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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 18, 1988
Page
16
Jackson County plans to spend about 65000 to build a travel welcome center near Sabula. County economic development director Mike Jones says the project aims to boost tourism though no formal vote has yet been taken and price could shape approval.
Jackson County supervisors plan to approve a center at the Highways 52 and 64 intersection in Sabula citing tourism gains in recent years. Officials chose Sabula for highway corridor marketing along the Great River Road and near the Mississippi River bridge to Illinois. A design resembling an old schoolhouse will feature a bell for children to ring while families view maps and brochures.
The Cedar Rapids Skyhawks Inc sponsor a weekend radio controlled model airplane contest above Seminole Valley Park. Duane Smallwood releases a model plane owned by Leo Davids from Big Lake Minnesota while a jet fighter display looms in the background. Cedar Rapids participants Paul Grubich and Charlie Moyer, both from Cedar Rapids, examine Grubichs plane.
Iowa DOT data show wide gaps in seat belt ticketing across counties. Polk leads with nearly 5,000 convictions in 1987. Ringgold reports 17. Allamakee logs 32. Crawford 391. Carroll 102? 18.8 per 1,000 residents. Officials cite policy priorities and public perception as key factors shaping compliance.
MONONA Iowa Jay Pedersen is named the new secondary principal at MFL Community Schools. He previously served as a principal in the Meridan Cleghorn district in western Iowa and will earn 37000 dollars annually succeeding Ned Sellers who held the post.
The MFL Community school board approved a one year principal appointment last week. Ric Benzing of Dunlap was hired as instrumental music teacher, succeeding retiree Tom James. The board also approved sharing Mar Mac Community Schools’ industrial arts teacher, with MFL paying one third of salary and mileage to teach mechanical drawing and industrial arts to MFL students.
Iowa State Patrol reports four Eastern Iowans injured in a single vehicle crash on Johnson County road W 66 south of Shueyville. Rebecca Conway 23 in critical condition. David Conway 27 and Brenda Ellsburg 12 and Michael Ellsburg 20 injured. All taken to Mercy Hospital Cedar Rapids. two front seat occupants wore seat belts. back seat passengers ejected. Accident under investigation.
A business owner explains how Blue Cross and Blue Shield options in Iowa simplify choosing group health care coverage. The plans include a preferred provider organization HMOs traditional coverage and managed care with a third party administrator to manage risk and control costs.
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