Move to relocate Linn County psychiatric unit to old Fillmore School debated
A six member committee reviewing Linn County Care Facility plans found moving the psychiatric unit from the rural Marion facility to the former Fillmore School may be costly and impractical. They weigh space needs, remodeling costs projected at 360000, duplicated services, and zoning questions while flagging improved communications as a key goal.
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Mary Burke
Gazette
Linn County
Fillmore
Linn County Board of Supervisors
Iowa State Department of Health
Marion
11Th St
Jean Oxley
Oxley
Forbes Johnson
Department of Mental Health Services
John Morris
Discovery Village Group Homes
Mona Phelps
Morris
Joe Malmer
Cedar Rapids
Louis
Elaine Halseberg
Sharon Barnhart
Phelps and Barnhart
Association For Retarded Citizens
Ron Nelson
Margaret Nelson
Mental Health Advocates
Cyndie Franklin
Y-Crest Group
Job Service to open new center in July
The Cedar Rapids Job Service unit will add a Job Information Center in July to display openings and reduce waiting times. Counselors will still assist for full application details, with phone notifications remaining in place. The move follows a drop in full time placements since 1980 and reflects rising demand amid fewer openings in the region.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Job Service
Vanessa Shelton
Gazette
Job Service of Iowa
Russ Coleman
Cedar Rapids
Iowa City
Coleman
Benton, Jones
Iowa
Linn Counties
Burglary and Robbery Incidents Reported In Linn County
Police logged multiple crimes including a Wednesday burglary at Carol McMurrin’s 207 15th St SE home with a stolen tool box, five pairs of pants, and food. Early Thursday a masked man fled after screams during an attempted robbery at Wanda Lusk’s 403 Fifth Ave SW residence. Lusk described a black male in his early 20s. Officer accounts note a separate late-night intrusion at Gaylord Bowers’s Lisbon address leading to a speeding and disobeying charge, plus other DUI arrests. A Cedar Rapids engine tour brief notes No 1385’s schedule for Pufferbilly Days. Kevin Melsha reported $290 in tools stolen from his unsecured garage on Wednesday morning.
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Carol McMurrin
15Th St. SE
Wanda Lusk
Fifth Ave
Lusk
Fourth Street
Linn County
Christopher J. Seber
Johnson Ave NW
First Ave
Gaylord C. Bowers
Lisbon
16Th Avenue
Donnie J. Conker
Meadowbrook Drive
Palisades-Kepler State Park
Stephen D. Mozingo
Mount Vernon
Daniel L. Wollbrecht
Atkins
18Th Street
Michael A. Melsha
Last C&NW steam locomotive to pass Cedar Rapids
No 1385 the last steam locomotive to operate on Chicago and North Western tracks will pass Cedar Rapids on July 6. An Associated Press report earlier in the week gave an incorrect date for the stop.
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Cedar Rapids
John W. Johnson
Iowa City
Mid-Continent Railway Historical Society Inc
New Freedom
Wis
North Western
Beverly
Clinton
Marshalltown
Chicago and North Western Railroad
Associated Press
Jail board again nixes computerised jail security system
Linn County supervisors rejected a $269,270 computerized security system for the new county jail. They previously refused a $90,000 system, arguing it would not meet needs. Officials say the hard copy logs aid court credibility and safety, but supervisors question triple-cost financing and scope as they continue to review options.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Linn County Supervisors
Joe Malmer
Joe Rinas
Virgin Islands Named by Christopher Columbus Legend
A dubious claim links Christopher Columbus to naming the Virgin Islands after a massacre by nuns led by St. Ursula in A D 238. The note also mentions the British liner Queen Mary’s maiden voyage on May 27 1936.
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Christopher Columbus
Virgin Islands
St. Ursula
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