New C R superintendent faces long first day
Harold Guthrie, new Cedar Rapids Community School superintendent, begins with a lengthy agenda including potential sale of Hayes and Fillmore schools, middle school reorganization plans, and budget items. Board meetings at district offices discuss the Middle School Characteristics paper, petition signs, and public comment timing.
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Kurt Rogahn
Jazette
Cedar Rapids
Harold Guthrie
Guthrie
Allentown
Second Ave. S
Lee Belden
Mental Health Center Board
Judy Carmichael
Fillmore
Church of the Open Door
Kingston Stadium
Vandals Strike Iowa City Downtown Parking Ramps
Iowa City's two downtown parking ramps suffer frequent vandalism including graffiti, stolen extinguishers, broken lights and windows. Feb weekend damage at Old Capitol Center ramp prompted fixes costing hundreds of dollars and led officials to consider cameras and vandal resistant surfaces.
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Tom Walsh
Johnson County
Iowa City
Old Capitol Center
Capitol Street
Clinton Street
Joe Fowler
Neal Berlin
Fowler
Dubuque
Burlington Streets
Berlin
Marion pianist Amy Doan brightens center with tunes
Amy Doan 85 spends afternoons at the Marion Community Center playing piano for neighbors and knitters. A lifelong musician, she learned in Hopkinton and Lenox College, later backing silent films and working at the Marion Public Library. Her motto is be sharp never be flat.
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Marion Community Center
Tenth Avenue
Amy
Willow Gardens
Ladies Aid
Garden Club
New York
Hopkinton
Walter E
Mary J. Dean
Marion House
Lenox College
Doans
Marion
W.E. Doan
Marion Public Library
Amy Dean
Des Moines Teen Killed in I 235 Rollover
Jeffrey Wayne Jones 17 of Des Moines died when the car he rode in rolled over on I 235 near 42nd Street early Sunday police said. Driver Todd Walker 19 and second passenger Jeffrey Murphy 18, both of Des Moines, escaped with minor injuries.
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Des Moines
Jeffrey Wayne Jones
Interstate 235
42Nd Street
David Coy
Todd Walker
Walker
Coy
Jones
Jeffrey Murphy
Leach criticizes banks over high rates and growth policies
Rep. Jim Leach of Iowa charged that international lending practices of the nation's largest banks jeopardize economic recovery. He said the so called go go growth policies of the top 12 banks pushed interest rates to historical highs, arguing the blame lies with bank incompetence rather than local profiteering.
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Davenport
UPI
Jim Leach
Iowa
America
Leach
Quad City Engineering and Science Council
Iowa City Boy in Critical Condition After Bicycle Accident
Jesse Reese, 10, of Route 3 Iowa City, remained in critical condition Sunday at University of Iowa Hospitals with head injuries from a Saturday accident. He rode a bicycle on County W-62, two miles south of Iowa City, and fell into the path of a passing car around 1 p.m. The Iowa State Patrol is investigating.
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Iowa City
Jesse Reese
University of Iowa
Reese
Iowa State Patrol
Coralville boards discuss maintenance worker license issue
Coralville labor relations and Parks and Recreation commissions met to review whether a maintenance worker II must hold a valid driver's license. Jim Whetstine, 40, arrested for drunk driving New Year’s Eve, seeks a work permit while awaiting trial.
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Son County
Coralville
Jim Whetstine
Labor Relations Committee
Parks and Recreation Commission
Whetstine
Johnson County
the Gazette
Parks and Recreation Department
Labor Committee
Jim Fausett
Bob Dvorsky
Harry Ehmsen
Parks and Recreation
Dave
Schnoebelen
Fausett
Don Diehl
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Hamilton Business College
Eighth Ave
Hayes
D St
Hamilton
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Linn County
Fillmore School
Lth
Amy Doan
By Christie Wallace
Ae Marunautea
Marion-Cedar Rapids
Monmouth
Ill
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Iowa City Boy
American Federation of State
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