Marion teacher seeks private hearing on dismissal
Gary Hoppes, an individualized education instructor at Marion High School, asked the Marion Independent Board of Education for a private hearing after being indefinitely suspended on November 21. C. Robert Bennett recommended termination, and the board will decide after the December 12 hearing.
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Marion
Marion Independent Board of Education
Gary Hoppes
Marion High School
Hoppes
Robert Bennett
Ed Franklin
Electrical Short Blamed for Fire at Long Residence
Marion firemen were called to the Donald M. Long home at 2505 Brockman Ave Saturday night for a garage blaze. They believe an electrical short in a mercury vapor utility light started the fire injuring a 1974 car and burning a motorcycle seat. The garage suffered structural damage and miscellaneous items were destroyed. Kiwanis Club breakfast set for Tuesday at 7 at the Town House.
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Marion
Donald M. Long
Brockman Ave
Linn-Mar band members chosen for honor festival
Seven Linn-Mar High School musicians were selected for the Northeast Iowa Bandmasters Honor Band Festival on December 10 in Independence. Named are flutists Shelly Dicken Peggy Woods Beth Alitz French horn players Kathy Fuller Julie Wharff trombones Vern Fuller and Jeff Hill. Steve Colton is the high school instrumental music instructor.
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Linn-Mar
Northeast Iowa
Independence
Shelly Dicken
Peggy Woods
Beth Alitz
Kathy Fuller
Julie Wharff
Vern Fuller
Jeff Hill
Steve Colton
Glaucoma Tests In Marion At City Center
The Iowa Lions Mobile Glaucoma Testing Unit will be at the Marion Community Center on Dec. 8 and 9 offering free checkups from 9 a.m. to noon and 1 to 5 p.m. Appointments can be made by calling 377-5953 or 377-2698.
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Iowa Lions
Marion Community Center
Tenth Ave
Independence Band Boosters Dinner Theater for Cotton Bowl Trip
The Independence Band Boosters host a dinner theater at Independence Middle School gym on Saturday to raise funds for a marching band trip to the Cotton Bowl in Dallas. Tickets cost 7.50 and are sold at three banks and from Mrs. Richard Myers who can be reached at 334-4883 by Friday. The show James Thurber Carnival directed by Bryce Malek starts at 8 30 p.m. with dinner from 7 15 to 8 p.m. The band travels by bus December 30 and returns January 3, being the sole Iowa band in the Cotton Bowl parade televised nationwide.
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Independence
Dallas
Independence Middle School
James Thurber
Bryce Malek
Farmers State Savings Bank
Security State Bank
Sears Roebuck and Co
Richard Myers
Mildred Geare Dies Pioneering Female Political Reporter
Mildred Kahler Geare, 89, a trailblazing journalist who was among the first women to cover an American presidential convention, died Saturday at her Baltimore home.
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Baltimore
Mildred Kahler Geare
Budget hearing eyes unspent million for social services
A Iowa House Senate subcommittee opens budget hearings to probe why 1 million earmarked for day care elderly aid and handicapped programs was not spent. Department officials say federal Title XX funds and tighter timing reduced needs. critics accuse miscommunication and shifting costs to property taxpayers.
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Des Moines
UPI
House
Senate
John Brunow
Centerville
Department of Social Services
Brunow
State Treasury
Department
Kevin Burns
Iowa
Burns
Burnow
Tion
Lynn Cutler
Waterloo
Hearing blasts IPBN accounting in Des Moines inquiry
Iowa auditors accuse the Iowa Public Broadcasting Network of inventory irregularities unaccounted equipment valued around forty thousand dollars and missing over one million dollars in past purchases. A six member legislative committee heard testimony from Richard Sydney and reviewed three uncontrollable IPBN inventory lists and questionable purchases.
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Des Moines
UPI
Iowa Public Broadcasting Network
Richard Sydney
IPBN
Sydney
Sydnes
IPBN Officials Face Inquiry Over Travel and Credit Accounts
Iowa public broadcasting network IPBN faces a legislative probe into travel expense accounts set up by paying organizations such as the National Association of Educational Broadcasters. Auditor flagging of credit accounts with major suppliers draws further scrutiny as lawmakers seek a broader fact-finding before Jan. 9.
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IPEN
National Association of Educational Broadcasters
Sydney
IPBN
Sen
William Palmer
D-Des Moines
Dubuque girl drowns after ice breaks on convent pond
Carol Herzog, 10, of Dubuque drowned Saturday when she and Chara Nauman, 11, fell through ice while skating on an artificial lake at Mount Loretto Convent. Nauman was rescued by a passer-by. ice near shore was solid about 50 feet from shore.
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West Dubuque
Carol Herzog
Dubuque
Mount Loretto
Chara Nauman
Weapon charge for Iowa Citian Gipson in domestic dispute
William E Gipson 33 of the Mayflower Apartments was charged early today with carrying a concealed weapon and discharging a weapon within city limits. Police said the 2 45 a m arrest followed a domestic quarrel and Gipson was to be arraigned today in Johnson County District Court.
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Iowa City
William E. Gipson
Mayflower
Gipson
Johnson County
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