Ten finalists named for College Community superintendent post
The Cedar Rapids Gazette reports the College Community School Board announced ten semi finalists for superintendent after Dr. Ross Engle of Iowa State University trimmed 55 applications. The board plans another closed session to narrow to four or five candidates with a goal to fill the position by early June. Acting superintendent Robert Bostwick has filled the post since February when James Bayne departed.
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College Community School Board
Ross Engle
Iowa State University
Daryl Hynek
Swisher
Robert Bostwick
James Bayne
Archi
School board studies track field upgrades and bids
Seguest TM ted Tom Popa examined the possibility of converting the track and football field to metric measurements with grading sodding and irrigation at an estimated cap of 15000 dollars. Further study by Popa before the May 23 meeting will consider all weather asphalt permanent track lining and a new junior high track and bids on remodeling at both high schools. The board also approved the 1978-79 terms of employment.
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Ted Tom Popa
Popa
District to Hire 50 Bus Drivers Next Year
The district will add 50 bus drivers with a new contract raising salaries by seven percent. Hourly rates start at 5.40 for a first-year driver and reach 6.42 for an eight-year driver, up from 5.15 and 6.00 previously. Seniority will determine extracurricular assignments. Drivers for events earn their hourly rate plus two dollars extra when waiting, up from 1.50. Also approved were 1978-79 student teaching agreements with Mount Mercy College and the University of Iowa.
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Mount Mercy College
University of Iowa
Counselor Janet Dunn Joins Foundation 2 Staff
Janet Dunn 22 of Cedar Rapids has been hired as a full time counselor at Foundation 2 the crisis intervention service at 1336 C Ave NE She joins the professional staff May 1 after volunteering since December and currently supervises volunteers counsels clients in person and by phone and conducts outreach education Dunn aims to visit referral agencies to refresh files and build connections
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Janet Dunn
Blairs Ferry Road
Foundation 2
C Ave
Dunn
Cedar Rapids
Iowa State University
Ames
Catholic Charities
Open Line
Linn County Department of Social Services
Dick Osing
Jacquie Martin
Linn-ARC awards honor 12 groups at annual banquet
Linn County Association for Retarded Citizens distributed honors to 12 groups and individuals at the Longbranch Supper Club. Certificates of appreciation went to Peggy Knutson Holly Anhalt Barb Harris Joyce Peacock Carol Tuthill Mary Lutz Ira E Larson and Dr J W Reinertson. Mona Phelps received the Meritorious Award for work toward a pediatric care unit opening June at Fifth Avenue Care Center. New officers include Nancy Wittenburg Nancy Buenger and Ronald Barth with board members Dr Thomas Feld Gerald Sullivan Geri Pettitt Eunice King. retiring members listed. Linn-ARC marks Silver Jubilee with gifts to long-serving members Georgia Colbert and Erma Bunge.
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Linn County Association For Retarded Citizens
Longbranch
Peggy Knutson
Holly Anhalt
Barb Harris
Joyce Peacock
Carol Tuthill
Mary Lutz
Ira E. Larson
J.W. Reinertson
Esther Ward
King’s Daughters and Sons
The
Telephone Company Pioneers
Telephone Pioneers
Linn-Arc
Mona Phelps
Social Service Division
Handicapped Systems
Phelps
Fifth Avenue Care Center
Nancy Wittenburg
Nancy Buenger
Ronald Barth
Thomas Feld
Gerald Sullivan
Geri Pettitt
Eunice King
Cariey Pisel
Gale Beer
Connie Haigh
Edward Kuba
Tom Goff
Ira Larson
Dotty Cummins
Georgia Colbert
Erma Bunge
IE to Move Oelwein Office
OELWEIN The Iowa Electric Light and Power Co. will relocate to a new $45,000 building planned on West Charles Street. The move reflects the utility's expansion in the Oelwein area.
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Oelwein
Iowa Electric Light and Power Co
West Charles Street
Burglars Steal Instruments From Beckman High School
Police say burglars used a key to break into Beckman High School and steal about $2,500 worth of band instruments and a color television. No suspects named.
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Dyersville
Beckman High School
Poet Rendra detained after theater bomb blasts
In Jakarta Indonesia poet W S Rendra was arrested following five bombs that exploded during a poetry reading. The government said the arrest protects him citing anti government writing and potential further violence. Rendra's two wives demand incarceration fearing for his and their safety.
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Jakarta
Indonesia
W.S. Rendra
Child Hit by Car Leaves Boy in Critical Condition
Six year old Joseph McMurrin Floyd of 802 Second St SW is in critical condition at University Hospitals Iowa City after a Tuesday afternoon crash in the 400 block of Eighth Avenue SW. Police say he ran between two westbound cars and was struck by an eastbound vehicle driven by James Allen Armstrong. The 3:49 p.m. crash sent him to Mercy Hospital before transfer. He suffered head, leg and shoulder injuries. No charges filed.
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Joseph McMurrin-Floyd
Second St
University Hospitals
Iowa City
Eighth Avenue
James Allen Armstrong
Langdon Ave
McMurrin-Floyd
Mercy Hospital
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Gazette Company
Third Ave SE
Cedar Rapids
Iowa
Gazette
Associated Press
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