage girls show the highest returns, with five-year savings up to 108 times the program cost.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lyle Muller
Johnson County
Iowa City
University of Iowa
Peter Hilsenrath
College of Medicine
Hilsenrath
Iowa
State Department of Health
Tomlanovic
Arts Crisis Hotline Aims To Defend Iowa Schools
Iowa Alliance for Arts Education in Iowa City launches a crisis line to help administrators teachers and school boards defend visual arts music theater and dance programs amid tight budgets and state funding cuts. The group warns scheduling and mandate relaxations threaten arts instruction as teachers face heavy workloads and terminations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kurt Rogahn
Iowa Alliance For Arts Education
Iowa City
Jodie Butler Greenhoe
IAAE
Greenhoe
Arts teachers burn long hours and face uncertain funding
Teachers in music and art report 70 to 90 hour weeks during fall musical seasons and exhibits. Prairie High School and Cedar Rapids educators describe burnout risks, weekend rehearsals, and pressure from finances, with some leaving teaching to pursue other work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kurt
Price
Prairie
Jefferson High School
Earle Dickinson
John Fitzpatrick
Cedar Rapids
Coe College
Fitzpatrick
Informant's use in Cedar Rapids crack raids ends for Johnson
After multiple arrests in four months Cedar Rapids mother Mary Louise Johnson names the undercover informant and faces new charges from a Feb crack sale and a street sale. Police say the informant may testify in ensuing drug trials as officers continue crack investigations on the southeast side.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Louise Johnson
Larry Greco
Cedar Rapids
Johnson
Greco
Linn County Sheriffs Department
16Th St. SE
16Th Street SE
Ninth Ave. SE
Thomas Martin
Preston M. Bradford
Waterloo
Martin
Bradford
Terri L. Taylor
Derrick Wilder
Robin Spiller
Linwood St
Also Mentioned on This Page
Forum
U of Study
Tanya Uden-Holman
U of I
Jodi Tomlonovic
Family Planning Council of
Jodi Tomionovic
Arts
North Linn
Harold Pruin
Pruin
Micky McNiel
Coolidge Elementary School
Michael Munson
Jacqueline Halbloom
Kcck-Fm
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