Unions Ask Cedar Rapids to Replace City Bargaining Chiefs
Three city unions representing more than half of Cedar Rapids employees petition the City Council to remove Personnel Director Ron Kuhlman and assistant Steve Munzenmaier from contract talks. They accuse the pair of poor professionalism and bad faith during the 1986 87 bargaining. Local 638 declined to join, citing past cooperation.
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Mark Glenn
City Hall
Cedar Rapids
Ron Kuhlman
Steve Munzenmaier
Kuhlman
Munzenmaier
American Federation of State
Chauffeurs, Teamsters and Helpers Union
International Association of Firefighters
Teamsters
Firefighters’ Union
Afscme
the Gazette
Donald Canney
Public Safety
Floyd Bergen
Elmer Delaney
Wayne Clymer
Robert Schorg
Local 11
James Miller
Jan Corderman
Iowa City
Amalgamated Transit Workers
Local 638
Don Courtney
Courtney
Correction and clarification on local catering contracts
A Neighbors report wrongly implied Hawkeye Nut Co. held catering contracts for Five Seasons Center and Paramount Theatre. The correct contractor is a firm named and Company, with Hawkeye Nut Co. supplying cooking. The fire at 910 Seventh St SE is noted. the Gazette welcomes complaints and will publish corrections.
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and Company
Five Seasons Center
Paramount Theatre
Hawkeye Nut Co
Gazette
Seventh St
Seventh Avenue
Cedar Rapids schools to sell landlocked Green Valley Site
The Cedar Rapids Community Schools plan to sell the 8.5 acre Green Valley Site on the far southeast side, but the parcel is landlocked by a 30 foot strip owned by Bjornsen Investments. Bidders were told they could withdraw if bid specs omitted access details, and the high bid stands at 85 011 by Jacqueline Brimmer with access unresolved. Adjacent landowner Scott Nau may withdraw a preliminary plat to extend Broadlawn Drive to the site.
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Bolcanc
Cedar Rapids
Gerry Veggy
Green Valley
Scott Nau
Bjornson Investments
Nau
David Elgin
the Gazette
Broadlawn Drive
Veggy
Bjornsen Investment Corp
Broadview Drive
Broadlawn
Yeggy
Jacqueline Brimmer
Brimmer
Nan
Dick Ransom
State Junior League meeting centers on volunteering theme
The Junior League of Cedar Rapids hosts the state board meeting with 110 members from Cedar Rapids Waterloo Quad Cities Des Moines and Sioux City at Stouffer's Hotel. Pat Turner Smith will address the group and join small group discussions on aging children economic opportunities hospice voluntarism and related advocacy.
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Junior League of
Cedar Rapids
Stouffer's Hotel
Waterloo
Quad Cities
Des Moines
Sioux City
Pat Turner Smith
Association of Junior Leagues
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LW Ward
Linn County Humane Society
Genith
Bill Grow
T.V
Zenith
C.R. Schools
By Kurt Rogahn
Westdale Mall
Cedar Rapids Crossroads Center
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