Mentzer sale on June 3 ballot in Marion
Marion Independent School District will ask voters to approve selling Mentzer Elementary on the June 3 primary ballot, rejecting plans to include Longfellow in the referendum. Board members split on timing and method, with discussion of a public hearing and legislative bills affecting school building sales.
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Marion
Mentzer
Marion Independent School Board
Longfellow
Virginia Folker
Jay Kacena
Gordon Gibson
Greg Hamdorf
Darrell Helgens
Virginia Folkers
Sara Hamdorf
William Huntoon
Folkers
Gibson
Robert Hale
Hapgood
Kacena
Iowa and
Iowa
Postal official forecasts slower rate hikes with faster service
Midwest postal chief Jerry K. Lee Sr. said automation and reorganizing the U.S. Postal Service will speed mail handling and, barring unusual inflation, stabilize postage rates. He announced a major reorganization, preserving five regional offices while cutting 42 districts to 74 divisions, including Des Moines.
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Dale Kueter
Iite
Midwest
U.S
Lee
Longbranch
Cedar Rapids
Postal Service
Des Moines
Iowa
Quad Cities
Gilroy faults attorneys for conviction six years ago
Iowa City man Michael O Gilroy, serving life for the March 12 1979 Vincent Lalla Moose Lodge murder, seeks a new trial. He accuses his lawyers L Vern Robinson and L Jay Stein of ineffective defense and of failing to call alibi witness William Albrecht. The judge took the request under advisement after two days of testimony.
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Karen Herzog
Iowa City
Michael O. Gilroy
Gilroy
Vincent Lalla
Iowa City Moose Lodge
Iowa State Penitentiary
Fort Madison
Johnson County
Max R. Werling
Colonial Park
Hollywood Boulevard
Lalla
Coalition plans second meeting to challenge closings
Thirty to fifty people formed the United Schools Coalition at the Educational Service Center in Cedar Rapids to oppose Cedar Rapids School Board plans closing five elementary buildings and shifting students to three junior highs. They set a May 8 meeting at First Christian Church and pursue a public referendum on K-8 schools, with legal help from Babich Bennett Nickerson and financial aid from Citizens For Community Improvement.
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Kurt Rogahn
Gazette Education
United Schools Coalition
Educational Service Center
Second Ave
Cedar Rapids
First Christian Church
Third Ave
Franklin
Taft
Wilson
Polk
Truman
Grant
Arthur
Jackson
Jane Pike
D Ave
The
Gazette
State Board of Public Instruction
Coalition
Des Moines
Babich
High School Model United Nations under way in Cedar Falls
The Iowa High School Model United Nations runs through Saturday at the University of Northern Iowa with a record turnout of more than 750 students and teachers, representing 120 delegations from 70 high schools in Iowa Illinois Minnesota and Wisconsin. Ismat Kittani Iraq U.N. permanent representative addresses at 4 p.m. on The U.N. Role in a Secure and Interdependent World. Organizers say the event mirrors real U.N. proceedings.
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U.N
Cedar Falls
Model United Nations
University of Northern Iowa
Iowa
Illinois
Minnesota
Wisconsin
Ismat Kittani
Iraq
The
United Nations
Woman Injured In Bike Collision On Terrace Hill Drive
Beverly Botha aged 58 of 1220 Robinwood Lane NE was listed in fair condition at St Luke's Hospital after a car struck her bicycle while she crossed Terrace Hill Drive NE. The car was driven west on Brookland Drive NE by Lori Ann Waggoner 17 of 2058 Carolina Dr NE. Police say they did not see each other until impact and no charges were filed. Botha was transported by Area Ambulance.
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Beverly Botha
Robinwood Lane
St. Luke’s Hospital
Botha
Terrace Hill Drive
Brookland Drive
Lori Ann Waggoner
Carolina Dr
Waggoner
Wanted: Church secretary in Marion Ad
A Marion church seeks a part time secretary 30 hours weekly. Requires pleasant outgoing personality good phone skills and secretarial abilities. Apply in person at Lutheran Church of Resurrection Marion 9 12 1 3 Mon Fri phone 377 4689 for appointment Adv.
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Lutheran Church of Resurrection
Marion
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