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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 11, 1988
Page
4
Connie Walther, media director and serials librarian at Mount Mercy College, holds a BA from Iowa State University and an MA from the University of Minnesota. She has served at Mount Mercy since 1979.
Remembrance of Velma Wigans who taught at Cooper No. 5 for 12 years then moved to Fort Dodge schools after a 1950s rural reorganization. The piece describes the old white wooden building, its lack of plumbing, coal stove, outhouses, and daily routine from 9 to 4, the small student body, and how teachers pursued four year degrees after 1960. It recounts classroom life, weather hardships, and school-community activities from Halloween to Christmas, including annual field trips, parties, and a large year end picnic with ice cream.
Des Moines division filings show numerous bankruptcy petitions in June. Debts range from about 10 thousand to over 350 thousand with assets often far lower, many addresses in Clinton Muscatine Iowa City and Ainsworth. Several couples and individuals including Savage Construction and Professional Computer/Computer-U are named with debt and asset tallies.
Cedar Rapids Community School Board will approve calendars for the 1989-90, 1990-91 and 1991-92 school years at a 7:30 p.m. meeting in the Educational Service Center. Administrators recommend starting Aug. 28 1989, Aug. 27 1990, and Sept. 3 1991, with personnel items and a volunteer program report on the agenda.
The National League defeated the American League 7 to 3 in baseballs 49th annual All-Star Game ten years ago, showcasing offense and pitching from top rosters.
Linn County officials meet Troy Mills residents at 7 p.m. Tuesday in the Legion Hall to discuss economic development, vandalism, underage drinking, and a proposed river area park. Also in East Iowa notes: Drum corps Music On the March July 22 at Duquesne Field and Stanwood Friends and Family Day July 17 with ice cream. Grinnell to host minority Honor Scholars Program in science and math at Grinnell College starting Tuesday with five year program funded by GTE Focus, Hearst, and Howard Hughes institutes.
Monday July 11 schedule lists public meetings: Linn County Supervisors at Admin Building, Veterans Affairs at Witwer Building, Cedar Rapids Board of Adjustment at City Hall, Marion Water Board at City Hall, Linn County Conservation at Squaw Creek Park Meadowlark Shelter, Linn-Mar and Cedar Rapids school boards at campuses, Fairfax and Marion libraries, Coggon Light Plant board, Cedar Rapids board room. Youtheatre Dance Troupe performs 2 p.m. at Cedar Rapids Public Library, free.
The fourth suspicious fire since March was extinguished at the University of Iowa International Center in a basement room about 10:55 p.m. Damage was about 1500 dollars. Fire Marshal Kinney called it incendiary arson. No arrests. no links to previous fires. lobby work followed a larger arsoned blaze in April.
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