County car safety policy eyed as staff cite repair needs
Linn County supervisors heard concerns over 150 county cars and pickups with 13 in the pool deemed unsafe for out of town use. Staff urged regular maintenance and a centralized purchase plan to cut costs while safety and liability issues were raised by officials. Adoption of a vehicle-use policy was expected by September.
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Mary Burke
Linn
Bill McCarty
Paul Nelson
Cedar Rapids
Norm Popenhagen
McCarty
Copenhagen
Joe Rinas
Karl Kolz
Sheriffs Department
Rinas
Scheetz campaigns for Hiawatha City Council seat
Matt Scheetz 55 of 304 Seventh Ave. seeks the Hiawatha council seat vacated by Robert Wheeler. He favors holding line on city costs and growth aligned with taxpayers. Scheetz has a history in printing, Cedar Rapids work, fire department service, civil defense, and local veterans groups. The June 28 election also includes three other candidates.
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Matt Scheetz
Seventh Ave
Hiawatha
Scheetz
University of Iowa School of Journalism
Hope United Church of Christ
Hanford Post No. 5
American Legion
Hiawatha Mohawks Camper Club
Janet
Robert
Judy Mittan
Hiawatha Council
Robert Wheeler
Munsell Bids for Hiawatha Mayoral Seat in June Special
Robert Munsell a 57 year old civil engineer and Cedar Rapids construction inspector announces a bid for mayor of Hiawatha in the June 28 special election. He cites sewer repairs street widening and sidewalk construction and faces incumbent mayor pro tem Steve West. The post was vacated by Tom Theis in March with a November election also planned.
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Robert Munsell
11Th Ave
Hiawatha
Munsell
Engineering Department
Cedar Rapids
Patricia
Steve West
Tom Theis
The Gazette Publication and Rates Notice
The Gazette Company announces daily and Sunday edition publication at 500 Third Avenue SE Cedar Rapids Iowa with mailing and carrier subscription rates. It notes second class postage, exclusive AP republication rights, and U S address service terms and prices.
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THE
Gazette
Gazette Company
Third Avenue SE
Cedar Rapids
Iowa
Ceder Rapids
U.S
Associated Press
Little People Can Read workshop by Hopsons
Mary and Michael Hopson of Homer Alaska teach reading to young children through their Little People can Read program. They will hold a workshop from 7 to 10 p m June 29 in Room D at the Gage Memorial Union Coe College with a 5 donation or 7 50 per couple, and another July 7 at the Iowa City Public Library.
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Mary
Michael Hopson
Gage Memorial Union
Coe College
Hopsons
Homer
Alaska
Shana
Iowa City Public Library
Burlington
Davenport
Pornopoly case awards total over sixty thousand dollars
Linn District Court awarded Mobbs 10 259.49 against Nussbaum and CompuNet for misrepresentation and wrongful control of Mobbs property. A second judgment of 50 000 was against Computer Consultants of Iowa. Judge Koehler ordered a receiver to recover profits from Nussbaum with a 1 000 bond posted by Timothy Terry.
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Pornopoly
Monopoly
Linn District Court
Carol A. Mobbs
Marion
David H. Nussbaum
Mount Vernon
Mobbs
Nussbaum
CompuNet
Computet Corp
Computer Consultants of Iowa Ltd
Computer Consultants
Thomas Koehler
Koehler
Timothy F. Terry
Cedar Rapids
Terry
Association of Colored Women plan Cedar Rapids convention
The Iowa Association of Colored Women will hold its annual convention at the Sheraton Inn in Cedar Rapids this weekend. About 100 women from across the state are to attend with registration at 8 a.m. Mayor Don Canney will speak at 8:30 a.m. and a 7 p.m. Saturday banquet will name scholarship winners and crown the 1983 IACW queen. Dawn Morgan, a Cedar Rapids Washington High sophomore and 1982 queen, is a candidate along with Marva Reniece Pickett Frazier and Gaylynne Shade of Des Moines.
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Iowa Association of Colored Women
Cedar Rapids
Sheraton Inn
Criterion Club of
Don Canney
IACW
Dawn Morgan
Cedar Rapids Washington High School
Dawn
Criterion Club
Deborah Morgan
Queen
Marva Reniece Pickett Frazier
Gaylynne Shade
Des Moines
Iacw Club
Deloris Morgan
Morgan
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Board
Linn County
Jerry Nelson
Iowa Department of Transportation
Paul Phelan
Jackson and
Perkins
Mon
Sun
Holland Orchard & Nursery
Hwy
Kentucky
Imce Lee
Ables
Association of Colored Women
Carl St. Luke’s Child Safeline
Matt
Box
Hall's
Famous Simmons” Mattress & Box
Tee Cafe
China
Florida
Ocean Front
Daytona Beach
Disney World Area
Hall
Collins Rd
New Cedar Rapids
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