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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 19, 1977
Page
4
Cedar Rapids judge Anthony Scolaro approves a community service based program for alcohol related offenders instead of jail. Defendants perform work at local churches YMCA Boy Scouts HACAP and other groups while avoiding imprisonment and potential job loss.
Kirkwood Community college will offer modular extension studies for Iowa dental assistants lacking formal training. The program, approved by the state department of public instruction and the American Dental Assn, targets over 1,000 workers with more than 2,000 employed statewide. Tuition is 40 dollars per of eight sets plus 14.35 for seminars, beginning September, with exams at Kirkwood campus quarterly.
Jerry Jasa, assistant manager at the Fifth Avenue SE liquor store in Cedar Rapids, received $41.45 back after an Iowa payroll error caused union dues to be deducted from his checks since July 1976. He is not AFSCME a state union member and won the misdeduction fight despite initial resistance from department heads and the union. The error occurred when a payroll mix up attached another employee’s Social Security number to Jasa’s file, authorizing dues deductions in error.
Cedar Rapids Christian School leaders urged unwavering support for Christian education at an awareness session held at Farmer State Bank in Marion. David Wilson defended family-led schooling, warned of state encroachment, and cited a Wisconsin court ruling to illustrate parental rights in education.
Vandals used a forklift Thursday to wreck the frame of an 80 by 75 foot machine shop at 740 Sikty-sixth Avenue SW. Rhinehart Construction Co. estimates $15,000 in damage and says a Don Bryant project truck was damaged as well.
A Linn district court jury found 23 year old Derek E. Doolin guilty of false pretenses in a July 1 Sears Cedar Rapids incident. He was accused of larceny involving a citizen band radio and clothing from Patricia Mussig’s car, with the charge amended to false pretenses over a refund attempt. Sentencing set for October. Jurors named hail from Cedar Rapids Marion Mt. Vernon Fairfax and Springville.
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