Marion Council Deliberates Cable Deregulation and Road Closure
Citizens urged against deregulating Cox Cable rates arguing profit focus harms subscribers. The council considered keeping a dirt road between Boyson and Alburnett open and delayed voting on its closure. Other actions included sewer and garbage rate hikes, parking lot purchase waiver, and 1983-84 pay raises for city staff.
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Christie Wallace
Marion
Boyson
Alburnett
Cox Cable Company
Dewayne Fields
Hilltop Road
Cox Cable
Atlanta
Fields
Cox
Jon Lash
Cedar Rapids
Hiawatha
Milwaukee Railroad
Hennessey Rezoning Denied Again Near Linn-Mar Campus
Marion City Council rejected a rezoning request to allow a convenience store on 10th Street near Linn-Mar Community Schools. Only Carl Foster voted in favor after debate over safety, school impact, and zoning plan conformity. K lopfenstein opposed citing plan nonconformity.
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Marion City Council
10Th
Linn-Mar Community Schools
Carl Foster
William and
Mary Hennessey
Hennesseys
Hennessey
Vic Klopfenstein
Marion
Foster
Linn-Mar to ask voters for levy extension in Sept school election
Linn-Mar voters will decide Sept 13 on renewing a 6714 cent school levy that funds building repairs and remodeling. The district also approved a 5.4 percent pay raise for Superintendent Glen Easterday to 45381 and adopted a transportation reimbursement plan for private school students based on district per pupil costs.
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Linn-Mar
Glen Easterday
Marion girl charged after abduction report false claim
A 17 year old Marion girl was charged with filing a false report after claiming she was abducted from Marion High School by two masked males. Police doubted the claim citing inconsistent timing from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. and did not reveal further reasons for the conclusion.
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Marion
Marion High School
C R sewer project favored but not the assessments
City Council hearing backs the 24th Street NE sewer and paving plan with an $870,951 cost. City bonds cover $829,300, while $41,651 in special assessments fall to local property owners. Residents protest the assessment as six support the project.
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Dick Hogan
City Council
24Th Street
First Avenue
F Avenue
Kenwood Ditch
Oscar Toney
24Th St
Wiley Boulevard
16Th Avenue
Wilson Avenue
Richard Ransom
Rathje
Cedar Rapids
32Nd Street
G Avenue
Lindale Avenue
Marion Fire Calls And Medical Assistance Log
Fire crews respond to an 8 42 p m call Tuesday in Marion after a vehicle crash on 313 Sixth Ave A medical assist was recorded at 4541 Vasey Ave at 3 37 p m Thursday and another medical aid in the 900 block of Seventh Avenue.
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Sixth Ave
Vasey Ave
Seventh Avenue
Marion vets consolidate practices at Marion Animal Hospital
Dr. R W Fanton and Dr. M R Schmitt consolidate their practices into a single entity to be housed at Marion Animal Hospital 448 7th Avenue. The business is purchased by Dr. Schmitt while Dr Fanton accepts an out of state pharmaceutical industry position. An advertisement notes a Marion Heights Flea Market event and Dr Blair of Stitzel Chiropractic Clinic plans to attend a European convention in Copenhagen May 9 to 15 with workshop demonstrations. A jewelry sale by Nordman Jewelry offers 20 to 50 percent discounts on diamonds watches and gold jewelry.
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Marion Vets
R.W. Fanton
M.R. Schmitt
Marion Animal Hospital
7Th Avenue
Schmitt
Denmark
W.E. Blair
Stitzel
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Marion News
Lash
Council
Carl Ramey
C.R. Sewer Project
Siegel’s Jewelry
3Rd Ave. S
Marion Heights
Nordman Jewelry
Montgomery Ward
Bausch & Lomb
Bausch & Lomb Soft
Boston
Comlawil Fertilizer
Opes
Westdale Mall
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