Folk art weaver Dorothy Trumpold earns National Heritage Fellowship
East Amana artisan Dorothy Trumpold, 88, who has woven carpets for 60 years on a cast iron loom, received a National Endowment for the Arts Heritage Fellowship. The award honors her mastery of rug making and long local service, with a $10,000 prize. She began weaving after her grandfather fell ill and raised a daughter while keeping Amana homes stocked with colorful carpets.
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Gordon Kellenberger
Amana Arts Society
Waterloo
Amana
New principal named for Nixon Elementary in July
Kay Coe has been selected as Nixon Elementary principal, with contract approval by the Cedar Rapids school board expected June 25. Coe, current Linn-Mar technology and arts director, will replace Tim Fowler who leads Madison Elementary after Sid Wallace's January death.
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Cedar Rapids
Nixon Elementary
Kay Coe
Tim Fowler
Prin
Cpal
Madison Elementary
Madison
Sid Wallace
Linn-Mar
Coe
College Community School
Dubuque
North Dakota
Nixon
North Liberty council rejects 4760 bill for gazebo work
The North Liberty City Council refused to pay a 4760 bill from McCoy Construction for installing gazebo planks at Old Towne Park after labor charges were disputed. The contractor offered a 1000 reduction but defended 40 per hour per worker, suggesting possible legal action.
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Old Towne Park
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Shanahan
Steve McCoy
McCoy
Vision Iowa rejects two East Iowa funding requests
The Vision Iowa CAT committee declined to forward Delaware County and Maquoketa funding requests to the full board. Delaware County sought 100 000 to expand the Delaware County Fairgrounds grandstand and remodel facilities, lacking city and county support and an educational component. Maquoketa asked 393 649 for a 700 seat fine arts center, but with insufficient local backing and two negative bond votes the panel blocked the request. The panel also questioned the Marquette McGregor Trail of Two Cities plan amid casino funding ambiguities and planned a further presentation next month.
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Des Moines
Delaware County
Maquoketa
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Shenandoah
Connell
Delaware County Fairgrounds
Manchester
Marvin Berenstein
Sioux City
Bill Skinner
Skinner
Vision Iowa
Marquette-McGregor
Marquette
McGregor
Mary Ellen Chamberlin
Davenport
Steve Kolbach
Marquette Project
Non-union City Workers to Get 4 Percent Pay Increase
The Cedar Rapids city payroll outlines a 4 percent salary rise for about 435 non-union employees for FY 2002. A 3 percent raise begins Dec 15, and a 2.5 percent step increase on July 1 yields most staff a full 4 percent. Top steps grant only 1.5 percent, while 900 bargaining-unit workers receive 3.25 percent. Mayor Clancey and four councilors also see 3.25 percent raises.
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Gloria McMahan
Judy Perkins
Lee Clancey
Discovery section seeks clubs listings for Cedar Rapids area
The Gazette announces its annual Discovery section for Linn and Johnson counties publishing Aug 12. It will list clubs lodges and organizations open to new members and invites groups to submit a brief description meeting time contact name and phone. Deadline is July 2.
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Johnson Counties
the Gazette
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Cedar Rapids
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