Workshop offers hope for older job seekers at Kirkwood
About 250 people attended a one day JTPA conference at Kirkwood Community College aimed at workers aged 45 and older seeking employment. Participants cited new resume guidance and skills assessments while organizers hope to sustain peer support and ongoing coaching to boost hiring chances.
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Kirkwood Community College
Dave Corum
D Ave
Cedar Rapids
Glen Gienapp
Wyoming
Corum
Century Engineering
Assembly Department
Century
Gienapp
Mercy Hospital
Bob Ballantyne
JTPA
Ballantyne
Brenda Saville
Saville
Job Service of Iowa
Heritage Agency On Aging
Dislocated Worker Center
Hawkeye Area
Lisbon moves ahead on paying for street improvement
Lisbon City Council adopted a resolution to assess about 99 893 dollars of the 126 496 dollar South Washington Street project to roughly 40 property owners along the 54 block route. City engineer was directed to prepare detailed plans for bids as work is slated to begin August 1 with patching and a 2 inch asphalt overlay plus concrete curbs and gutters.
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Lisbon
Washington Street
Cemetery Road
Main Street
Supervisors delay decision on Linn County Relief director
Linn County supervisors again defer a decision on Kris Lint’s status as General Relief director after a closed session with Lint and her attorney. Acting director Madge Phillips oversees the office as questions linger about Lint’s supervisory practices following February complaints and a lengthy Brendengen report.
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Kris Lint
Linn County
Lint
County Board of Supervisors
Jane Spande
Spande
Ken Schriner
Schriner
General Relief Office
Vivian Brendengen
Iowa Department of Human Services
Madge Phillips
County Health Center
Phillips
Brendengen
Lynn Hall to Speak at Spring Banquet of Reading Association
Education notes report Lynn Hall of Elkader will address the International Reading Association spring banquet at Stouffer's Five Seasons Hotel at 6 p.m. Reservations cost 12 dollars. public welcome. The Cedar Rapids Area Chapter will elect new officers and present 1985 Celebrate Literacy Awards to Linda Balog Patsy Ervin and Kecia Ashford with a 300 dollar Edna Barrett Jackson award. Jefferson High School Concert Choir won a gold medal at the Music Maestro Festival in Chicago under Director Pete Eklund. Beethoven Club scholarships went to Karen Ann Swanson and Elizabeth Kalisch. National Merit scholarships fund two Cedar Rapids students Daniel Aalberts and Jeffrey Gorsch.
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Lynn Hall of
Cedar Rapids Area
The
Reading Association
Linda Balog
Fairfax Public Library
Patsy Ervin
College Community Schools
Jefferson High School
Chicago
Jefferson's
Beethoven Club
Karen Ann Swanson
Meadowlark St. NW
Elizabeth Kalisch
Ozark St. NE
Regis High School
Cedar Rapids
Daniel Aalberts
Roxbury Dr. NW
Jeffrey Gorsch
Laurel Ln. NE
Kennedy High School
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Rita Reed
Wilson
Anne
Amy Wieland
Frank Gilbreth
Jim Miller
Frank
Mark Priborsky
Ernestine
Angie Jewell
Wilson Junior High
Wilson Auditorium
Radio Shack
Severs Computer Centers
Tandy Corporation
Ambroz
University of Iowa
Kecia Ashford
Edna Barrett Jackson
Pete Eklund
McCormick Place
Beethoven
Chemlawn
Chem Lawn
America
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