JA expands to new center with four weekly sessions
The Junior Achievement program opens in a $428,000 Economic Education Center on Collins Road NE with four nightly sessions next week. JA grows from 28 to 30 companies and invites high school students to join, aided by a $107,000 Hall Foundation match and Rockwell International site donation.
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Steve Gaylord
Gaylord
JA Center
Collins Road
Rockwell International
Hall Foundation
Linn-Mar parents invited to lunch week event
Linn-Mar Community School District invites parents and local residents to eat lunch in any district building during National School Lunch Week from Tuesday to Friday. Food services director Donna Decker says visits are welcome year round, with Universal Menu Day on Thursday featuring fried chicken. An adult lunch ticket costs 85 cents and reservations are requested a day in advance to ensure adequate meals for an average 2300 daily served.
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Linn-Mar
Food Services
Donna Decker
Building permits issued for warehouse and dwelling in Marion
Marion Building Department issued permits in the last week including a $69,000 warehouse project for Delaney and Kelly Route 3 at 160 35th St and a $72,551 dwelling for Paul Welton Construction Co at 3355 25th Ave. Other permits cover garages additions and a wading pool with fence for Kindercare and multiple residential projects. The notice also lists sale dates for a Marion Jaycee Firewood sale and ongoing local ads.
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Marion Building Department
Delaney and Kelly
Route 3
35Th St
Paul Welton Construction Co
25Th Ave
Richard Goehring
School St
Jessie Butters
Eighth Ave
Clarence Frett
10Th St
Randy Evans
Second St
Mildred Boland
Seventh St
Kindercare
Carroll Slager
25Th St
Kopecky touts Linn County computer aid in race
Eugene J. Kopecky Linn County attorney and Democratic candidate for re election told Mount Vernon Rotary Club the installation of a computer in the county attorney office is a Iowa first and will boost efficiency. He said it enhances data collection communication with law enforcement and subpoena issuance. Kopecky was elected county attorney in 1975.
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Mount Vernon
Eugene J. Kopecky
Linn
Kopecky
Marion bypass hearing set for U S Highway 151 plan
Residents of the Marion area will speak on the proposed U S Highway 151 bypass at a corridor hearing on October 31 at Marion City Hall. IDOT will run two sessions from 2 to 4 p.m. and 7 to 9 p.m. Land purchase is slated for 1981-82 with construction planned to start in 1983. Two routes, a north and a south alternate, are proposed around the south edge of Marion.
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Marion
Marion City
Iowa Department of Transportation
IDOT
Seventh Avenue
Linn County Republicans to Open Victory Center HQ
The GOP will open a victory center campaign headquarters in Marion at the former First National Bank building on Seventh Avenue and 11th Street. Gov. Robert Ray will attend the 7 to 8 p.m. ceremony. A noted historian’s thought on education closes the item.
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Linn County
Victory Center
Robert Ray
First National Bank
Marion
Seventh Avenue
11Th Street
Jensen earns national honor as top community college trustee
B A Jensen of Cedar Rapids received the Association of Community College Trustees sixth annual M Dale Ensign award at the ACCT convention opening banquet. He has chaired Kirkwood Community College's board since 1966 and helped found the Iowa Council of Area School Boards.
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Washington, D.C
Bud” Jensen
Blake Terrace
Association of Community College Trustees
Jensen
M. Dale Ensign
Cedar Rapids
Kirkwood Community College
Iowa Council of Area School Boards
ACCT
Iowa Community College System
Loges
Community College Board
Meardy
Kirkwood Board of Directors
Washington
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New JA Center
Marion Jaycee
Marion Chamber of Commerce
Stickney
Needlecraft Bank
7Th Ave
Kirlin
Master Charge and
Bankamericard Welcome
Iowa City
Lindale
YMCA
Marion Branch
Squaw Creek
Lucken
Marion Band
Ray
GOP ‘Victory Center
George MacAuley Trevelyan
First Trust
St. S.E
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Ely
First Trust & Savings Bank
Bank of Today
First Trust and Savings Bank
First Ave. N.E
Dows ST
Iowa
Third ST
National Group
Bill Meardy
B.A. Jensen
Pablo Picasso
Malaga
Spain
Crocus
PET Supplies
Maypark
Scotts
Garden Center
Rae Ees
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