Coe College Grad Sheds Light On Haitian Mission
Hichem Boutiba, a Fort Bragg based Army sergeant and former Coe College student, spent six and a half months in Port-au-Prince. He served as a counterintelligence interrogator and palace security guard during Aristide's return, witnessing severe poverty before humanitarian aid arrived. Boutiba praised the operation as highly successful and plans to return to Cedar Rapids with family in December.
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Tunisia
Deanna Kelley
Tom
Donna Kelley
Coggon
Coe College
Fort Bragg
N.C
Port-au-Prince
Haiti
Doc” Duvalier
Jean-Bertrand Aristide
Aristide
Cedar Rapids
Deanna
Sarah
Ben
United States
Hixson’s career path from chemist to tax budget veteran
Hixson originally aimed to be a chemist and began in Penick and Ford’s chemistry lab in the county Administrative Office Building. She then held a temporary office job, later worked 40 years at Rockwell, and finally joined the county tax bill department. Over decades she served under five auditors and many supervisors, computing budgets worth millions without a formal degree.
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County Administrative Office
First St
Penick and
Ford
Penick
Penford Products
Rockwell
Claudine Hixson reflects on Linn County budget director tenure
Claudine Hixson recalls becoming one of Iowa's first budget directors after the 1983 act. She praises colleagues including Steve Tucker and Jean Oxley for teamwork, notes the ongoing challenge of balancing county mental health and other costs, and plans to miss the people as she leaves for new journeys.
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Iowa
Boards of Supervisors
Steve Tucker
Claudine
Jean Oxley
Hixson
Walker city clerk retires after 22 years on post
Eleanor Cook, longtime Walker city clerk and former treasurer, received the key to the city in a retirement party on Oct. 29. Mayor Everett Moore praised her work on paving, budgeting, and council cooperation. Cook, 62, plans travel with husband Walt and will assist if the new City Clerk Julie Cook needs guidance.
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Azette
Eleanor Cook
Walker
Linn County
Cook
Everett Moore
Moore
Walt
Rockwell Corp
Eleanor
New City
Julie Cook
Special census boosts North Liberty budget gains
North Liberty will add about 49 809 annually to its budget after a special census shows population rising from 2 926 in 1990 to 3 666. The town will receive state funds of 56 66 per person for roads and 10 65 for the general fund, totaling 41 928 for streets and 7 881 for general use. City officials plan to finalize figures this year and prioritize capital projects after a Dec 13 planning report.
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Heather Sloman Wood
Gazette
Johnson County
North Liberty
Mary Rae Mitchell
Johnson County Council of Governments
Local Meetings and Community Lectures Schedule for Nov 7 1994
Linn County supervisors board and city planning sessions plus fire code appeals and community education events listed for November 7. Lectures cover women leaders and urinary incontinence with speakers from Cornell College Linn County Urology PC and OB GYN. Exhibits and lottery results noted for St Luke's hospital and local celebrations.
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Cedar Rapids Fire Code Board of Appeals
Third St
Cedar Rapids
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Cedar Rapids City Hall
Cornell
Gretchen Sutherland
the Commons
Cornell College
Mount Vernon
Steven Wahle
Linn County
Urology
Alvina Driscoll
Collins Plaza
Ingeborg Schminke
East Garbee
Upper Iowa University
Fayette
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Tion
Linn Board
Oxley
By Douglas Neumann
Mitchell
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E Ave
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14Th Ave
Hiawatha
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Cascade
Molly
Kevin Fisher
Mechanicsville
ST. Luke's
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Ave. NW
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Jeffrey Maxwell
Amelia
Andres Pacardo
18Th St
Marion
Teresa
Randy Rommann
Cynthia
Jim Scott
Pawnee Dr. NW
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Atkins
Tisha
Scott
Renfer
Central City
Lisa
Johnny Strong
Monticello
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Susan
Donald Gillen
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Amy
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