Tennis courts resurfaced at Marion High School
Marion High School will close its tennis courts for a week to ten days in early June for resurfacing after the school board accepted Tennis Service of Iowa Inc. bid of 8500 dollars. The board approved pay raises for classified staff and addressed driver education staffing, with several longtime employees honored for over 25 years of service totaling 274 years combined.
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Janet Jones Creelance
Marion High School
Tennis Service of Iowa Inc
Iowa City
Bill Holderman
Perry Morris
Citizens group urges sale of old Marion police station
IMPACT approved a recommendation by the Police Station Re use Committee that the former Marion Police Station be offered for sale with no set price. Proposals must include redevelopment plans and bids, with the City Council free to accept or reject any proposal to best serve the city.
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Marion
Impact
Citizens’ Committee
Kirkwood offers CETA funded career program
About 55 applicants join Kirkwood Community College’s Career Opportunities program funded by a 42305 grant from Linn County CETA. The plan serves up to 250 unemployed adults by Sept 30 with six part time teachers and work-study in local sites, offering 20 hours class plus up to 19 hours work study paid at minimum wage.
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Kirkwood Community College
Linn County
CETA
George Maybanks
Kirkwood
Kirkwood Pro
Lincoln Community Education Center
Maybanks
Job Service of
Iowa
Ease jobless rules for students debated by Kirkwood board
Kirkwood Community College Superintendent Bill Stewart urged changing state and federal unemployment rules to let laid off workers attend college for retraining while collecting benefits. The Kirkwood board endorsed the idea, noting safeguards against those who quit or work part time while claiming benefits. The meeting also approved a year long free use tractor lease for the truck driver training program as Kirkwood purchases a semi from Cedar Rapids Truck Center for CRST specifications.
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Kurt Rogahn
Jazette Education
Kirkwood Board of Directors
Linn Hall
Stewart
Kirkwood
Cedar Rapids Truck Center Inc
Crst Inc
Cedar Rapids
CRST
Norm Nielsen
Marion's Farmers Market Opens Sixth Season at Thomas Park
The Marion market begins its sixth season this Saturday at the Thomas Park pavilion with 17 vendors from Marion and nearby communities. It runs 8 to 11 a.m. Saturdays through early October and features biweekly activities including dulcimer music, piano organ concerts, and 4-H health food demonstrations.
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Marion
Thomas Park Pavilion
Civic leaders from both Marions celebrate revival
A four member Marion civic delegation will attend a weekend festival in Marion Indiana. The event honors aid Marion Iowa residents sent after a May tornadic disaster in Illinois in 1982. Delegates include Dave Snow Greg Hapgood Tom Bever and Don Balster who will fly today.
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Marion
Illinois
Iowa
Ill
Robert Butler
Marion Chamber of Commerce
Dave Snow
Greg Hapgood
Tom Bever
Don Balster
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Citizens’ Group
Montgomery Ward
Westdale Mall
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