Parents Clash Over High School Attendance Shifts
About 30 southeast area parents opposed moving their children from Kennedy to Washington High School, arguing for alternative redistricting plans at an ad hoc committee meeting. Officials noted Washington's smaller projected enrollment and higher capacity, with 1,556 students next fall versus Kennedy's 1,628.
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Elmcrest Country Club
Kennedy
Washington High School
Donald Stout
Washington
Stout
Charles Beusch
Lincoln
Noelridge
Educational Services Center
Southeast Side Committee
Richard Schulz
Tyler
Schulz
State Department
Kirkwood Adds Four Vocational Programs
Kirkwood Community College announces four new fulltime vocational programs after business requests and district approval. Agricultural building services, horse husbandry, electrical equipment services, and operating room technician start next fall with admission through the Kirkwood admissions office. Each program includes practical training and ends in a formal credential.
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Faur
Kirkwood Community College
G. W. Eddings
Kirkwood
Eddings
Kirkwood Board of Directors
State Board of Public Instruction
Linn Hall
Attorney General to address Linn County Bar Association
Iowa Attorney General Richard Turner will speak at the Linn County Bar Association luncheon at Roosevelt on Thursday noon. Topic covers a Hawaii trip nepotism the Great Seal of Iowa and other knotty problems. Open to members and guests.
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Iowa
Richard Turner
Linn County Bar Assn
Roosevelt
Turner
Hawaii
Washington Novice Debaters Win Tiger Invitational
The Washington high school novice debate team won first place at the Tiger Invitational Debate tournament sponsored by Cedar Falls high school. The team finished 9 wins and 3 losses led by Sara Johnson Bob Bill and Tom Genereux. The varsity placed fourth with Zeke Haley and Steve Schrader undefeated in six rounds. Other members included David Parks and Jerry Vander Sanden.
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Washington High School
Cedar Falls High School
Sara Johnson
Bob Bill
Tom Genereux
Zeke Haley
Steve Schrader
David Parks
Jerry Vander Sanden
Shankar Returns to East Iowa in Stripped-Down Style
Ravi Shankar headlined the Coe-Kirkwood Artist Series with his trio, highlighting a streamlined stage show and concise notes. Alla Rakha joined to explain percussion while the sitar and tamboura produced hypnotic textures for a large, attentive audience of young concertgoers.
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East
Iowa
India
Coe Auditorium
Woodstock
Shankar
Gasoline in Fuel Oil Prompted Recall at Wareco Station
Wareco service station in Oelwein asks customers who bought fuel oil since Saturday to return it for replacement after 2,000 gallons of ethyl gasoline were pumped into a fuel oil tank. A spokesman says about 500 to 600 gallons of the gasoline oil mix were sold before the error was discovered and will be replaced.
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Oelwein
Wareco
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