Fairfax Library Trades Fines For Shelf Cleaning
Fairfax Public Library uses a trade in system where youths can cover late fines by cleaning shelves. Librarian Linda Balog notes strong community support, a special mystery section, and active donations from local groups and schools. The library operates with limited hours and a small staff, while planning future space and shelf updates.
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Fairfax Public Library
Linda Balog
Mrs. Balog
Main
Vanderbilt Streets
St. Patrick's Catholic School
Soukup
Homemakers’ Group
East Central Regional Library
Fairfax
Miss Bishop
Aldrich
Jennifer Weaver
CETA workers assist Cedar Valley Nature Trail fencing project
Rails to Trails Inc directs five CETA Summer Youth workers for eight weeks starting June 14 to build and repair fences along the Cedar Valley Nature Trail. Peter Barnett leads the crew, focusing on farm boundary fencing on the abandoned Milwaukee Road railbed from Hiawatha toward Waterloo.
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Rails To Trails Inc
Comprehensive Education and Training Act
Cedar Valley Nature Trail
Peter Burnett
Wildwood Drive
Nixon School
Milwaukee Road
Hiawatha
Waterloo
Barnett
Cedar Rapids graduates meet minimum competency standard
Cedar Rapids Community Schools introduced a competency program allowing withholding diplomas from students not meeting standards though no diplomas were withheld. Eleven students in each high school entered the Competency Laboratory, with most graduates. Principals credited the program with improving skills and test scores, while questions about impact remained.
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Council For Basic Education
Iowa
Cedar Rapids
Washington
Ralph Plagman
William Jacobson
Jefferson High School
ITED
Jefferson
Jacobson
Kennedy
Metro
Metro High School
Judy Ecker
Stephen Seyfer
Kennedy High School
Seyfer
Ecker
Marion recreation golf clinics start for summer participants
Golf clinics for Marion summer playground participants begin today at Taube Park from 9:30 to 10:30 a.m. Instructor Steve Kahler will lead free sessions at all playground sites for three weeks, with clubs and balls provided. bring a five or seven iron if possible.
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Marion
Taube Park
Steve Kahler
Indian Creek
Kahler
Missourians pull over Iowans in Tug of War
In Lineville on a sunny Saturday the two towns settled the cross state tug of war. Missouri teams captured the contest over Iowa rivals in women's, children's and men's divisions. Winners earned 200 feet of city park land along the state border. The event capped the Homecoming celebration. Martha Washington_birth year noted.
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Lineville
UPI
Iowa
Ashburton Webster Treaty of 1842 and Harmony Commune
The Ashburton Webster Treaty settled Canada United States boundary disputes in 1842. Negotiated by Lord Ashburton and Daniel Webster it aimed for compromise despite mixed Canadian and British reception. The Harmony commune founded in 1804 by George Rapp is a National Historic Landmark with the Harmony Museum 1809 clock tower noted as oldest in the western hemisphere.
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Ashburton- Webster
Canada
United States
Lord Ashburton
Daniel Webster
Britain
America
Harmony
George Rapp
Rand McNally
Mobil
Harmony Museum
Harmonist
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Gazette
Tom Merryman
Christie Wallace
Ceta
Diana
11Th Street
Ogazette
10Th Street
Jack Mange
Dromon
EPA
Naka
Jack Inc
Snow Hill
C.R. High School
Playman
Plagman
Marion Recreation
Hanna
Emerson
Donnelly
Taube
Bowman Woods
Martha Washington
Lady of
U.S. Treaty
Gcapower
ARMAR
Osco LC
Ave. S.E
Tations
Westdale Mall
OscoDjug
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