High School Girls Join Junior Volunteer Program
Thirty two Winneshiek County high school girls begin the 1981 82 Junior Volunteer program with orientation sessions at Winneshiek County Memorial Hospital the Rase Haugen Home and the Eastern Star Home Carol Lass serves as adviser after three orientations the students may work two or more days at the facilities.
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Decorah
Winneshiek County
Winneshiek County Memorial Hospital
Rase Haugen
Eastern Star
Carol Lass
Decorah Community
Urbana School Board Seeks Tim OBrien for Junior High Basketball
The Urbana school board offered a coaching contract to Tim OBrien, a district teacher, to coach junior high boys basketball. The meeting also discussed a contract negotiation session with the Urbana Education Association set for 5 p.m. Monday in the school library.
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Urbana
Urbana School Board
Tim O'Brien
O'Brien
Urbana Education Association
Oxford Junction school adopts maternity leave policy
The Oxford Junction school board approved a policy requiring written notice to the superintendent by the fifth month of pregnancy. It asks for the expected birth date plans to work up to birth and return date. A special meeting is set for 8 p.m. on November 3 at the high school multi purpose room to discuss finances.
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Oxford Junction
Anamosa Woman Injured in Single Vehicle Crash
Cindy Lou Werling twenty five of rural Anamosa sustained minor injuries Tuesday morning in a one car crash on U S Highway one fifty one near Anamosa. The Jones County Sheriff says the 6 36 a m wreck occurred about 1 percent mile west of the Iowa one U S 151 junction when she swerved to avoid a skunk, rolled into the south ditch, and was taken by her husband to Mercy Hospital in Cedar Rapids for treatment and release.
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Anamosa
Cindy Lou Werling
U.S. Highway 151
Jones County
Mercy Hospital
Cedar Rapids
Oxford Junction Council Hikes Fees and Completes Library Project
The Oxford Junction City Council raised the backhoe hourly and minimum fee from 25 to 40 dollars and set a dump truck fee at a commercial hauling rate. They finalized the library remodeling project with a 3539 dollar transfer from federal revenue sharing to the general fund and increased backhoe insurance coverage from 10000 to 14000 dollars.
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Oxford Junction
Anamosa Awards Insurance Contract To Weers Agency
The Gary Weers Insurance Agency of Anamosa won the city bid for a complete annual insurance policy at 19638 dollars including workers compensation. The council accepted the bid at Monday night’s meeting. Weers was one of two bids. Kate Kling was appointed to the City Ambulance Board, replacing Marge Spencer. In Strawerry Point, Stormont school board voted to bring ninth graders into the high school next fall.
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Anamosa
Gary Weers
Weers
Kate Kling
Marge Spencer
Strawberry Point
Stormont
Decorah administrator to take Waukon post
Decorah administrator Ed Hoover told the Allamakee County Board of Supervisors he would assume the Waukon office duties after John Dorsey left for Muscatine. Hoover will split time in Waukon while a statewide department reorganization closes Decorah offices, potentially moving the Allamakee post to a Decorah staffer. The board also discussed federal grant funding for county care facility out-buildings and a possible shift to private housing rehab.
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Waukon
Ed Hoover
Department of Social Services
Decorah
Allamakee
Allamakee County
Bob Kannady
Upper Explorers and Regional Planning Commission
Kannady
Kansas City
Community Action
Contractor Defends Role in Linn County Care Facility Roof
The Linn County Board of Supervisors met in a closed session to consider legal action against El View Construction, which supervised the Linn County Care Facility. Robert Humphrey defended his firm, saying leaks were addressed early and that later issues stem from sandblasting and heat. He urged a maintenance program as officials noted ongoing deterioration.
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Linn County
Linn County Board of Supervisors
Robert Humphrey
el View Construction
Jean Oxley
Ken Schriner
Humphrey
B.S
Schriner
Johnson
Martin Bruns
Hiawatha
Robert Sundberg
Bertram
Linn County to hold jail open house ahead of November referendum
Linn County plans an open house at the May's Island jail Sunday from 1 to 4 30 p m to show current conditions and space. Sheriff’s deputies will lead tours and answer questions while inmates are moved from a block for viewing.
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May’s Island
Sheriff's Department
Dennis Blome
Mercy Hospital fights subpoena for personnel files
Mercy Hospital contests a court ordered subpoena requiring release of male employees’ personnel files from the EKG and respiratory therapy department. The move stems from a Civil Rights Commission investigation into a nurse’s sex discrimination complaint filed by Hanson on December 30. A Linn District Court hearing on Mercy’s protection motion is set for 9 a.m. Thursday.
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Mercy Hospital
Civil Rights Commission
Hanson
Commission
Linn
Gilda Weech-House
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Benton County Health Service
Benton
Health Service Office
Sigourney
Keokuk County
Sigourney School Board
Future Farmers of America
John Cummuta
Corres
Cedar Rapids Senior Citizen and Handicapped Bus Service
Bob Johnson
Blome
Biome
Bruns
Courtly Supervisors
Citizens Committee
Sundberg
Mercy Fights
Mercy
FinanceAmerica
FinanceAmerica Thrift Corporation
Bankamerica Financial Service Company
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