Polk School Support Faces Zoning Threat in Cedar Rapids
Cedar Rapids school board discusses closing up to six elementary schools by fall 1987 with March vote and February hearings. KEEP parents support Polk Elementary amid concerns about selling empty schools for zoning changes harming neighborhoods. Adams site raises zoning and sale policy questions as buses replacement approved.
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Polk
Suncatun
Cedar Rapids
Harold Guthrie
Polk Elementary
Educational Service Center
Second Ave
Wayne Howes
Tom Palmer
D Ave
KEEP
Palmer
Citizen Committee
Adams
Kay Copeland
Wilson Ave
Norbert Hemesath
Chestnut Lane
Adams Hill
Hemesath
City Planning and Zoning Department
Mary Ann Kucera
Education notes outline school closures and events in area districts
No classes Friday in Marion and Linn-Mar districts due to conference workdays. End-of-semester tests at Marion High School Wednesday and Thursday. no hot lunch those days. Kennedy High School hosts a band carnival Saturday 5 to 10 p.m. with performances by Kennedy and city bands and food concessions. Regis High School presents a dessert theatre Sunday at 7:30 p.m. Tickets are $1. Cedar Rapids Symphony Guild Scholarships deadline Feb 10. auditions March 2 at Coe College for grades 8-12, $125-$500. Swing Choir/Jazz Band Contest runs Jan 23 and 24 across Iowa. 600+ students from four high schools. Job Shadowing Project Feb 3–7 for Linn-Mar, Marion, Cedar Rapids Washington and Prairie high schools. contact Nancy Nygren at 377-7373 ext. 207.
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Marion
Linn- Mar
Marion High School
Kennedy High School
Pierce
Harding
Franklin
Roosevelt
Taft
Kennedy
Cedar Rapids Symphony Guild
Daehler-Kitchin
Coe College
Janet Marett
Symphony Guild
Cedar Rapids
Linn-Mar
College
Iowa
Iowa High School Music Association
Sumner
Sigourney
Wartburg College
Waverly
Muscatine Community College
Washington
Prairie
Nancy Nygren
Metro
Hy Vee plans Drug Town store on Cedar Rapids site
Hy Vee Foods proposes a 12,780 square foot Drug Town drugstore on vacant Johnson Avenue land near Short Street with access off Johnson. The firm seeks rezoning from R-5 to O/S and a possible 8,000 square foot retail building. Zoning Committee meets Jan. 21.
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Johnson Avenue
Tom McLoud
Hy Vee
Cedar Rapids
Marion
Tools stolen from Westdale store during remodeling work
Westdale Tools were taken from Westdale Store No 157 at Cedar Rapids mall during remodeling. Tools valued at 1295 belonging to Croshier Construction were taken after an unlocked back door allowed entry. suspects exited through the front of the store, police report says.
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Croshier Construction
25Th St
Westdale Mall
Cedar Rapids
KG Men’s
Lisbon mayor refuses to reappoint police chief amid council protest
Incoming mayor Sam Montgomery declines to reappoint Malcom Kimble as chief over December resolutions that limited scheduling and flexibility. Council backs keeping Kimble as chief with a 3-2 vote while directing the attorney not to defend any suit from Kimble or the union. Montgomery plans a search for a new chief as tempers flare over department leadership and budgeting.
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Lisbon
Nancy Stevens
Sam Montgomery
Kimble
Rich Cregar
Steve McElmeel
Gary Port
Carl O’connor
Dale Schafer
Montgomery
Cregar
Algona
Schorg
O’connor
Shafer
McElmeel
Port
Stephen Jackson
Jackson
Allamakee Supervisors Name Official Newspapers in County
The Allamakee County Board of Supervisors named the county's three official newspapers for legal notices: the Waukon Republican-Herald the Waukon Democrat and the Allamakee Journal. The decision follows in-county circulation figures and risks a court challenge due to a prior shared-rights agreement. Patrick Huber publisher of the Postville Herald refused to renew his paper's participation this year.
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Waukon
Allamakee County Board of Supervisors
Waukon Republican-Herald
Waukon Democrat
Lansing Allamakee Journal
Postville Herald
Supervisors
Allamakee Journal
Board
County Board of Supervisors
Patrick Huber
Huber
Lansing
Postville
Iowa
Guthrie County
Bill Monroe
Iowa Newspaper Association
Detroit official lectures at Cornell on city survival
Maryann Mahaffey Detroit City Council member and social work professor will deliver a convocation lecture titled Can the Cities Survive at Cornell College King Chapel. The 1946 Cornell graduate teaches at Wayne State University and has authored works on social welfare. The event is free and open to the public.
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Mount Vernon
Maryann Mahaffey
Detroit
Marion Briefs Ad Info and Local Services
Local notices include advertising options for Marion readers with phone numbers 398-8234 and 1-800-332-7976 for placing ads. Businesses listed include Warner Brothers Siding and Insulation with contact 377-5573 in Marion.
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Marion
Gazette
Warner Brothers
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AJAX
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Public Works
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Hoke
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