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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 22, 1988
Page
4
Linn County road crews report the worst year on record for ditch litter. County Engineer Jerry Nelson says crews spend about one day a week picking up debris, delaying road work while appliances, furniture and other trash are hauled away. Roads near rivers and landfill routes suffer most as dump sites persist.
A Linn County jury rejected Charles Fatka s claim of wrongful termination and slander by Collins Credit Union and its manager Darrell Pierce after Fatka was fired Feb 1 1985 for alleged sexual harassment. Fatka sought 21045 in back pay and possible slander damages while the defense argued Fatka preyed on vulnerable female staff and chose firing over resignation.
The Iowa Court of Appeals upheld dismissal of Warren Reed's suit against Linn County and Deputy Carol Currans alleging malicious prosecution. The panel found no evidence of actual malice and ruled Currans acted to investigate allegations of sexual abuse, with the related petitions and actions supported by lawful duty.
Garret Frey received a computer Thursday afternoon from the Des Moines based Kids with a Wish Foundation. Frey, paralyzed from the neck down in a motorcycle crash, hopes to start at Cleveland Elementary next fall. He will use a mouth held stick or sip and puff switch to operate the keyboard.
Horace Mann Elementary teacher Marlene Johnson has been awarded a 16 day travel study fellowship to visit Japan this summer as a guest of the Keizai Koho Center in Tokyo. She is among 24 teachers chosen for the program now in its ninth year.
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