Vanous calls for revitalizing clerk of court office
Charlene Vanous, Republican candidate for clerk of court, told the Iowa Federation of Republican Women that the clerk’s office needs revitalizing. She cited absenteeism, leadership gaps, and workload strain, pledging to work full time and to create courtesy and parking changes at the courthouse to improve public access and efficiency.
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Charlene Vanous
Iowa Federation of Republican Women
Vanous
Loop
Participation Up at Central and Ellis YMCAs This Summer
The Cedar Rapids Metropolitan Area YMCA reports show higher participation in both youth and adult summer programs at the Central and Ellis branches. Central saw large gains in non aquatic activities and new programs like girls softball and preschool gym classes, with aquatic classes rising from 300 to 405. Ellis branch non aquatic participation jumped from 702 to 1015, swimming classes from 921 to 992, and a new Y Wheels program provided a van for three weekly pickups. Camp Wapsie Y ends summer with 911 registrations and 46 days reserved for 17 groups through October, including school church and college delegations.
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Central and Ellis Branch
Ymca Board of Directors
Cedar Rapids
Central Ymca
Central
Chet Casali
Ellis Branch
Y-Wheels
Linn
Health Center Discusses Staff Benefit Policies
Linn County Health Center board discussed revising personnel policies for administrative and supervisory staff to extend union contract benefits to administration. Eunice Elias proposed the change, while Arlene Dayhoff opposed longevity bonuses and Beth Reed asked for cost figures and a delay. The board approved $7,549.50 to hire one lead teacher and two aides for a day activity program for profoundly handicapped adults over 24.
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Linn County Health Center
Eunice Elias
Bender Pool To Close for Maintenance
The Elizabeth Bender swimming pool will close until August 28 for annual maintenance and repair of the building pool and equipment. Manager Emma Williams will be at the pool 12:30 to 5 p.m. weekdays for party reservations and swim class registrations.
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Elizabeth Bender
Recreation Commission
Emma Williams
VFW Chief Assails Carter Over Absent Convention
Thomas Walker commander in chief of the Veterans of Foreign Wars calls Jimmy Carter's failure to attend the VFW convention proof of callous disregard for veterans. He cites Carter's stand on pardoning those who fled Vietnam service and notes no public comments on veterans programs despite requests. Former Texas Gov. John Connally is set to address the convention Wednesday.
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New York
UPI
Thomas Walker
The
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Jimmy Carter
Walker
Carter
VFW
Texas
John Connally
Linn Court Action in Linn County Court Records
Linn Court Action summarizes recent Linn district court rulings. Richard E. Greenman received a suspended sentence up to five years in the reformatory with probation for carrying a concealed weapon after an April 13 tavern incident involving Cedar Rapids residents. Varge F. Harris Jr. paid 500 dollars for second offense drunk driving, arrested May 16. Charles W. Baker got a 30 day suspended sentence plus one year probation for gross frauds after a May 7 motorcycle theft. Steven J. Krizek fined 500 dollars for second offense drunk driving, arrested June 2. Victor Scoville received 75 days in county jail and a 500 dollar fine for malicious injury to a building, tied to an incident at the Linn County Health Center on March 1. Thought for today.
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Linn District Court
Richard E. Greenman
Reformatory
Cedar Rapids
Varge F. Harris, Jr
Charles W. Baker
Steven J. Krizek
Marion
Victor Scoville
Linn County Health Center
Three Congregate Meals Programs Start In Area Ten
The Heritage Agency on Aging will launch three new congregate meals sites in Merged Area Ten this August and September in Marengo Riverside and Wyoming with meals at Lincoln Learning Center Cedar Rapids starting August 23. The program also runs at Wyoming since August 16 and Riverside from September 1 with Marengo to begin in September. The agency aims to serve 645 meals daily across 14 sites this fall with subsidies for meals on wheels and social activities at each site.
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Heritage Agency On Aging
Area Ten
HAA
Rob Robinson
Marengo
Riverside
Wyoming
Robinson
West Side
Cedar Rapids
Lincoln Learning Center
Eighteenth Avenue
Ninth Street
Lincoln
Hacap Agency
Monticello
Solon
Durant
Washington
Kirkwood Community College
Norway
North English
Heritage Agency On
Propeller Drops Off In Flight At Spokane Field
Ronald Chrzanowski of Rialto California faced an in flight propeller loss at 3500 feet over Felts Field Spokane. He glided safely and landed with the FAA calling the landing perfect. The missing propeller was recovered later on Spokane’s east side.
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Spokane, Wash
Ronald Chrzanowski
Rialto
Calif
Felts Field
Spokane
Federal Aviation Administration
Rabbi Seeks Nude Drawing Exemption for Religious Jews
In Jerusalem a Tel Aviv rabbi urged religious Jews studying art to skip nude drawing classes. Rabbi Haim David Halevi, Tel Aviv’s chief rabbi of the oriental Jewish community, proposed that the community form its own art school to avoid such studies after a girl asked about Bezalel Academy’s nude drawing.
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Dallas
San Francisco Bay Bridge
Kaiser Steel Corp
Gulf of Alaska
YMCA
Health Center
Elias
Arlene Dayhoff
Board
Beth Reed
Bender Pool
City Telephone Information Service
Norma Dee
3Rd Avenue
Bret Harte
Chrzanowski
Second Street
Orion
Armstrong Men
Armstrong
Park & Shop
Ride & Shop
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