Free lunch bet ends with Iowa officials dining on the Statehouse lawn
Iowa Social Services Commissioner Michael Reagen and Gov. Robert Ray join a bet payoff lunch funded by Raymond Kassel of the DOT. The event promotes Iowa Freedom Day with a menu of fried chicken and sides. About 64 percent of DSS employees and 54 percent of IDOT staff used non car commuting methods.
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Des Moines
UPI
Iowa Social Services
Michael Reagen
Reagen
Robert D. Ray
Statehouse
Raymond Kassel
Iowa Department of Transportation
IDOT
Kassel
Iowa
DSS
Ray
Idot Commission
Barbara Dunn
Ed Stanek
Energy Policy Council
Donnan to Dubuque library post July 14
Elizabeth C. Donnan resigns as administrator of the East Central Regional Library and will become director of the Dubuque Public Library. Nicola K. Stanke named acting administrator as a search for Donnan’s successor begins. The 60-library system serves ten counties in Iowa.
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Allegheny College
University of Pittsburgh
Stanke
ECRL
Plainfield
Wis
Grinnell
University of Iowa School of Library Science
Carl Orgren
Iowa City
Ecrl Board of Trustees
Donnan
East Central Regional Library
Linn
Jones
Benton
Cedar
Clinton
Iowa
Jackson
Johnson, Tama
Poweshiek
Grant Wood Area Education Agency
Iowa Governor amused by Bourjaily critique on economy
Des Moines Governor Robert Ray expressed amusement at Vance Bourjaily’s charge that the administration uses politics over the economy. Bourjaily will leave the University of Iowa Writers Workshop for Arizona State University Tucson for higher pay, as Ray notes the tough economy and compares Iowa salaries to Arizona’s offers while defending state employee compensation.
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Des Moines
Robert Ray
University of Iowa
Vance Bourjaily
Ray
Bourjaily
U of I's Writers Workshop
University of Arizona At Tucson
Board of Regents
Iown
Arizona
State Revenue Department
Arizona Revenue Department
Legislature
Commerce Commission to hire top safety official
Des Moines Iowa officials move to hire Robert Holetz deputy commissioner of Public Safety as executive secretary at the Commerce Commission starting July 4 He would replace John Hensel and keep his current 32800 salary though the commission salary range tops out below that amount The pay decision awaits approval by State Comptroller Ronald Mosher and the Executive Council amid a hiring freeze and revenue pressures
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Des Moines
Iowa Commerce Commission
Commission
Robert Holetz
Department of Public Safety
John Hensel
Holetz
Commerce Commission
Ronald Mosher
Andrew Varley
Hensel
Varley
Ray
Christine Hansen
The
State Executive Council
Mosher
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