Cedar Rapids police recruit drive opens despite changes
Cedar Rapids police launch this year’s recruitment amid an age range expansion from 18 to 65 and a new written test. Capt. Gary Hinzman notes the longer exam time and statewide focus with some out of state applications. Information sessions run Sundays at the police academy with applications due by 2 p.m. February 2. Academy classes begin in early May.
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Mark Glenn Wzette
Cedar Rapids
Gary Hinzman
Civil Service Commission
Hinzman
Iowa
Cedar Rapids Police Academy
Police Academy
C St. SW
Chairman of state task force piles up speeding violations
A Cedar Rapids woman who heads a state program to cut drunk driving has at least 17 speeding tickets since March 24, 1977. An IDOT hearing order cites 14 convictions between 1977 and 1982, with one 72 mph in a 55 mph zone in Benton County. A 90 day license suspension was upheld in 1980 and remains under appeal.
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Cedar Rapids
Iowa Department of Transportation
Carole Harder
Harder
Grant Wood
Thomas McSweeney
McSweeney
IDOT
Benton County
Linn
Benton
Pride chapter forms at College Community Schools
Education roundup notes a PRIDE chapter forming in the College Community School District with Cedar Rapids Regional PRIDE to aid substance abuse education. First meeting 7 p.m. Monday in the Junior High Lecture Hall, for parents only, with testimonies from Sedlacek Center graduates and baby-sitting provided. Madeline Hunter to visit Cedar Rapids Monday addressing 200 teachers at Sinclair Auditorium and meetings with district leaders.
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PRIDE
College
College Community
Cedar Rapids
Sedlacek Center
California
Madeline Hunter
Cedar Rapids Community
Hunter
Sinclair
Coe College
Cedar Rapids educators urged to submit news to Gazette page
Educators in Cedar Rapids are invited to send news of awards and activities for the education page in The Gazette. Typed releases must arrive by 10 a.m. Tuesday to Kurt Rogahn at Box 511, Cedar Rapids 52406, and include student addresses along with the sender’s name and daytime phone number. News by phone will not be accepted.
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Cedar Rapids
Kurt Rogahn
the Gazette
Six Hour Dance A Thon For Muscular Dystrophy
A six hour Dance A Thon on January 15 runs from 4 p.m. to midnight at the Sheraton Inn 525 33rd Ave SW. Sponsored by Jefferson High School Marketing and Distributive Education Club dancers pledge 6 per hour with ten minute breaks each hour and a half hour supper break. Food provided. The goal is to raise 1000 for MDA with headquarters at 383 Collins Road NE pledge sheets from 7 Eleven and Jefferson activities office.
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Sheraton Inn
33Rd Ave
Jefferson High School Marketing and Distributive Education Club
MDA
Collins Road
Jefferson Activities Office
Job situation boosts Guard ranks in C R
The lack of local jobs in Cedar Rapids boosted interest in the Iowa National Guard 234th Signal Battalion. The unit reached 681 guardsmen by Dec 31, up 183 from 1981, with programs appealing to high school students and college bound enlistees. Guard pay, education grants, and a summer basic training for juniors attract recruits. For details contact the Cedar Rapids Armory at the airport.
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Vanessa Shelton
Iowa National Guard
Cedar Rapids
234Th Signal
Ernie Rimrodt
Rimrodt
National Guard
Guard
Linn County foreclosures surge in 1982 totals
Linn County Recorder Pat Kane reports 150 mortgage foreclosures in 1982, more than doubling 1981’s 67. Foreclosures span the county and Cedar Rapids, Marion, from varied lenders, with no clear pattern.
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Linn County
Pat Kane
Kane
Cedar Rapids
Marion
Electronic meetings eyed for Marion council
Marion City Council discussed allowing electronic meetings to include absent members via telephone in hearings on issues such as the North 10th Street zoning. The move aims to ease attendance constraints while outlining criteria for when such sessions should occur.
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Christie Wallace
Azette Marion Bureau
Marion
Don Hoskins
Hoskins
North 10Th Street
Iowa
Marion Chamber Dinner Set for January 29
The Marion Division Chamber of Commerce hosts its 45th annual dinner January 29 at the Longbranch Convention Barn. Festivities start with a 6 p.m. cash bar, dinner at 6:45, with Linn-Mar Folk Group and B.T. & Company performing. New president Paul Draper and outgoing Scott Olson speak at 8 p.m. followed by the Second Annual Community Service Award. String Dusters play after. New officers include Tom Bever as president-elect, Dick Snyder as vice president, and John Botkin as secretary-treasurer. Board members are Dick Berntsen, Dave Etzel, Vic Klopfenstein, and Erik Miles. Cost is $15 per person. reservations: chamber office at 377-6316.
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Marion Division Chamber of Commerce
Longbranch
Linn-Mar’s Folk Group
B.T. & Company
Paul Draper
Scott Olson
String Dusters
Tom Bever
Dick Snyder
John Botkin
Dick Berntsen
Dave Etzel
Vic Klopfenstein
Erik Miles
Marion Mothers Club to Meet with Legal Consultants
Marion Mothers Club schedules a 7:45 p.m. Thursday meeting at 1515 Ninth Ave. hosted by Diane Swan and her son. Guests include legal consultants Don Carr and Mitch Turner speaking on local matters.
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Marion Mothers
Diane Swanson
Ninth Ave
Marion
Marion Mothers Club
Don Carr
Mitch Turner
Motorist Rozalio Ruiz Charged With Drunk Driving
Rozalio R. Ruiz, 38, of 4292 Zeman Drive SE, was arrested for drunken driving at 4 a.m. Tuesday at O Avenue and 25th Street NW. Marion fire calls logged 11:01 a.m. Monday with medical assistance at 1165 Sixth Ave.
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Rozalio R. Ruiz
Zeman
O Avenue
25Th Street
Marion
Sixth Ave
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