Parents sue over push up punishment at Clear Creek
Iowa City UPI reports a $75,000 Johnson County lawsuit filed by Mr and Mrs Lassiter of Oxford against Clear Creek School District alleging sixth grader Danny Lassiter was ordered to do 200 push ups by social studies teacher Kurt Moss for missing an assignment. Danny collapsed from exhaustion after completing 191 push ups and was hospitalized but now appears healthy. Defendants include Moss Principal Raymond Strobbe Superintendent Gary Biles and the district board. The suit seeks damages disciplinary review of Moss and a new district student disciplinary policy.
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Johnson County
Clear Creek
Robert Lassiter
Oxford
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Richard Zimmerman
Lassiters
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Mount Vernon board weighs pool joint venture with Cornell
Mount Vernon school board heard a tentative plan to build a shared swimming pool with Cornell College and the city. Financing and use schedules were debated amid concerns about priority and city pool conditions. A separate Middle School English report credited improved sentence-structure scores to new teaching emphasis.
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Mount Vernon
Cornell College
Paul Christensen
Cornell
Barron Bremner
Christensen
Wilton
Williamsburg
Guy Booth
Larry Rogers
Charles Litts
Bill Meyer
Elderly in Iowa to keep homemaker aid despite cuts
Social Services Commissioner Michael Reagen promised no forced removal of elderly Iowans from their homes as homemaker service funds are cut for 2,600 of 6,100 current recipients. Representative Norman Jesse warned many would end in nursing facilities, though savings could be offset by higher taxpayer costs. He blamed Republicans for the budget shortfall.
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DES Moines
Social Services
Michael Reagen
Reagen
Norman Jesse
D-Des Moines
Polk County
Jesse
DSS
Kalona Man Killed in Head-On Crash on Iowa 1
John Robert Eberly, 35, of Kalona, died at the scene after a late Monday head-on collision one mile north of Kalona on Iowa Highway 1. Ruby Miller, 43, Kalona, and her husband Junior Louis Miller, 43, a passenger, were seriously injured and taken to University Hospitals in Iowa City.
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Kalona
John Robert Eberly
Iowa Highway 1
Washington County
Miller
University Hospitals
Iowa City
Haunted School fundraiser and community meetings listed
The Shueyville United Methodist Church hosts a Haunted School at the Shueyville Community Center on Oct 24 25 26 30 31 from 7 to 10 pm with admission 150 for adults and 100 for children under 12. Also regional Iowa Home Economics Association meets Oct 21 in Independence with Dr Elmer Schneider as speaker and a buffet for 750. Urbana opens an ambulance facility for 32000 with 14000 raised locally. jobless benefits drop in September to 189 million. murder case in Burlington with 150000 bond. Regents loan report shows rising student aid across Iowa. Meredith Willson misses UI homecoming due to surgery. Cresco to host The David Letterman Show crew at local sites October 22 ahead of NBC cancellation.
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Independence
Iowa Home Economics Association
Allerton-Axtell Inn
Elmer Schneider
Ella Jedlicka
Olive St
Cedar Falls
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Mason City
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