Goodwill's Cedar Rapids budget store supports disabled trainees
The Cedar Rapids Goodwill unit trains up to 15 disabled clients in a nine month program, placing 43 percent of participants. It funds training through donated item sales, subcontracted piecework, and store proceeds while offering job coaching and three years of post placement counseling.
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Goodwill
Dana Brooks
Goodwill Budget
Cedar Rapids
Second St. SE
Rachel Parker
Goodwill Industries
Parker
Iown
Iowa
Iowa City
Salvation Army
Nancy Wittenburg
Wittenburg
Goodwill Workshop
United Way
Geyette Marion Neighbors No Backtalk on This Job
Two long time Marion residents Ike and Anker Severinsen return as Oak Shade Cemetery caretakers after retirement. They jokingly say the job has no backtalk and describe four and a half days of mowing weekly plus occasional grave digging. They reminisce about 40 years of friendship and prior hatchery work, and note winter rest and summer heat. Community notes list local job ads and club meetings.
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Ke Moore
Anker Severinsen
Oak Shade
Ike
Anker
Fifth Ave
10Th St
Ivan
Thefts top police list in Marion last week
Theft reports led the Marion police activity with 21 incidents including nine bad checks, two bicycles, one motorcycle, four criminal mischief cases, and a house burglary. Traffic offenses produced 28 speeding tickets and 24 other offenses. Eleven arrests included two for stolen property and drunk driving, with juveniles charged in theft and burglary cases. Medical calls at Armar Drive and Route 2 followed.
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Marion
Marion briefs hubler Realtors new Marion location
Public notice lists Marion Realty Jack Hubler Realtors moving to 360 7th Avenue in the Bousley Verhille Building with phone 377-4681. Includes campaign ad urging yes vote on Squaw Creek Lake bond on May 8 and co sponsors Hawk Eye Labor Council Cedar Rapids Marion Area Chamber of Commerce Squaw Creek Lake Promotion Committee. Also provides Tuesday activity schedule for Marion branch YMCA with multiple aquatic and non aquatic classes throughout the day.
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Jack Hubler
7Th Avenue
Marion
Bousley-Verhille
Squaw Creek Lake
Hawkeye Labor Council
Cedar Rapids- Marion Area
Drunk Driving Charges Filed In Linn County
Three persons were arrested and charged with drunk driving in Linn County late Saturday and early Sunday. Richard L. Lane 42 of Sixth Street SE was arrested at 6 45 p m at Fourth Avenue and Sixth Street SE and charged with no Iowa driver s license. William J. Gallagher 26 of 301 Jacelyn Drive NW was arrested at 7 25 p m in the 400 block of Sixth Street SW and charged with speeding. Marty O. Kimm 20 of Blairstown was arrested at 1 50 a m in the 200 block of Sixth Street SW.
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Linn County
Richard L. Lane
Sixth Street
Fourth Avenue
Iowa
William J. Gallagher
Jacelyn Drive
Marty O. Kimm
Blairstown
V's Girlstops Y's Girls Win Central Y Olympic Meet
V's Girlstops Y's Girls won the two day Women's Y-Olympics at the Central YMCA finishing first. The event featured athletic and fun competitions plus a talent show with points awarded per event. Grant Wood Area Education Agency Avengers took second and Chet's Angels from the Central Y placed third.
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Y’s
Central Ymca
Grant Wood Area Education Agency
Avengers
Chet’s Angels
Central Y
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Alan Crabtree
Bill Rosburg
Goodwill’s
Allen Shedek
Farmers State Bank
American Business Women’s Assn
Longbranch
Marion High School
HACAP
Sally Keller
Gazette
Tom Fruehling
Ike Moore
Armar Drive
Marion Boulevard
10Th Street
YMCA
Marion Branch
Henry Witwer
Witwer Insurance
Milwaukee
V's
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