Getting a Job Is No Small Problem for Deaf
A Cedar Rapids Gazette piece by David Farrugia discusses barriers to employment and daily life for deaf adults. It covers employer prejudice, communication gaps, need for interpreters, education after school, and social services, highlighting costs of assistive tech and the benefits of captions on TV.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Gazette
Cedar Rapids
David Farrugia
Financial Service of Control Data Corporation
Center Point Road
N.E
Longtime Fire Buff Now in Position of Responsibility
Dick Harman rises from gopher duties to an alarm operator role in the Cedar Rapids fire department. Fire Chief Edsel McMickle calls him one of the department s most integral members as he dispatches crews and coordinates firefighting efforts on the scene.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harman
Dick Harman
Cedar Rapids
Edsel McMickle
Harman Becomes Cedar Rapids Alarm Dispatcher After Long Run
Harman, 25, at 1256 Thirty-fifth Street NE, is now a communications specialist for Cedar Rapids fire department. He held the long tenure of 74 percent as aide and gopher, with two weeks of training as dispatcher. He oversees nine stations and 145 firefighters, applying experience from a lifelong fire interest. He plans a fire science degree from Kirkwood Community College and aims to someday buy a fire truck.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harman
Thirty-fifth Street
Cedar Rapids Fire Department
Gopher
Eighteen Win in Blouin Art Contest
Eighteen Linn county elementary students win top honors in Rep. Michael Blouin's What Iowa Means to Me 1977 art contest. First place entries go to Tacy Whittington Brenda Bean John Tursi David Miller April Payton Jill Goodin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Linn County
Rep
Michael Blouin
Iowa
Cedar Rapids
Alburnett
Central City
Blouin
D-Iowa
Tacy Whittington
Grant Wood School
Brenda Bean
John Tursi
David Miller
St. Matthew’s
April Payton
Jill Goodin
Nixon
Cris Gasper
Sue Wong
Polk
Greg Lumsden
Richie Bradley
St. Matthew
Short Change Artist in Town
Police report a con described as a tall heavyset man with sideburns and a woman in town. A Pizza Hut cashier on 1616 First Avenue NE received money for three sodas and later found she was short by $20 due to confusion over change.
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Pizza Hut
First Avenue NE
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Hiawatha
Ken Burbach
Tom Ritchie
Liberty
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Medical Society
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Inform
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Rich Etscheidt
Newhall
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