March decision on keeping Forever on Cedar Rapids shelves
Cedar Rapids Library Board may decide in March whether to keep Judy Blume's Forever in the young adult collection after a review panel recommended retaining the book. The committee led by Elizabeth Minter found the work appropriate for teens and that it belongs in the YA section.
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Mark Glenn Jazette
Cedar Rapids Library Board of Trustees
Cedar Rapids Christian School
Judy Blume
Elizabeth Minter
Carnegie-Stout Public Library
Dubuque
Minter
John Ely Jr
Cedar Rapids
Hawkeye
The
American Civil Liberties Union
Timothy Stafford
Cedar Rapids library faces censorship clash and funding talks
Cedar Rapids officials weigh censorship concerns over a book in the adult section while negotiating Linn County funding for the new library. The board seeks 28 000 dollars for the remaining fiscal year, saying moving delays affected service. Volunteers assisted the move, saving costs as staff plan equipment transfers and set new hours from February 19.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Linn
Joe Rinas
Tom Carney
Jerry Elsen
Pat Hamilton
Carney
Hamilton
Young girls hit by two vehicles on First Avenue East
A 13 year old girl remained hospitalized in fair condition with a leg injury after she and a companion were struck by two vehicles in the 1900 block of First Avenue East Thursday afternoon. The friend, 13 year old Susan Keyes, was treated and released. No charges were filed.
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First Avenue East
Paula England
Grande Ave. SE
St. Luke’s Hospital
Susan M. Keyes
Second Ave. SE
St. Luke’s
Linn County weighs LIFTS funding as new director eyed
Supervisors plan to hire a new LIFTS Bus Service director within 10 days and seek an overnight parking site for about 10 vehicles. Meanwhile UCP hosts the fleet at 1201 Eighth St NW seeking compensation in kind, and zoning questions trigger talks of a temporary dispatch arrangement and possible alternate parking sites.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dick Hogan
Athe County
Linn County
United Cerebral Palsy Center
Eighth St. NW
UCP
Planning Commission
Board of Adjustment
Joe Rinas
Rinas
Fillmore
Allen Baker
Slater
Iowa
Ten Drivers Charged With Drunk Driving In Linn County
Ten motorists were charged with drunk driving earlier this week in Linn County. Names and arrest locations include Roger L. Pegorick 26 rural Wyoming at 500 Eighth Ave SE Gilbert Thomas Drakos 39 Route 2 Mount Vernon at 3900 First Ave NE Kevin Lawrence Gouchee 21 Lisbon at F Avenue and Edgewood Road NW Willie D. Rogers 21 1224 Sixth Ave SE at 1200 Fifth Ave SE Michael C. Tobin 25 703 Fifth Ave SE at 862 Fifth Ave SE Jacqueline Ruth Lynch 35 1730 Park Ave SE at 4000 Seventh Ave Marion Catherine Maria Doubek 31 380 Eighth Ave SW at Bowling Street and Wilson Avenue SW Bryan Kent Hadley 28 Alburnett at W-58 two miles north of E-34 Raymond J Frederick 21 South English at Highway 149 and 16th Avenue SW.
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Roger L. Pegorick
Wyoming
Eighth Ave
Gilbert Thomas Drakos
Mount Vernon
First Ave
Kevin Lawrence Gouchee
Lisbon
F Avenue
Edgewood Road
Willie D. Rogers
Sixth Ave
Fifth Ave
Michael C. Tobin
Jacqueline Ruth Lynch
Park Ave
Seventh Ave
Marion
Catherine Maria Doubek
Bowling Street
Wilson Avenue
Linn-Mar to sue insurer over ex-driver award dispute
Linn-Mar school board voted to sue CNA Insurance of Kansas City for damages related to a $120,000 judgment after the Iowa Supreme Court reduced a prior award from $226,132. The board will hire Simmons Perrine attorney Greg Lederer at $75 per hour and indemnify district employees against personal liability in the Vinson case.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Collé
Linn-Mar
Iowa Supreme Court
Linn District Court
CNA Insurance of
Kansas City
Carolyn Vinson
Greg Lederer
DNA
Vinson
Lederer
Simmons Perrine
Marion city council names two to posts
Marion City Council named two residents to committee posts last night. Mary Lunsby of 1200 14th St was named to IMPACT the mayor’s advisory committee and Boyd Potter of 2607 29th Ave was appointed to the Linn County Regional Planning Commission.
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Marion
Mary Lunsby
14Th St
Impact
Boyd Potter
29Th Ave
Linn County Regional Planning Commission
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First Avenue
Keyes
England
Darrel Holub
S. 11Th St
Holub
John D. Stark
A Ave. NE
Amber Kitchen
Amber
Michael Dean Dingman
16Th Ave
Lot
Human Services
Dingman
Arrow Transit Associates Inc
Karen Machacek
Hamilton Business College
Dennis Henderson
Shirley Thompson
Bill Hoekstra
Cedar Rapids’ Transit Department
Thompson
LIFTS
Ann Marie Cooper
Mount Vernon Road
Bryan Kent Hadley
Alburnett
Raymond J. Frederick
South English
Highway 149
16Th Avenue SW
Valenline
Model
Quasicraft
SHOES
Lindale Mall
Westdale Mall
By Reid Melrose Magney
11Th St
Seventh St
10Th St
35Th St
West Side
Cme Rai
Suedes
Calicos Linens
Crepe de Chine
Aerd
Brach
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