Arbitration program eyed for Cedar Rapids volunteers
About 40 volunteers met with William Lovell of the National Automotive Program to learn how to arbitrate consumer complaints. The Des Moines BBB organized the Cedar Rapids session to train volunteers for a local arbitration office, not limited to auto issues.
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William Lovell
Lovell
National Automotive Program
Council of Better Business Bureaus
Washington
Cedar Rapids
Des Moines
the Gazette
BBB
Mary Kruger
Better Business Bureau
Kruger
Bureau
Linn renews HACAP work plan contract in Linn County
Linn County supervisors renewed the contract with the Community Work Experience Program to use surplus funds next fiscal year. The program pays unemployed parents $3.35 per hour, with sites contributing $20 monthly per filled slot, rising to $30 in July. HACAP reports 175 placements and 26,058 hours through May 25.
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Hawkeye Area
Linn
Linn Board of Supervisors
Jeff Johnson
HACAP
Linn County
Johnson
Glenn to Campaign Across Iowa Fair circuit
Senator John Glenn of Ohio, seeking the Democratic nomination, plans a Monday stop at the All-Iowa Fair in Cedar Glenn Hawkeye Downs arriving about 1 45 p m after Fourth of July events in Clear Lake. He will meet Democrats at the Tavern on the Mall and attend Riverboat Days before Clinton and a Tuesday schedule in Burlington and Ottumwa.
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John Glenn
Ohio
Cedar Rapids
Glenn
Hawkeye Downs
Clear Lake
Iowa
Clinton
Burlington
Ottumwa
Court ruling eases path for tuition tax credits
Private school officials in Cedar Rapids and Iowa welcomed the Minnesota Supreme Court decision upholding a tax deduction for private schooling. They caution that federal deficits and national politics remain hurdles before any national or state tax credit program is enacted. Local leaders note mixed legislative support and warn about potential shifts in public funding if credits were adopted nationally.
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Wervanelleri
Supreme Court
Minnesota
Cedar Rapids
Iowa
Reagan
Congress
Phillip Schmitt
Metropolitan Catholic Schools
Schmitt
Timothy McCarthy
Iowa Catholic Conference
Des Moines
Washington
McCarthy
Marti Sparrow
Parent-Teacher Association
PTA Council
Terry Branstad
Sparrow
Marion Chamber seeks ideas for new downtown businesses
The Marion Chamber of Commerce invites residents to submit suggestions for shops to add to the downtown area. Director Dave Snow says they don’t want street complaints but want concrete ideas on desired businesses and invites responses to 760 11th St Marion 52302.
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Marion Chamber
Marion
Marion Chamber of Commerce
Dave Snow
11Th St
Marion Briefs Water Ski Show at Ellis Park
Marion briefs note a Cedar Rapids Water Ski Club show Sunday July 3 at 6 p.m. in Ellis Park with admission advertised. Warner Brothers roofing and siding ad lists 1953 establishment and Marion Iowa contact 377 5573 for siding and roofing services.
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Cedar Rapids
Ellis Park
Warner Brothers
Marion
Iowa
Fire Calls Reported In Marion And A Historical Remark
Fire units responded to an eight forty a.m. Tuesday machinery blaze at 1055 Sixth Ave and a nine o three a.m. Wednesday call. a false alarm occurred at 700 35th St Lot 21. A note recalls British forces retreating to Staten Island in 1777.
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First Trust and Savings Bank
First Ave. NE
Sixth Ave
35Th St
Lot
New Jersey
Staten Island
N.Y
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Benton and
Jones
By Kurt Rogahn
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Lal
Midland Financial Meeting Room
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Marion Nore
Coe
Coe College
Bianus
Swan
Letty -A'E
Landscape Timbers
31St. ST
Marion, IA
Pato Door
Sunbeam Lerve Products Company
Wyoming
Waterboard Agency
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