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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Nov 16, 1998
Page
9
United Way of East Central Iowa reports $3,153,269 raised toward the 1998 goal of $5,726,000. The campaign supports nonprofit human service programs across six counties Benton Cedar Iowa Jones Linn and Washington and ends November 25.
City officials announce a new telephone system replacing the 398 prefix with 286 across most departments while preserving the last four digits. Norstan Communications will install and manage the upgraded system under a 10 year lease valued around 450000 annually with voice mail included.
The Linn-Mar school board will hear an administrative recommendation on the 1999-2000 calendar during a 5 p.m. meeting at the Educational Services Center in Marion. The agenda also includes several informational reports, including a district update on meeting Y2K computer requirements.
Lisa Ahrens of Osage was elected president of the National FFA Organization at the convention in Kansas City Missouri its final one there after 71 years. Ahrens 20 a sophomore at Iowa State University majors agronomy and agricultural business heading a youth group with about 450000 members preparing for agriculture oriented careers.
The Gazette invites Eastern Iowa readers to share memories of November 22 1963 the JFK assassination. Essays must be received today for potential publication Sunday. Send to The Gazette 500 Third Ave SE or email marys fyiowa.com with name address and phone number.
Loren Edwards and his wife Linda run Out of the Woods near Anamosa Iowa making rustic white cedar furniture. Edwards started in 1997 after leaving Kirkwood Community College to pursue custom log pieces shaped by the wood's natural curves and grain. Prices range from 6.50 to 1200 dollars with about 80 percent custom orders as they build beds tables and lamps on a farm near Olin.
A packed week lists multiple professional chapter meetings in Cedar Rapids and surrounding areas. Notable events include Administrative Professionals chapters, Estate Planning Council, and Institute of Management Accountants sessions, plus Freddie Mac mortgage rate briefing and a Federal Reserve open market committee meeting.
Tim Kintner, 40, native of Sioux Falls with Plainfield roots, is president of First Trust Bank in Cedar Rapids. He moved from Norwest Bank in Minneapolis to lead commercial lending, expanding loan portfolios and boosting staff from 75 to 115. He values family time, flying, travel to 31 countries, and active community volunteer work.
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