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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 11, 1978
Page
4
Cedar Rapids Community School District officials voiced cool reaction to a School Facilities Task Force recommendation to contract transportation services. They prefer keeping fleet ownership and in-house maintenance, arguing that selling buses and losing control could hinder future operations and quality.
Kedpool 3 ASvew board member Edward Beatty notes possible contractor employee strikes. The panel backs delaying contracting 18 months while the Ellis Boulevard Edgewood Road NW bus barn is built. They also weigh scheduling changes to serve more schools with fewer vehicles.
Four men met Monday to mark the 60th anniversary of their World War I service day when 32 men left July 10 1918 for Jefferson Barracks Missouri. Oscar Bates recalled the formation marching to Union Depot and train to mustering station. The group has met each July 10 since 1968, with three other survivors absent at the Rigel farm reunion.
Weekend program at Fair-on-the-Square features Marion YMCA gymnastics demonstrations at 2 and 4 pm Friday and Saturday, frog-jumping, karate, comedy acts, prize contests, and a Li'l Abner musical number by Olde Barn Players. Davidson United Shows provides carnival rides. bazaar booths and amateur art show join the family event sponsored by Marion Division Chamber of Commerce Retail Merchants Bureau.
Marion police reported eight arrests tied to two theft incidents overnight. Four juveniles and David D. Smith 18 of Mount Vernon were arrested after a theft from a car owned by Trisha Coates. Police recovered the stolen items. In a separate incident three men Dennis G. Melrose 23 Carl Heil Jr. 19 and Larry Dippel 19 were charged with theft after a theft in progress of a street sign and pole at 12th Street and Ninth Avenue. Canon. YMCA schedule listed activities. Alpha Construction of Marion was the low bidder on the 1978 asphalt maintenance project with 67 958.95.
A school census will be conducted in the Marion Independent District beginning Wednesday and continuing through July 21. Census takers will wear identifying tags and residents missed can contact the board secretary at 377-0774.
The Marion Independent School District will raise adult admission by 50 cents, making 1978 79 activity tickets for adults $2 each. Student tickets stay at $1, with yearlong passes priced at $15 for high and middle schoolers and $10 for elementary students. Reserved high school football tickets are $12.
The Cedar Rapids Community School Board unanimously okayed buying about $26,017.50 in textbooks for ten private schools under a new state law. The district will be reimbursed 80 percent by the state, with the rest paid by the private schools, and inventory controls will be kept.
Cedar Rapids Community School Board awarded a prescription drug insurance contract to Iowa Pharmacy Service Corp for 82 719 12 dollars bringing a new 2 deductible plan for eligible district employees and dependents The bid gap narrowed after state insurance office guidance and board plans to consider package agreements to avoid future pitfalls
At the annual meeting on Monday night Cedar Rapids Community School Board reappointed Otto Wiedersberg as secretary and Wilmer Ross as treasurer. Wiedersberg, longtime executive director of business services, earns 31 250 annually and received a pay increase from 30 000. Ross, employed by First Trust and Savings Bank, has no salary but the district pays 3 240 toward his secretary at First Trust. Bonds set at 50 000 for secretary and 100 000 for treasurer were approved.
Founders resume control after fiscal year end loss of 763,852 dollars. New leaders John D. Ballard as president James K. Mentzer as vice president and controller. Board chair Robert H. Taylor also takes secretary treasurer duties as the firm plans reorganization.
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