Bids Rejected for Marion Fire Station Roof Project
The Marion City Council rejected two bids for a new roof at the fire station for not meeting city specifications. A new bid period will open with bids due May 1 at 2 p.m. and considered May 4.
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Shire-Hattery and Associates Engineering
Lindale Drive
Blairs Ferry Road
Blairs Ferry
Terry Chew
Donald Hoskins
Sun Oil Co
Iowa Department of Transportation
Boyson Road
Citizens Advisory Committee
Crackdown on dogs promised by city officials
City officials promise a crackdown on dogs running at large after numerous complaints. Council member Victor Klopfenstein cites owners failing to confine animals. Police Chief Zier and City Manager Asaro will meet Humane Shelter officials to enforce the dog ordinance with fines up to $100.
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Victor Klopfenstein
Robert Zier
Lawrence Asaro
Humane Shelter
William J. Grundy
Zier
House tour by Marion ISD AFS Chapter Sunday
Marion Independent Schools AFS Chapter hosts a house tour this Sunday from 1 to 4 p.m. Tickets are 2 dollars and can be bought at any of the three listed homes: Joan Doyle at 185 Sixth Ave, James Galligan at 998 12th St, and Willis Schnell at 941 First Ave.
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Joan Doyle
Sixth Ave
James Galligan
12Th St
Willis Schnell
First Ave
Linn-Mar Junior High Educational Fair Open House
The annual Linn-Mar Junior High Educational Fair is set for Monday from 7 to 8 30 p.m. Sixth grade parents and students current junior high families and the public are invited. Samples of work from student study areas and special programs will be on display.
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Linn-Mar
Marion City Budget Tax Levy Drops After State Return
City Manager Lawrence Asaro told Marion City Council the 1978-79 budget tax levy falls from 7.76 to 7.59 per 1000 of valuation. He said the decrease results from state action returning 9,650 dollars to the city as monies and credits after years of loss.
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Marion
Lawrence Asaro
Asaro
Animal charge filed in Marion over dog at large
Marion Police charged Therese Mefford of 1080 Blairs Ferry Road with allowing a dog to run at large after her animal allegedly killed five geese owned by Leonard Graban of 685 Lindale Drive on Thursday. Mefford to appear April 28 in Marion Magistrate's Court.
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Therese Mefford
Blairs Ferry Road
Leonard Graban
Lindale Drive
Mefford
Awards Given By Cub Scout Pack 185 At Mentzer School
Cub Scout Pack 185 met at Mentzer School on Thursday and awarded Alan Jacobs Mike Schmickle Ron Livingston Darrel Bonesteel Brian McGlaughlin Kevin Miller and Shane Shoemaker. Marion YMCA Saturday schedule features non aquatic gymnastics at 9 a.m. junior high open gym 11 15 a.m. adult open gym 1 p.m. gymnastics club 4 p.m. pool pre school lessons at 9 and 9 45 a.m. youth lessons 9 9 45 10 30 11 15 a.m. youth fun swim 12 30 p.m. junior and senior high swim 12 30 p.m. family swim 2 30 p.m.
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Mentzer School
Alan Jacobs
Mike Schmickle
Ron Livingston
Darrel Bonesteel
Brian McGlaughlin
Kevin Miller
Shane Shoemaker
YMCA
The
Marion Ymca
Judge Frederick van Pelt Bryan dies at 73
In New York AP reports U S District Judge Frederick van Pelt Bryan died of a heart attack at age 73. He won a landmark ruling in 1959 lifting a ban on the novel Lady Chatterley’s Lover.
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New York
U.S
Frederick van Pelt Bryan
Lady Chatterley
Drug charges filed in Marion arrest
Marion police and Linn County deputies with the Metro Narcotics Unit arrested 30 year old John M. Kramer of 1493 Sixth Ave. He was charged with two counts of possession of a controlled substance believed to be marijuana. On this date in 1832 the Black Hawk War began along the upper Mississippi.
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