Prairie Companion host to address Luther grads
Garrison Keillor will address Luther College graduates at 2:30 p.m. Sunday May 26 in the Field House. He will receive an honorary doctor of letters degree. Honorary degrees also go to Donald Knuth of Stanford and Norman Barth of Lutheran World Relief.
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Prairie Companion
Luther Grads
Decorah
Garrison Keillor
American Public Radio
Luther College
Keillor
Lake Wobegon
Kcck-Fm
Cedar Rapids
Luther Garrison
Donald Knuth
Stanford University
Norman Barth
Lutheran World Relief
Three high schoolers win Grant Wood AEA Annie Sullivan awards
Recognition Day at Grant Wood Area Education Agency honors Misti Galloway of Lone Tree High School first prize a $100 savings bond for caring for a kidney patient. Sue Hoyland of Kennedy High School wins second with a $50 bond for autism program work and Sara Boyle of West High School earns third with a $25 bond for volunteering and Special Olympics chaperoning. Recognition 11:30 a.m. Friday at 4401 Sixth St SW Iowa City. 90 staff receive 10 year awards. 26 receive five year awards.
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Grant Wood Area Education Agency
Annie Sullivan
Sixth
Misti Galloway
Lone Tree High School
Galloway
Sue Hoyland
Idledale Rd
Kennedy High School
Kennedy
Frieda Thomas
Hoyland
Sue
Grant
Belle Plaine approves two year raises for school staff
Belle Plaine school board set two year contracts with average raises around 8 percent for bus drivers secretaries aides and custodians all Teamsters. A second year 6 percent boost plus $1 000 raises for executive secretaries and other personnel. Superintendent Hobart gains extra vacation and $800 raise. contract extended to three years. Hiring planned for kindergarten and other vacancies. several staff transfers noted including McIntire to Chapter I reading and Lamaak to sixth grade.
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Belle Plaine
Belle Plaine School Board
Teamsters Union
Sandra Cronbaugh
Jo Anne Rogers
Maxine Upah
Richard Hobart
Hobart
Jan Loftus
Anne McIntire
McIntire
Jerry
Dows Community School
Charles Lamaak
Donna Buch
Multiple Benton County theft and driving cases reviewed
In Benton County District Court Joseph T. Hartwig 18 received two concurrent two year sentences for third degree theft and second degree false use of a financial instrument after arrest in March for a January 3 shotgun theft and a bad check. Patricia Blackburn 33 received suspended jail terms and five years probation for fraudulently obtaining aid. Tommie Boleyn 39 was fined for driving with a revoked license. Kirk Wiegand 21 got a suspended five year term for third offense drunken driving and license revocation with six year revocation and probation. Paul Rockett 36 received five years for second degree theft two years for drunken driving and 30 days for fourth degree theft with restituion. Shawn Gihring 18 faces trial for second degree burglary on March 29 theft.
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Vinton
Benton County
Joseph T. Hartwig
Steve Boison
Patricia Blackburn
Iowa Department of Human Services
Blackburn
Tommie R. Boleyn
Center Point
Urbana
Kirk N. Wiegand
Paul Rockett
Route 3
Rockett
Resti
Shawn L. Gihring
Jury rules wrong defendants in Vinton runaway horse suit
Benton County jury says Richard Dugan sued the wrong people for injuries from a 1982 runaway horse at the Benton County Fair. It found Eileen Wittmer 100 percent liable for 10 341 dollars in damages, but Dugan cannot collect since she was not named as a defendant and the statute of limitations had expired. The agricultural society and Warren Wittmer were cleared. Dugan must pay 121 dollars in court costs.
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Vinton
Benton County
Richard Dugan
Garber
Benton County Fair
Eileen Wittmer
Dugan
Wittmer
Warren
Benton County Agricultural Society
Agricultural Society
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Norwest Banks
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Norwest
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