Linn-Mar Schools Update New Phone Directory
Marion Eastern Iowans learn Linn-Mar Community School district phone system changes this summer with a new main number 377 7373 and direct extensions for each building. The bulletin lists entries for High School 447 3040 Attendance 447 3050 and health 447 3080 plus many others and provides a central info line 447 3005.
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Marion
Stee Hes
Linn-Mar High School
Linn-Mar
Excelsior
Oak Ridge School
Bowman Woods
Cedar Rapids Brush Fire and Emergency Calls Reported
The Log records a brush fire at 5321 Council St NE in Cedar Rapids on Sunday at 10 14 am. It notes 20 medical calls and no arrests information available, with charges subject to county attorney review.
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the Gazette
Iowa
Council St. NE
Tama County day care facility proposal aims for $1 million facility
Tama and Toledo would jointly back a $1 million day care center funded by a $250 000 loan from each town to secure a $500 000 Community Development Block Grant. The plan includes 9 500 square feet on South Tama school district land near the high school, replacing Kid's Corner and increasing licensed capacity from 61 to 132 and jobs from 10 to potentially 20. The towns have not yet decided on backing the project.
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Steve Meyer
Tama
Toledo
Kathy Holtz
Tama County
Holtz
South
Oswego
Richard Gibson
Kid’s Corner
Carla Thiesen
Thiesen
Iowa Quality
Linn-Mar board to discuss goals at 7 p.m. meeting
Linn-Mar school board members meet at 7 p.m. in the Educational Services Center board room at 3333 N. 10th Street, Marion, to discuss developing board and superintendent goals for the upcoming school year.
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Linn-Mar
Marion
Independence selects low bid for Enterprise Drive lighting
Independence City Council awarded a 48 271 dollar contract to KWS Inc of Cedar Falls for the Enterprise Drive highway lighting project. KWS submitted the lowest bid of three with the project to install 16 poles lights conduit cable trenching and traffic control, starting September 1 and finishing by November 1.
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Independence
KWS Inc
Cedar Falls
KWS
Tschiggfrie Excavating Co
Dubuque
Daniel T. Crawford
Crawford Engineering and Surveying Inc
Crawford
Open House Set for Linn County School Board Candidates
The Linn County Republican Party will hold an open house for school board candidates throughout the county at 7 p.m. Tuesday. The event will be at the Longbranch Hotel Restaurant and Convention Center located at 90 Twixt Town Rd NE in Cedar Rapids.
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Cedar Rapids
Linn County
Republican Party
Longbranch
Twixt
Town Rd
Benton County to absorb half of tax credit cuts
VINTON The Benton County supervisors decided to absorb about 12800 of an estimated 38000 in negated property tax credits meant for the elderly and disabled. The move halves the reduction from 40 percent to 80 percent funding this year versus last year.
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Benton County
Vinton
Cedar Rapids Teen Elected President Of Junior Optimist International
Sami Kobrosly of Cedar Rapids was elected president of Junior Optimist International becoming the first American Arab Muslim to hold the post. Nearly 300 students from 30 states attended the North America conference in Kansas City where Kobrosly was chosen from five candidates. He will also serve as an ex officio member of the adult board and will be a senior at Kennedy High School. He is the son of Zeineb Mehdi and a Cedar Rapids Islamic community member. Megan Struttmann, a 2002 Washington High School graduate, helped the university solar car team win the 2003 American Solar Challenge racing from Chicago to Los Angeles on Route 66. She is the daughter of Leonard and Patricia Struttmann of Hiawatha.
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Cedar Rapids
Sami Kobrosly
Junior Optimist
Octagon International
Junior Optimists of North America
Kansas City
Kobrosly
Megan Struttmann
Cedar Rapids Washington High School
University of Missouri
Rolla
Elkader Fire Department receives FEMA grant
The Elkader Fire Department is among nine Iowa departments awarded 455 315 by FEMA. Elkader’s unit received an 18 720 Fire Operations and Fire Safety grant.
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Elkader
Elkader Fire Department
Iowa
Federal Emergency Management Agency
FEMA
Shanahan and Bender Named All American VFW Leaders
Patrick J. Shanahan of Cedar Rapids named All American Department Commander of the Veterans of Foreign Wars part of 36 department commanders selected. Larry J. Bender of Cedar Rapids named All American as Post 788 commander among 115 post leaders recognized worldwide. Both will be honored at the VFW National Convention in San Antonio, August 23 to 29.
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Patrick J. Shanahan
Cedar Rapids
Veterans of Foreign Wars
VFW Department
Larry J. Bender
Bender
VFW
San Antonio
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