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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 04, 1982
Page
7
Living Katy Powers and Joanne Vondracek rest on the hood of Vondracek s car in Daniels Park waiting for friends to join them Monday. Both are from Cedar Rapids.
Winston Addis stunned the Mount Vernon School Board with his resignation effective August 1 after ten years as superintendent. He will become executive director of the Slingerland Institute in Seattle, consolidating headquarters and boosting foundation support. The board delayed release pending committee review and will reconvene Thursday. Also noted were a German travel grant for Charles Silliman, curriculum restorations, and resignations of Terry Olson and Judy Hedges as staff.
PAD People Against the Diagonal grows beyond 100 members to fight the 29th Street connection from the Marion bypass to First Avenue East. Wayne Mead of Ogden and Adams Lumber Co. says a large PAD delegation will attend Cedar Rapids City Council to press for action, including hiring an attorney if needed.
The Linn County Board of Health has been nominated as Iowa’s Outstanding Board of Health for 1982 by the Iowa Public Health Association. The nomination highlights rabies and food poisoning seminars, a memory recall immunization system, and a pool regulation with Cedar Rapids cooperation. The board also discussed landfill administration and reported cactus plant thefts from Allen Vredenburg’s porch.
Iowa Chief Justice W W Reynoldson criticizes congressional attempts to limit the Supreme Court's review in areas like school prayer and abortion. He cites an independent judiciary and lawyer advocacy as key to protecting constitutional rights, urging careful interpretation over amending the Constitution. He notes disappointment over a stalled court reform bill but backs drunk driving crackdowns.
Gina Bessey, Jepsen's legislative aide for social issues, met Monday with Linn Area Right to Life leaders at Wenceslaus Square, Cedar Rapids, to discuss two pro life bills before Congress. She tours Iowa gathering grassroots input. The group says the 97th Congress has two pro life measures on the calendar.
Burglars forced a walk in door at the Edward O. Wilson residence 1132 C Ave NW Sunday night and took tools and spare parts valued at 550 dollars and a 10 speed bicycle valued at 180 dollars. Wilson noticed the lights on at 2 a.m. and found the scene at 6 a.m. Monday.
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