Community groups seek meetings with Cedar Rapids superintendent candidates
Six groups petition Harold Guthrie and Daniel Keck to meet with representatives during their Cedar Rapids visits on December 8 and 9. Letters from CREA PTA CCIP CFI Concerned Friends and Parents Hawkeye Labor Council and Ethnic Minority Association urge dialogue on district goals and issues.
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Cedar Rapids
Harold Guthrie
Emmaus
Pat
Daniel Keck
Paducah
Keck
Guthrie
Patrick O’mara
Cedar Rapids Education Association
Marti Sparrow
Cedar Rapids Community Council of Parents and Teachers
PTA
Linda Blanchard
Citizens For Community Improvement
Jerry Copeland
Concerned Friends and Parents
Norman Hanson
The
Hawkeye Labor Council
Dexter Constant
Ethnic Minority Association
Cedar Rapids Community Schools
Guthrie and Keck
CREA
O’mara
Cedar Rapids Acts On Cable Flood And Rental Rules
Cedar Rapids council gave first reading to a revised cable ordinance to curb theft with two more readings and publication required. It also approved final reading of a floodplain land use ordinance demanded by federal flood insurance rules before Dec 15. A rental property inspection program was authorized with a five year cycle and new fee schedule.
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Cedar Rapids
Japanese educators visit eight Cedar Rapids elementary schools
A 26 member delegation of Japanese educators including teachers principals and administrators visits Cedar Rapids for a tour of eight elementary schools. They receive an overview of district operations then tour Coolidge Nixon Van Buren Garfield Erskine Polk Harrison and Taylor Schools with group splits and a Friday Q A at the administration building.
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Cedar Rapids
Coolidge
Nixon
van Buren
Garfield
Erskine, Polk and Harrison
Taylor
Woman in serious condition after two car crash near Mount Vernon
Doris Young, 64, of 5008 Montclair Drive NW remained in serious condition in Mercy Hospital ICU after a two car head on crash four miles south of Mount Vernon on Highway 1. Donna J. Becker, 22, of Epworth, the other driver, died in the collision.
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Doris Young
Montclair Drive
Mercy Hospital
Young
Mount Vernon
Highway 1
Donna J. Becker
Epworth
Ad hoc panel to study Hiawatha library and City Hall needs
Hiawatha council creates an ad hoc committee to refine costs for relocating the library and expanding City Hall. Councilmen urge a complete plan and consider bond issues of 250 000 to 400 000 dollars for purchasing adjacent properties and remodeling the campus. City Hall residents face potential property acquisitions from a garden center and a lumberyard.
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Hiawatha
Christie Wallace Sazette
Marion Brrent
Steve West
West
Hiawatha Council
Martin Bruns
Keith Kress
Hiawatha City Hall
Citizens Committee
City Hall
Garden Center
Council
Bruns
Kress
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Sparrow
C.R. Council
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Owen
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Austin Hill
Bill Blass & Lavin
Cricketeer
Blass and Lavin
Izod
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