Valentine’s Day gifts honor dedicated Jane Boyd staff
Pam Hinman reports from Edar Rapids on a Valentine’s Day donation drive for Suzy Beshears, a 50 year old Jane Boyd activities director caring for her quadriplegic son Anthony. Linda Winston organized gifts including bedsheets towels and lotion, highlighting Beshears 22 years at Jane Boyd aiding 15 000 youth and her family devoted service culminating in home care for Anthony.
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Linda Winston
Beshears
Anthony
Winston
Jan Boyd House
Suzy
Jane Boyd
Benton County keeps weed commissioner with probation
Benton County reappointed Beumer as weed commissioner for four years on indefinite probation. The supervisors discussed his performance in a closed session and will draft a job description to guide brush cutting and roadside work. Beumer questioned the lack of a prior formal description.
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Benton County
Hanson
Beumer
Beamer
Edwin Brecht
Brecht
Waste Management Eyeing Lisbon for Transfer Station
Waste Management Inc officials pitched Lisbon as the site for a waste transfer facility that would move about 120 tons daily to Morris, Illinois, linking Cedar Rapids Iowa City Anamosa and Lisbon with easy highway access. The plan could cut local disposal fees and create jobs, with a 1 year start target and an informational meeting set at the Lisbon Public Library.
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Illinois
Hill
Lisbon
Cedar Rapids
Iowa City
Anamosa
Morrison
Ill
Rex Cook
Jon Bierd
Waste Management
Rosewood Farms Buys Ex Rich Plant in Sigourney for Pork Processing
Rosewood Farms, a Des Moines based affiliate of The Iowa Packing Company, buys the former Louis Rich plant in Sigourney and plans to begin processing pork in April. The facility will employ about 40 workers initially with 200 more hires over three years and an annual payroll over 4 million dollars.
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D.M
Sigourney
Dave Gosch
Des Moines
Rosewood Farms
Louis Rich
The
Iowa Packing Company
Dan Ochylski
Kraft Foods
Laurie Appleger
Sigourney Area Development Corp
Ochylski
Iowa
Linn-Mar K-5 Orientation Sets Dates and Intake
Linn-Mar Community School District invites families new to the district to join the kindergarten census. Call Sylvia Safley at 377-7373 ext. 1274 to be added and receive mailing materials. Birth date must be on or before Sept 15 to enroll for next fall.
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Marion
Linn-Mar
Sylvia Safley
Waterloo family gifts $25 000 to Mount Mercy
The Cyril Crawford family of Waterloo donates 25000 to Mount Mercy College for an endowed scholarship fund. The gift provides 5 percent of fair market value for scholarships with remaining earnings added to the endowment. Crawford memorializes his wife Magdalen and daughter Joan Crawford Wirtz and honors Rita Crawford Hutchins with degrees from Mount Mercy.
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Waterloo
Mount Mercy
Cedar Rapids
Mount Mercy College
Cyril Crawford
Crawford
Cutler Hardware Co
College
Magdalen Schaefer Crawford
Joan Craw
Ford Wirtz
Mount Mercy Academy
Rita Crawford Hutchins
Mount Mercy Junior College
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