Linnhaven opens home for mentally retarded youths in Marion
Linnhaven Inc opens a foster home for five mildly to moderately mentally retarded boys at 963 11th St Marion. The new facility joins an existing adult group home, funded by state and federal dollars with parental fees capped at 75 dollars monthly and 35 dollars of SSI/SSDI benefits kept by residents. Residents will attend public schools in Marion or Cedar Rapids, with family involvement and daily living chores emphasized to aid normalization and eventual independent living.
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11Th Street
Marion
11Th St
Linnhaven Inc
Blairs Ferry Road
Linnhaven
Glenwood State Hospital
Iowa
Linn County
Glenwood
Council Bluffs
Dick Beavers
Hiawatha
Iowa Supreme Court
Beavers
Cedar Rapids
Marion Foster Home
Foster Home
Steve Wampler
Virgil Matheny
Tom Flaherty
State Hospital
Prairie Junior High
the Gazette
Department of Social Services
Linn Handicapped Systems Social Workers
Water Board approves $73,410 capital budget for next year
Marion Water Board approved a $73,410 capital improvements budget for the coming fiscal year. About $23,000 will fund new meters pipes and fittings. Two Water Department vehicles will be replaced and a small utility truck purchased. Next year the water main on Third Street between 10th and Central avenues will be replaced. Ground storage tank on Lindale Drive and Blairs Ferry Road will get maintenance and repairs.
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Marion Water Board
Water Department
10Th Avenue
Central Avenue
Third Street
Lindale Drive
Blairs Ferry Road
Public reports show 29 bad checks and various incidents
Marion police logged 22 check reports last week along with 10 thefts 4 criminal mischief 7 burglaries 2 assaults and 2 harassing calls. 13 arrests included 3 theft 1 burglary and several traffic offenses. Water board approved higher meter deposits and flagged future projects pending funds.
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Marion
Linn District Court hands out multiple drunk driving sentences
Eleven people in Linn District Court were sentenced in the First Avenue division on drunken driving charges. Details include suspended jail terms for Martin E. Andersen and John E. Becker, dismissals for several defendants, and six more pleading guilty to drunken driving with deferred sentences and probation.
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First Avenue
Linn District Court
Martin E. Andersen
Iowa City
Andersen
Department of Correctional Services
Kirkwood Community College
John E. Becker
Grove Court SE
George P. Burnley
14Th St
Kenneth D. Benning
12Th Ave
James F. O'Connor
Central City
Karen M. Wilson
Southland St. SW
Buddy G. Bills
J Ave. NE
Patricia A. Brest
Twin Ridge Court SE
Walter W. Pratt
Sixth St. NW
Thomas L. Hoyt
Marion Briefs Board Meeting And Club News
The Marion Independent school board will meet Thursday at 7 p.m. at the Longfellow Administration Building. OOP Club meets tonight at 8 at Bev Kanak’s home. Luanne Huffman will present. Toastmasters elects Jim Federer president and lists officers Bill Geers Kim Farrar Steve Herbst Al Tibodeau. Club meets Tuesdays noon to 1 p.m. at Rockwell Collins.
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Marion Independent School Board
Longfellow
Bev Kanak
Country Club
Luanne Huffman
Toastmasters Club
Jim Federer
Northwood Drive
Cedar Rapids
Marion Toastmasters Club
Bill Geers
Kim Farrar
Steve Herbst
al Tibodeau
Rockwell/Collins
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S. 15Th St
Meadowview Drive
Brockman Ave
Office of
C.R. Kitchen
Optometrist
Sears
Rocky Shore Drive
Hwy. 6
Connie Boyd
Linda Edwards
Dist
Tom Walsh
Johnson County
Howard Fine
Call
Eee
Washington
Abraham Lincoln
Perkins
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