Obituary Barney Marrs 79 Dies After Long Illness
Barney Marrs 79 died Sunday August 27 2000 at Good Samaritan Home after a long illness. Services 10:30 a.m. Wednesday at Zion Lutheran Church with Associate Pastor Sue Friedrich and Pastor Steve Delzer. Burial West Union Cemetery. Friends may call 4 to 8 p.m. Tuesday at Burnham Wood Funeral Home West Union and one hour before services Wednesday at the church. Survivors include wife Colleen son Dan Winston-Salem NC stepson Gary Trewin Independence and three stepdaughters Karen McMurrin Independence Jill Trewin Hazel Park MI and Melanie Franzen Elgin.
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Dan
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Gary Trewin
Independence
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Hazel Park
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Elgin
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Newhall Jaycees Lead Park Equipment Upgrade
Newhall volunteers coordinated by the Jaycees spent 2% days assembling and installing $15,000 worth of playground equipment in Newhall City Park. Local businesses clubs and townspeople contributed while grants came from Iowa Network Services South Slope Telephone Company and the Aid Association for Lutherans. Emma Fitzgerald memorial funds aided the purchase.
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Schools seek cooks as worker shortage hits cafeterias
Cedar Rapids area schools struggle to fill school cook and cafeteria roles amid unemployment near record lows. Administrators note wages 7 to 11 dollars an hour and limited hours, with competition from other employers reducing hiring prospects. College Community stands as an exception with guaranteed full-time status and benefits for those working six hours daily.
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Former Cedar Rapids schools chief Marvin Maire dies at 72
Marvin Maire 72 former superintendent of Cedar Rapids Community Schools died Sunday at his northwest Cedar Rapids home from pancreatic cancer. He led the district from 1975 to 1982 guiding budget cuts and program expansions while advancing newsletters, English learners and gifted programs. He later taught at Akron University and remained active with Red Cross, historical society and Kernels organization.
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Monticello
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Cedar Rapids Kernels
Community Calendar and Milestones for Cedar Rapids Region
Local schedule lists government meetings from Airport Commission to Williamsburg City Council. Regional boards in Cedar County Winneshiek Delaware and more hold sessions. Community events include TANA picnic Noelridge and Coralville markets. Birth notices from Mercy and St. Luke's list families and newborns.
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Postville
Toledo
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Williamsburg
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Noelridge Farmers Market
Collins Road
Council Street
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S.T. Morrison Park
Cedar Rapids
Jane Boyd
14Th Ave
Knowles case set for trial over Hawkeye tickets
Richard Knowles, a Cedar Rapids businessman, faces trial in Johnson County District Court on September 11 for allegedly violating Iowa gift law by offering Hawkeye basketball tickets to University Hospitals employees. The pretrial hearing in Iowa City last week left the case ready for trial despite a prior hold while the Iowa Supreme Court ruled the state need not prove intent to influence official action.
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Cedar Rapids
Iowa
Iowa City
Johnson County
J. Patrick White
Knowles
Iowa Supreme Court
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