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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 26, 1979
Page
5
Cedar Rapids Community Schools staff and students proposed shorter days longer winter vacations and cold lunches two days a week to cut energy use. The district reports progress on state and federal conservation plans and outlines a phased audit needing building data by July 6 amid mixed board reactions.
An eight week weight reduction contest at Marion's Suburban Restaurant ends with 10 regulars and cooks. Larry Geistfeld, a night cook, tops the field by losing 40 pounds, totaling 166 pounds for all participants, equivalent to one person.
The Marion committee meets tonight at 7 at City Hall to study police and fire facilities. The Marion Independent School District board meets Thursday at 7 p.m. at the board office in the Longfellow building. The Linn Chapter Demolay hosts a regular meeting with the Mothers Club at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday at the Masonic Temple. A pierced earring clinic by a licensed nurse is scheduled Saturday from noon to 4 at Ray's Jewelry.
The Les Hippel Sports Complex on Marion High School campus will be formally dedicated Friday at 6 30 p m A longtime coach and teacher in Marion the complex includes tennis courts baseball and softball diamonds a football practice field a marching band area and PE facilities A boys baseball and girls softball game will be held Friday evening.
Cedar Rapids Community School District discussed rising costs in shrinking districts at a regular meeting. The AAAS presentation attributes higher material, program, facility, and inflation-driven wages as causes while enrollment declines press budgets. The district also received a 22220 state grant to support a Diversified Career Education Program for Dropout Youth at Metro High Schools and hire placement staff.
Gov. Thornburgh joins Philadelphia Carpenters’ Company for rededication ceremonies of Carpenters’ Hall a historic site linked to the First Continental Congress. The half million dollar refurbishment honors the oldest craft guild in the United States and marks 203rd anniversary of the Pennsylvania Provincial Conference.
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