No single line title from stars on film set in Iowa
Dan Kriegel of Soora-Dan Kriegel plays a key role as director and actor on the set of the film Shimmer shot around Toledo Eldora Vining Clutter Tama County. The crew shoots scenes with 25 youths at the State Training School in Eldora while budgeting with one $500000 camera. Filming runs Sept 5 to Oct 4 with locations including St Marys School Vining and a Barn near Clutter and features Mary Beth Hurt.
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Eldora
Spacey
Gary
Dan
Peter Deegan
Arnold Cottage
Deegan
John O’keefe
St. Mary’s School
Vining
Clutter
Tama County
Marshalltown
Robin Williams
College Community candidate backs America 2000 education reform
Ben Ternes of Swisher, a candidate for Johnson County District 5, urges studying the America 2000 school reform proposal to realign goals and strategies for College Community Schools. He promotes moving beyond current paradigms to better prepare students with marketable skills.
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College
Ben Ternes
Swisher
Johnson Controls
Cedar Rapids
Moline
Kris Ruprecht
Ternes
Cindy
Marion hopeful urges more talk on merger
Marion Independent school board candidate Donald B. Norton II calls for continued dialogue with Linn-Mar on sharing possibilities and merger. He stresses focus on children, curriculum review, parent involvement, open enrollment, fiscal responsibility, and expanding extracurriculars economically. Norton lives in Marion with his wife Marty and child at Starry Elementary.
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Marion School Board
Donald B. Norton II
Linn-Mar
Norton
Marion Independent School Board
First Ave
Procter & Gamble Pharmaceuticals Inc
Marty
Starry Elementary
Cedar Rapids
Marion
Cedar Rapids school board aspirant backs vocational training
C R aspirant Jeff McQuiston, an at large candidate for Cedar Rapids Community school board, stressed his commitment to strong vocational training programs in middle and high schools. He told the Hawkeye Labor Council that students should be prepared for immediate entry into the workforce after graduation and supported by hands on experiences and academic support.
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Jeff McQuiston
Cedar Rapids
Hawkeye Labor Council
The Log Information From Linn County Gazette
The Log is compiled from public safety reports by The Gazette in Linn County. Charges are subject to review by the Linn County Attorney's Office.
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The
Gazette
Linn County
Weapons Charges Involving Union Station Tavern Incident
Paul Neal aged 29 of 2438 11th Ave SE faces charges for carrying weapons third degree criminal mischief and intoxication after allegedly firing a revolver outside Union Station tavern on 1724 16th Ave SW at about 930 p.m. Wednesday The gun was recovered inside the bar A 17 year old male was charged with possession of an offensive weapon after police stopped him for speeding near First Avenue East and found a sawed off shotgun in his car with a 12 inch barrel Juvenile taken to Youth Bureau then released to parents.
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Paul Neal
11Th Ave
Neal
Union Station
16Th Ave
First Avenue East
Youth Bureau
Hauman
Cedar Rapids
Frank Engrav
Brown
First Ave
Rock Island
Second suit filed over fatal I-80 crash in 1991
In Cedar Rapids a second federal lawsuit seeks unspecified damages for Lillian Lavon Frank's estate from Evelyn Covington Penske Truck Leasing Freight Specialists Linn County and others in the Jan 17 1991 I-80 crash near Williamsburg. Covington previously filed a $6 million suit against Penske Freight Specialists and Teran.
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U.S. District Court
Cedar Rapids
Mark Frank
Lillian Lavon Frank
Evelyn Covington
Penske Truck Leasing Co
Reading, Pa
Freight Specialists Inc
Hodgkins, Il
Linn County
Frederico Teran
Chicago
Lillian Frank
Frank
Covington
Williamsburg
Teran
Penske
Robbery spree suspect tied to Quad Cities crimes
Cedar Rapids police link Larry Dean Brown to four Quad Cities convenience store robberies on July 13 and to the June 20 Irish Democrat tavern robbery in Cedar Rapids. Brown, 29, held in Rock Island County Jail, faces two robberies in Illinois and two across the Mississippi in Davenport.
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Rick Smith Sazette
Cedar Rapids
Quad Cities
Irish Democrat
Larry Dean Brown
Rock Island
Ill
Mississippi River
Davenport
Chuck Hauman
Brown
Cornell College Geology Dept Receives NSF Grant
The Cornell College geology department in Mount Vernon secures a 16027 grant from the National Science Foundation to fund a computer network for modeling graphics and map work. The department, established in 1855, was Iowa's first.
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Mount Vernon
Cornell College
National Science Foundation
Paul Garvin
Iowa
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