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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 11, 2005
Page
28
The Swisher American Legion will hold a flag retirement ceremony at 7 p.m. Tuesday on Legion grounds. The public is welcome to attend and drop off unserviceable flags at the Legion Hall before the ceremony. For more information call (319) 857-4687.
Solon residents will vote on a 67 cent increase to the Physical Plant and Equipment Levy, totaling 1.34 per 1000 dollars of taxable value, starting 2006 07. The move funds school district growth and facility projects as the board approved the referendum.
Mount Vernon City Council appointed Jenna Wischmeyer 5 0 to a vacancy on the Planning and Zoning Commission. She will resign from the Historic Preservation Commission and is an environmental law attorney. Dan Light questioned the process citing lack of advertising and due diligence. Light expressed non disappointment at not being chosen and praised Wischmeyer for qualifications and objectivity.
Wounded service personnel are being sent to local bases or veterans hospitals as volunteers knit quilts. Carol Wolf and Dee Brandt coordinate the effort inviting all to participate even without sewing skills. The group finishes its work June 18 and 19 at 25 W. Charles St. in Oelwein with sessions 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. daily.
Shimek Roll-Off Services announces curbside recycling for Decorah Calmar Ossian Festina Fort Atkinson Burr Oak and Bluffton starting next month. Containers cost 9.50 with 6 monthly pickups, materials sorted and delivered to Spectrum Industries. Call (563) 569 8436 or (563) 380 8960 for details. Fayette City Attorney David Hanson informs council of planned 18 month active duty with the Army Reserves. He will depart in July and expects deployment to the Middle East with no orders yet.
Groundbreaking ceremonies were held Thursday for Clayton County Jail to be built near Elkader off Highway 13. The $2.95 million facility replaces the 1870s structure after voters approved last November. Pay requests from ITV Engineering and Connelly Construction totaling $383,307 for Riverfront Development, Marina Project, and street work were approved, along with a TeKippe Engineering advisory for a wastewater plant.
Decorah voters hear that Dave Tollefson is named street superintendent after 21 years with the city. At the Monday meeting the council approved a $42 537 salary for Tollefson who succeeds Curt Peterson who retired after 29 years with the city including 12 as street superintendent.
Guttenberg City Council approved a 6 percent salary increase for Deputy City Clerk and Assistant City Manager Julie Zittergruen. The vote occurred Monday and solidifies the raise in her compensation package.
The Vinton Shellsburg Community School Board approved raises for teachers, support staff, and administrative personnel for the next year. Teachers rise 4.44 percent, support staff 4.43 percent, and admin/supervisory staff 4.16 percent, totaling a $369,252 budget increase with first-year teachers at $25,797.
Vital statistics notice lists numerous Cedar Rapids and surrounding city marriages. Couples include Adam B. Erie and Dawn M. Schoeberl, James M. Hocking and Cara L. Graver, Jessica Yolanda Palmer and Douglas Matthew Palmer, Jodi Lynn Hamilton and Robert Andrew Hamilton, Aimee Lee Christiansen and Dale Cranmer Christiansen, among others. The long roster cites multiple pairings across Cedar Rapids Marion Lisbon Center Point and nearby locales.
Relay For Life raises funds for the American Cancer Society research program, which spends about 100 million dollars yearly on cancer research. Since 1946 ACS has invested 2.9 billion in research, backing 38 scientists who later won Nobel Prizes.
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