Cedar Rapids Ed Roundup Reports Schedule Changes and Programs
Friday and Monday schedule changes affect Cedar Rapids Community schools with no classes for students on Friday and a teacher workshop day on Friday. News covers Focus on the Cedar Rapids Schools program on Channel 10 with features from Cleveland Grant Van Buren and Franklin Junior High. Also noted are reporter appointments to the 1983 State Special Education Advisory Panel and a Washington High School Pops Concert Monday with Momentum and Revolutionists Jazz Band.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
College Community School
Prairie
Cedar Rapids
Cleveland
Grant and van Buren
Franklin Junior High
Grant and
van Buren
Dwight Bode
Grant Wood Area
State Department of Education
Washington High School
Little Theater
Revolutionists
Momentum
Regis High School dominates Midwest Speech and Debate results
Regis teams from six states competed at Augustana College in Sioux Falls earning two championship division elimination berths. Oetken earned All Tournament Team honors while Henderson McCartan and Horn Oetken teams advanced to quarterfinals and McCartan won Impromptu Speaking at West Des Moines.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Regis High School
Augustana College
Sioux Falls
M.D
Regis
Bill McCartan
Larkwood Drive
Dennis Henderson
Sussex Drive
Brian Horn
Paul Oetken
Birchwood Drive
Oetken
Midstates
West Des Moines Valley High School
Henderson- McCartan
Des Moines Roosevelt
Horn
Omaha
Creighton Preparatory
McCartan
West Des Moines
Rock Island
III
Washington
Iowa City West High School
Health Center to study single starting point for substance abuse treatment
Linn County Health Center board agrees to study a centralized starting point for drug and alcohol treatment to improve first time placement and community care. Two methods proposed: a professional and client study committee or interviews with affected individuals to guide recommendations. Remodeling costs reported under the $16 000 cap at the Paul Building project.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vanessa Shelton
Ette Tatt
Linn County Health Center Board of Directors
Linn County Board of Supervisors
Health Center Board
Linn County
Mental Health Institute
MHI
Independence
Health Center
Madge Phillips
Phillips
Paul Building
Third Ave. SE
Loomis Brothers
Cedar Rapids educators urged to submit award news
Cedar Rapids teachers are invited to submit newsroom notices of awards and activities to the education page. Typed news releases must reach The Gazette by 10 a.m. Tuesday to Kurt Rogahn, Box 511, Cedar Rapids 52406, and no items will be accepted over the phone.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cedar Rapids
Kurt Rogahn
the Gazette
Pickets stall ramp construction at Ground Transportation Center
Pickets were set up Tuesday at the 400 block of Second Street SE marking a delay in the Ground Transportation Center parking ramp. J.C. Construction of Iowa City workers picketed over alleged delayed benefit payments to the Operating Engineers union. Knutson Construction Co. project manager Rick Berndt said the dispute should be resolved in a day or two and no ramp work occurred on Tuesday while adjacent work continued.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ground Transportation Center
Second Street
J.C. Construction
Iowa City
Rick Berndt
Knutson Construction Co
Operating Engineers Union
Cedar Rapids officers seek arrest warrant in gun scuffle
Police requested an assault arrest warrant for Darrell A. Hobbs after he allegedly grabbed a handgun from off duty Cedar Rapids officer Charles Mincks during a 3:20 a.m. confrontation at the Surfeo station. Off duty officer William Hanse aided in recovering the weapon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Azette Stam
Cedar Rapids
Charles Mincks
Surfeo
Mount Vernon Road
Mincks
Department
Hobbs
William Hanse
Internal Affairs Division
Ray Baker
Baker
Center Point Road traffic drops after I 380 opens
Traffic on Center Point Road NE between 29th and 42nd streets NE fell from 19 748 to 11 808 vehicles per day after Interstate 380 opened to Hiawatha on Nov 15. Counts on 42nd Street NE show declines from 11 356 to 10 124 east of Wenig and 8 474 to 7 673 west of Wenig. Center Point Road resurfacing is planned between Collins Road and 29th Street NE later this year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Center Point Road
29Th
42Nd Streets
Hiawatha
Mel Meyer
Meyer
42Nd Street
Wenig Road
Wenig
Collins Road
29Th Street
32Nd Streets
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Grant Wood
Iowa Area
Dean Hartman
Bode
Robert Benton
State Superintendent of Public Instruction
Sebastian
Health Center UK
IRS
Sears
C.R
By Mark Glenn
Deli
Benson & Hedges
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