Regional Information and Referral Plans Move Forward
A nine member planning committee debated selling regional information and referral services as Linn County ends funding July 1. The group aims to create a non profit regional I and R with independent board oversight and funding from neighboring counties and new sources. Budget targets around 50 thousand dollars with staff from existing agencies and possible fee for referral services to agencies.
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Linn County
Russ Proffitt
Her_itage Agency on Aging
Human Service Boards of Directors
Linn
Tom Miskimen
Hawkeye Area Community Action Program
Health Center
Health Center Board of Directors
Miskimen
T and R
Proffitt
Land R
League of Women Voters
Rape Crisis Center
Department of Social Services
I and R
Farmers hosting foreign students for international weekend
Des Moines area Farm Bureau families will host foreign students over the upcoming weekend as part of NationalInternational Student Weekend. Host families span counties from Clayton to Tama, with students from Taiwan Malaysia Singapore Japan Namibia Norway and other nations attending Luther College Grinnell College University of Iowa and University of Dubuque exchanges.
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Des Moines
Farm Bureau
Gazette
National International
University of Northern Iowa
Taiwan
Elaine Yin
Larry Brown
Brandon
Buchanan County
Clayton County
University of Dubuque
Frederick Becker
McGregor
Robert Cheong
Malaysia
Cyrenus Elsingers
Beng K. Tye
Beng Wai Chan
Singapore
James Gibbs
Fayette County
Luther College
Decorah
Gaone Masire
Dotswana
Johnson County
University of Iowa
Iowa City
Maynard Bash
Wellman
Emigdio Rodriguez
Panama
Glen Lackender
Poh-Leng Leong
Everett Winborn
Kalona
Poobal Naidoo
South Africa
Keokuk County
Don Barr
Keswick
Grinnell College
Susan Barr
Illinois
Paula Dimino
New Jersey
Jones program wins state social services award
The Jones County In-Home program a division of Volunteers for District Ten is chosen to receive an award from Governor Robert Ray at a statewide Department for Social Services ceremony on April 23 in Des Moines. Under Ruth Gross direction the program has mobilized volunteers countywide, contributing 1316 hours in 1979 to elderly services including telecare Vial of Life distribution Farm Bureau cooperation emergency baby-sitting and transport to meals. Boy Scouts Girl Scouts and Camp Fire Girls supported leaf raking shoveling and visitation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jones County
Robert Ray
Department For Social Services
Des Moines
Department of Social Services
In-Home Board
Ruth ‘Gross
Telecare
Farm Bureau
Boy Scouts
Witness testimony in Gilroy murder trial in Anamosa
State witnesses describe Michael Gilroy of Coralville planning a Moose Lodge shooting after a bowling night in Iowa City. David Godsey testified Gilroy talked of money and killing the lodge manager Vincent Lalla, with gun bought at auction. Autopsy showed two fatal gunshot wounds. Trial recessed for weekend until Monday.
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Anamosa
David Godsey
Iowa City
Michael Gilroy
Vincent Lalla
Johnson County
Godsey
A Better Cab Co
Moose Lodge
Lalla
Gilroy
Coralville
Robert Carpenter
William Kidwell
Williams Powers
Powers
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Millard Nelson
Clermont
Trygve Ro
Norway
Victor Paper
Fayette
Haakon Vennemo
Johnathan Stegge
Alexis Quevedo
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Iran
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Yazen Al-Sadoem
Saudi Arabia
Lloyd Martin
Jose Antonio Sosa
Margaret Nove
Fairfax
Susie Rothschild
Ecuador
Joe Steffens
Shou-Chung Wong
Tama County
Ernest A. Herink
Family
Clutter
Rajendran Ponnusway
India
Mohammed Mayzouni
Kuwait
Maria Lucia Munoz
Columbia
Tere Batlles
Spain
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Catcliff
Yesteryear
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Westdale Mall
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Local 11
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