Mount Vernon weighs booster funded football facility plan
Mount Vernon school board facilities committee recommends Booster Club finance a football facility on the high school site with no tax money. Cornell College facilities were considered but rejected for longer than five years. The board will study field location and notes five gifted programs and new food services advisory committee.
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Mount Vernon
Mount Vernon School Board
Cornell
Mount
Vernon
Adrian Ringold
Judy Workman
Evev Phillips
Philosophy of Law
Dick Peters
Ringold
Food Services
Middie Morf
Mary Meeker
Beulah Dvorak
Barbara Neal
Bill Doyle
Judy Penn
Thomas O’toole
Bye Bye Birdie slated for Alburnett High School
The musical Bye Bye Birdie will be presented at 8 p.m. Friday and Saturday at Alburnett High School. Tickets are 2 dollars for reserved seats and 1.50 dollars for bleachers. Reservations can be made by calling 842-2263.
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Birdie
Alburnett High School
Jeff Zahrt
Jay Mote
Jansen Staley
Sarah Long
Susan Cobley
Linn County courthouse bids open for phase III remodel
Linn County supervisors set December 7 at 10 15 a m for bids on phase III of the courthouse remodeling to be funded with federal revenue sharing. The project on the Third Avenue Courthouse adds two north side courtrooms and moves the law library, updates mechanical systems and adds an elevator and a public information booth with integrated communication links.
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Linn County
Third Avenue
Joe Malmer
Malmer
Career change workshop at Mount Mercy College
A career change workshop led by Donna Vinton will be held Saturday from 9:30 to 11:30 a.m. at McAuley Hall Mount Mercy College. Registration is 3 and interested persons should call Judy Fuller at 363-8213 extension 260 by Thursday.
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Mount Mercy College
McAuley Hall
Donna Vinton
Mount Mercy
Vinton
Area 10 Ceta
Iowa City
University of Northern Iowa
Judy Fuller
Man Struck Pole In Cedar Rapids Police Seek Hit‑and‑Run Driver
Eugene J. Billow 62 of Cedar Rapids was driving when his car struck another vehicle, then hit a utility pole on Third Avenue SE. He said he fell asleep. police charged him with failure to have his vehicle under control. He remained in fair condition with abdominal injuries at Mercy Hospital.
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Eugene J. Billow
Cedar Rapids
Third Avenue SE
Billow
Mercy Hospital
Mayor Rejects Cedar Rapids Central Vehicle Maintenance Plan
Cedar Rapids officials discussed a proposal for a city central maintenance facility for vehicles. Mayor Don Canney rejected the idea as not workable and unaffordable at about 3 million dollars. Safety Commissioner Floyd Bergen suggested revisiting the feasibility of shared repair services with private sector savings noted.
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Cedar Rapids
Floyd Bergen
Don Canney
Bergen
Canney
San Francisco Firm Seeks Access to Toxic Shock Evidence
The Gold firm representing 15 parties in Procter & Gamble toxic shock lawsuits asks a Cedar Rapids court for permission to argue over public release of exhibits used at trial. P and G seeks to seal some documents while Gold argues for transparency citing public records and prior California stance.
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San Francisco
Procter & Gamble Co
Cedar Rapids
David B. Gold
Kehm
Patricia Kehm
P&g
California
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Sita
Sale Sear Mal
Zame
Delmar Softlight
Perfect Touch
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