Cedar Rapids School Names Two New Principals
Cedar Rapids Community Schools announce two July 1 principal appointments Elizabeth Hatch will lead Monroe School aided by a change to early childhood services and continue as district legal services assistant Susan Lagos will head Grant School and serve as special education administrative assistant Grant School reopens for early childhood education child care and special education Lagos is associate principal at Monroe Developmental Center John Rosemond a nationally syndicated columnist will speak on Parenting Skills at Linn-Mar High School auditorium Thursday at 7 p.m. Admission is free.
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Cedar Rapids
Elizabeth Hatch
Monroe School
Hatch
Susan Lagos
Grant School
Grant
Monroe Developmental Center
John Rosemond
Linn-Mar High School
Cedar Rapids Child Check tests for 3 year olds
Grant Wood Area Education Agency Early Childhood staff conduct Child Check testing for 3 year olds in Cedar Rapids public elementary zones Madison Harrison Taylor Wilson Polk Arthur Garfield Pierce. Appointments through each school or designated church location. Eligibility includes children born Sept 16 1985 to Sept 15 1986. Call Reid Zehrbach at 399-6875 for details.
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Grant Wood Area Education Agency
Madison
Harrison Elementaries
Holy Redeemer Lutheran Church
Edgewood Rd
Harrison
Taylor
Wilson
Kirkwood Lincoln Learning Center
18Th Avenue
Ninth Street
Polk
Arthur
Garfield
Pierce
St. Paul's United Methodist Church
Third Ave
Reid Zehrbach
Vision screening referrals rise in Marion and Linn-Mar districts
Grant Wood Area Education Agency reports 131 of 1,233 Marion students and 195 of 2,500 Linn-Mar students referred for eye tests after annual vision screening. Agency serves 39 districts across Benton Cedar Iowa Johnson Jones Linn Washington counties. Call 399 6700 or 1 800 332 8488 for more information.
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Marion
Grant Wood Area
Cedar
Iowa
Johnson, Jones, Linn
Washington
Linn deputies and radio operators to get 15 percent raise over two years
The Linn County Board of Supervisors are set to approve a two year contract with Local 2003 that provides 8 percent raise on July 1 and 7 percent next year for deputies and radio operators. The deal includes continued step and longevity pay, longer vacations, reduced sick day accrual, and a long term disability plan. It covers 68 employees after excluding 19 sergeants and detectives pending state board approval.
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Roland Krekeler
Gazette
Linn County Sheriff's
Board of Supervisors
Department
State Public Employment Relations Board
Cedar Lake Urban Revitalization Zone Might Expand
Cedar Rapids leaders consider extending the urban revitalization zone to 15 to 20 acres in the Cedar Lake area. The plan would offer tax abatements to spur improvements and growth for Feder and Sons Scrap Iron and Stickle Enterprises. Stakeholders see potential for cleanup and new offices, warehouses, and rail service support. Tax relief ranges from three years of 100 percent abatement on improvements to 10 years of 20 to 80 percent reductions.
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Dale Kueter
Cedar Rapids
Cedar Lake
M. Feder and Sons Scrap Iron and Stickle Enterprises
Marvin Feder
Feder and Sons
Mike Reeves
Stickle Enterprises
City Planning Department
City Receives Hall Foundation Grant for Handicap Leisure Program
Cedar Rapids City Council to accept a 50450 grant from the Hall Foundation to fund a comprehensive leisure time program for the physically and mentally handicapped. Dan McLean notes it will be a cooperative Iowa effort with socialization and Special Olympics included. The city will gradually cover more costs: 20 percent in year two and full funding by year six.
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Cedar Rapids
Hall Foundation
Dan McLean
Iowa
McLean
City and County Meetings Schedule
At 9 a.m. Cedar Rapids City Council meets in council chambers City Hall. At 10:30 a.m. Linn County Board of Supervisors convenes in the Administrative Office Building board room. At 4 p.m. Linn County Compensation Board meets in conference. At 7 p.m. Hiawatha City Council gathers at City Hall.
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Cedar Rapids
Project AIDE hits over one million in contributions
Iowa-Illinois Gas and Electric Co officials report Project AIDE donations top 1 million dollars. Since December 1982 grants totaling 1 006 195 have aided more than 11 411 families. Cedar Rapids district manager Mark Ormsby announced the figure Tuesday. Hawkeye Area Community Action Program has helped distribute 156 729 from Cedar Rapids to 886 families. Ormsby said federal and state energy aid cuts leave Project AIDE as a needed source for winter heating bills.
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Project Aide
Iowa-Illinois Gas and Electric Co
Cedar Rapids
Mark Ormsby
Hawkeye
Ormsby
Linn District Court Felonies Headlines Action on Multiple Cases
Probation revoked for Leo W. Cannon Jr. with resentencing to up to 10 years. Scott A. Murdock and Robert F. Wright Jr. face modified terms or new probation. Tonja S. Luzinski and Sandra L. Jones receive deferred sentences and restitution orders. Kim L. Humbles and Matthew J. Hampton enter deferred sentences with restitution. Thompkins, DeVore, Hartson, Vasquez, and Kahler face various guilty pleas, suspended terms, or short prison time with restitution and probation.
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Linn District Court
Leo W. Cannon Jr
Cedar Rapids
Cannon
Scott A. Murdock
Robert F. Wright Jr
Wright
Tonja S. Luzinski
Southeast Side Credit Union
Luzinski
Sandra L. Jones
Sun Mart
Jones
Kim L. Humbles
Marion
Humbles
Iowa
Matthew J. Hampton
Hampton
Jack E. Thompkins Jr
Lisbon
Thompkins
Lori Johnson
Michael D. DeVore
DeVore
Jeff Klein
Clarence Peasley
Darwin R. Hartson
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Cedar Rapids Museum of Art
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Margie Kahler
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Sun Mart Foods
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