Kirkwood and Iowa City Explore Joint High School Site
Kirkwood Community College and the Iowa City school district consider a shared location for high school completion and alternative programs. Kirkwood faces rising demand at its Lower Muscatine Street site for adult programs. The district aims to expand its alternative high school capacity from 64 to about 250 students. No timeline set for a recommendation.
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Kirkwood Community College
Iowa City
Kirkwood
Muscatine Street
Marion ISD budget review highlights staffing costs
Consultant Laura Vint reminded Marion Independent School District board members that about seventy percent of annual expenditures come from personnel costs. She concluded a five month series on the 2001-02 budget totaling 16.5 million as the district prepares the 2002-03 plan starting next month.
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Marion Independent School District
Marion School Board
Laura Vint
Vint
Des Moines Bishop Joins Vatican Health Council
Bishop Joseph L. Charron of Des Moines has been named by Pope John Paul II to the Pontifical Council for the Pastoral Assistance to Health Care Workers for a five year term. He will travel to Rome for meetings and is the first Des Moines bishop appointed to a pontifical council.
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Lowa
John Paul II
Vatican
Joseph L. Charron
Pontifical Council
Charron
Des Moines
Rome
Diocese of
First Iowa NAACP Chapter Formed in Des Moines 1915
The first NAACP chapter in Iowa began in Des Moines in 1915, organized by attorney S. Joe Brown who also helped establish the National Bar Association in 1925. These vignettes are presented by the African American Historical Museum and Cultural Center of Iowa during February Black History Month.
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NAACP
Iowa
Des Moines
S. Joe Brown
The
National Bar Association
Rural Iowa court cuts hit rural counties harder study finds
ISU economist Mark Edelman says a 4.3 percent state budget cut harmed rural counties Fayette Wright and Adams with staff reductions from 23 to 30 percent. Clerk offices cut hours and public access by 35 percent. court restructuring stalled, delaying electronic document management for up to five years.
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the Gazette
Judicial Branch
Iowa State University
Mark Edelman
ISU
Fayette, Wright and
Adams
Edelman
Iowa State Bar Association
Tom Vilsack
Legisla
Ture
Iowa
Iowa Supreme Court
Resi
Cedar Rapids stadium costs rise above budget targets
The Veterans Memorial Stadium project now faces several hundred thousand dollars in cost overrun beyond the 15.3 million target. Finance Commissioner Lyle Hanson says revenue from a four year 30 cent per $1,000 levy will cover the overrun, with the Kernels responsible for any excess. Construction remains on schedule.
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Gazette
Cedar Rapids
Veterans Memorial Stadium
Lyle Hanson
Hanson
Cedar Rapids Kernels
Hall-Perrine Foundation
Kernels Ball Club
Kirkwood Sued Over Dietetics Program Shortfall
A Linn County District Court suit filed by Gloria Holderness of Coralville claims Kirkwood Community College’s Dietetics Technician Program failed to provide the promised certification path. The five count complaint alleges negligence for not pursuing proper certification and eligibility for graduates to take the state exam.
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the Gazette
Cedar Rapids
Kirkwood Community College
Linn County
Gloria Holderness
Coralville
Iowa
Holderness
Commission of Dietetic Registration
Kirkwood
Mary Rhiner
Dietetics Technician Program
Commission
American Dietetics Association
Valentine's history trips recall Chicago gangland past
In 1958 a Cedar Rapids group chased history visiting the St Valentine’s Day Massacre site in Chicago and nearby Dillinger sights. Francis Lebeda and Ken Aarhus recall field trips in a 1956 Dodge and a 1952 Cadillac recalling youth hot rodding and a drive by a neon Bar sign bank in Calumet City amid distant gunfire.
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Cupid
Francis Lebeda
Chicago
Cedar Rapids
Ken
Aarhus
Francis
Dodge
Wilson High School
John) Dillinger
Biograph
Calumet
Calumet City
S-M-C Cartage Co
North
Clark Street
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