Sunrise Marion Toastmasters Speak Up at Early Morning Meeting
Marion Gazette reports on the Sunrise Marion Toastmasters Club meeting at 7 am with members Don Nidey and John Hamilton sharing why they joined. The group emphasizes speaking on your feet, self confidence, and constructive peer evaluations as members tackle table topics, prepared speeches, and topics from taxes to packaging.
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Sunrise Marion
Toastmasters Club
Christie Wallace
Marion Bureau
Marion
Marion Toastmasters Club
Five Seasons
Cedar Rapids
Nidey
Internal Revenue Service
Hamilton
Jeff Schott
Gazette
Marion Toastmaster Club
Don Nidey
Farmland LESA hearing outlines new Iowa pilot study
Tonight in Iowa City a public hearing will review an experimental farmland evaluation system LESA piloted in Johnson and Story counties. The LESA process combines soil quality and site assessments to aid rezoning decisions and could later affect land preservation planning and tax assessments.
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Tom Walsh
Iowa City
Johnson County
Johnson and
Story Counties
Iowa
U.S. Soil Conservation Service
Johnson County Soil Conservation District
JCCOG
TePaske
Lennox UAW workers ratify new contract at plant
MARSHALLTOWN AP Members of United Auto Workers Local 893 at Lennox Industries voted 251 to 79 to approve the pact. Spokesman Doug Womack said the agreement keeps the cost of living clause, raises pay by an average of 18 cents per hour, and adds an improved pension program, a total allowance, better group insurance, enhanced job security for younger workers, and time off for senior staff. The old contract expired June 3 with a strike beginning June 5. A tentative deal was reached Friday but rejected Saturday before the Sunday vote on a compromise agreement.
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Marshalltown
United Auto Workers Local
Lennox Industries
Doug Womack
Womack
Union Rank and File
Six drivers charged in Linn County drunken driving case
Six people were arrested in Linn County on a weekend for drunken driving. Robert Water age 71 was taken into custody on Highway 149 near Fairfax at 10 p.m. Saturday. Jeffrey Schulte 19 was arrested at 1 46 a.m. Sunday in the 1900 block of Mount Vernon Road SE and charged with disobeying a traffic signal. David McShane 37 was arrested early Sunday on County Road E 28 14% miles east of County Road X 20 and charged with simple assault interference with official acts and defective equipment. Kurt Ellingson 23 was jailed at 3 06 a.m. Sunday in the 5000 block of Center Point Road NE. Rickey Bunney 19 was arrested at 11 59 p.m. Saturday in the 300 block of Second Avenue SE and charged with interference with official acts and striking an unattended vehicle. Jeffrey Koontz 22 was arrested at 10 10 p.m. Saturday at Bever Avenue and 42nd Street SE.
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Linn County
Robert W. Water
Grande Ave
Fairfax
Jeffrey J. Schulte
Indian Hill Road
Mount Vernon Road
David N. McShane
Central City
Kurt M. Ellingson
Twin Pine Drive
Center Point Road
Rickey C. Bunney
27Th St
Marion
Second Avenue
Jeffrey W. Koontz
Country Club Parkway
Bever Avenue
42Nd Street
Center Point man arrested on third degree sexual abuse
A 21-year-old Center Point man, Kevin D. Levelle of Water St., was arrested at 3:40 a.m. after a 15-year-old girl reported a man in a van attempted to molest her near Nixon School. Police say she escaped, and Levelle was released later that morning on his own recognizance following an initial appearance.
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Center Point
Kevin D. Levelle
Water St
Linn County
Northbrook Drive
Nixon School
Council Street
Levelle
Waterloo Man Injured in One-Vehicle Crash Near Independence
Floyd Vogt fifty five of Waterloo was seriously injured when the pickup he rode in veered off the road and struck a ditch embankment north of Independence. He remained in stable condition at Veterans Administration Hospital Iowa City with head and chest injuries. Driver Eugene Vogt forty six also of Waterloo faces charges of drunken driving and failure to have control.
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Independence
Floyd Vogt
Waterloo
Veterans Administration Hospital
Iowa City
Eugene Vogt
Marion man charged with assault at southwest side motel
A 31 year old Marion man Ian Thorpe of 755 Fifth St was arrested after he allegedly beat Billie J Dupree 39 at a Holiday Inn in Brookland Park Minn police report say the attack occurred at 5 15 p m in a motel room Dupree was taken to St Luke's for minor injuries Thorpe was later charged with drunk driving and held at Linn County Jail pending an initial court appearance today
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Marion
Brookland Park
Minn
Ian Thorpe
Fifth St
Billie J. Dupree
Holiday Inn
Williams Blvd
Dupree
Thorpe
St. Luke’s
16Th Avenue
Linn County
Marion Briefs New evening meals at Stickney's offered
Stickney's announces evening meals Tuesday through Saturday from 4 PM to 11 PM. A $100 reward is offered to anyone bringing a friend who buys a mobile home this week from Rollin' Homes. Call 365-0461 for details.
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Stickney’s
Adv
Rollin’ Homes
Red Cross board elections set for Tuesday meeting
Grant Wood Chapter of the American Red Cross will hold its annual meeting Tuesday at 6 30 p.m. at Stouffer s Five Seasons Hotel with a main speaker Jim Bowling Midwestern operations regional manager from St Louis Missouri. Iowa City Children s Museum to open summer hours 1 to 4 p m Wednesdays through Sundays starting Wednesday with a puppet workshop free admission sponsored by the Iowa City Parks and Recreation Department and Friends of the Children s Museum. Des Moines AP A $5000 reward is offered for information leading to arrest and conviction in the June 4 arson that destroyed Bernie s restaurant with a $5000 state fund available for tips. The fire caused about 150000 in damage and investigators are testing to determine what fueled it. The restaurant is a favorite spot for state lawmakers during the Legislature.
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Grant Wood
American Red Cross
Stouffer's
Five Seasons Hotel
Jim Bowling
St. Louis, Mo
City Park
Iowa City Parks and Recreation Department
Friends of the Children's Museum
Des Moines
Drake coed crowned Miss Iowa for 1983 in Davenport
Karri Lynne Nussle a Drake University sophomore 19 from Palos Park Illinois was named Miss Iowa 1983 at a Davenport pageant she earned the title from a field of 10 finalists and will compete in September in Atlantic City New Jersey as Miss Polk County. First runner up Jean Ann Van Ooyen would serve if needed plus Laura Thesing Beverly Theede and Alison Boyd were also runners up in the contest.
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Davenport
Karri Lynne Nussle
Drake University
Iowa
Miss Nussle
Atlantic City
N.J
Polk County
Mark and
Lorna Kay Nussle
Palos Park, Ill
Jean Ann van Ooyen
Mahaska County
Laura Thesing
Forest City
Beverly Theede
Nishna Valley
Alison Boyd
Southwest Iowa
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Lindale Drive
Schott
Board of Supervisors
Paske
Rural Planning Division
Johnson County Council of Governments
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County Soil Conservation District
Johnson County Farm Bureau
County Extension Service
County Assessor's Office
Local Board of Realtors
Coralville
Johnson County Board of Supervisors
County Zoning Commission
Lennox
UAW
Ance
Linn
Lowa
Red Cross
Children’s Museum
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Strait
Drake Coed
Miss Iowa
Ronald Reagan
Lynn Griffiths
Center Pt. Rd
Cedar
Town City
Dubuque
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