Ford appointed to Marion City Council after three ballots
Former Marion Police Chief Leighton Ford won a 4-2 vote on the third ballot to fill the 2nd Ward vacancy left by Hurley Hall. Ford, a 20-year Marion resident, emphasized background and service while pledging to improve the city. He will serve the remaining three years of Hall’s term.
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Marion
Leighton Ford
Ford
Paul Draper
2Nd Ward
Hurley Hall
Hall
Draper
Bernie Cooper
Pat Barry
Robert Holub
Art Jones
11Th Ave
Carl Foster
Jim Ford
William Grundy
Ninth Avenue
City approves paving on Third Street and Fourth Avenue
The City Council unanimously supports concrete paving on Third Street from 10th Avenue to Central Avenue and Fourth Avenue from 20th Street to 22nd Street with a $66,000 cost and 35 percent in assessments. A Feb 1 public hearing is set and Crawford and Associates are hired to plan two street projects totaling $132,000.
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Marion Streets
Third Street
10Th Avenue
Central Avenue
Fourth Avenue
20Th Street
22Nd Street
City Hall
Bruce Boyson
Boyson
Boyson Road
Terry Chew
Charles Kraut
Seventh Avenue
Ray Bertelli Sons Inc
South 15Th Street
Chew
Royal Merit Quintuple Championship Show heads to Cedar Rapids
The Friendly Kat Fanciers of Iowa sponsor the second annual Royal Merit Quintuple Championship Show at the National Guard Armory in Cedar Rapids on a weekend in January. Entries cap at 300 with advance entries due by Monday, Jan. 8, and judging runs Jan. 20 and 21. Public invited. seminar at Marion REC on Jan. 19.
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Friendly Kat Fanciers of
Iowa
National Guard Armory
Cedar Rapids
Marion Rec
Sally Madison
Golden Court NE
Midwest
Gazette
Kirkwood Community College
Kirkwood
Marion
Cedar Rapids Area
Iowa City
Marion School solar unit suffers second leak
The Marion Independent School Administration Building solar energy unit leaks again, a small fault appearing after antifreeze was added. Engineers expect a tiny hole, with half the pipes inspected. The system heated the building nightly, storing hot water by day, but ice storm efforts failed due to insulation. Federal funding covered 92 percent of the project with repairs financed by the government.
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Marion Independent School Administration
al Watson
the Gazette
Watson
Bond election set for Marion schools renovation auditorium
Marion Independent School District plans a February 6 bond election for a 1.5 million proposal to remodel the high school interior and add a new auditorium to meet Title IX needs. The board also allows dropping courses with under 10 students and approves staff changes and leave.
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Marion Independent School Board
C. Robert Bennett
Mary Lou Pazour
Marion
Micheal Peterson
Cynthia Boyer
Boyer
Linn-Mar tests new Iowa open meetings rules in board session
Linn-Mar school board members debated the new Iowa open meetings law during a Thursday session. They discussed tentative agendas, potential post-distribution items, closed sessions, camera rules, and insurance coverage for litigation while staff prepared to record closed meetings.
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Linn- Mar
Iowa
Lumir Dostal Jr
Glen Easterday
Iowa Association of School Boards
al Coles
Linn-Mar
Easterday
Tary
Board Room
George Orwell
United States
Ken Hoffman
Towing possible if cars are left
Marion residents who have not dug cars out of snow drifts by Saturday face towing. Police Captain Joe Neuhaus said marked vehicles left on the street since the snowstorm will be checked as the 48 hour limit nears.
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Marion
Joe Neuhaus
Neuhaus
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Barry
Cooper
Holub
Eddie Begley
Farmers State Bank
By Judy Daubenmier
Crawford and Associates
St. Louis
First Street
Foster
Crawford
Central Business District
11Th Street
Larry Asaro
E and F Cement and Asphaltic Concrete Co
35Th Street
Olson Brothers
Cedar Valley Corporation
Blairs Ferry
Dave Schmitt
Iowa General Housing Corp
Hawkeye
Blairs Ferry Road
Lindale Drive
C.R
Kenneth Lauer
Veterans Farm Cooperative
Bender
Bender Pool
Ambroz Recreation Center
Mount Vernon Road
Sue Sachse
Apache
Jacolyn
Apache Park
D Ave
Jacelyn
Cedar Hills
Jones Park
Janet Jones
Marion Band
Big Brother
James Cabell
New Ee
Stouffer's
Stouffers
Five Seasons Center
Moramerica Financial Corporation
Ficate
Emi
Moramerica
Iney Suficas
Bonatiche
Lowa
Morris Plan Securities Company
THE
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