Cedar Rapids police launch wide recruiting drive
Cedar Rapids police begin an expanded recruiting push using radio TV and newspapers in Iowa and California. The effort features four women officers and the city's lone black officer Elliott in ads and slides and targets criminal justice majors at California colleges. Applications exceed last year with about 60 handed out and a written test set for January 16.
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Iowa
California
Los Angeles
Sacramento
San Francisco
Gary Hinzman
Hinzman
Dan Elliott
Elliott
Waterloo
Iowa City
Des Moines
Jane Boyd
Police Academy
St. SW
Kirkwood Community College
Civil Service Commission
Rural address changes studied by Linn County supervisors
The board discussed a county wide rural address system to reduce duplicate road names and assign numbers to residences. A proposed zero based scheme uses township lines to place numbers in ranges and may assign N or W suffixes for road orientation. Ron Ackerman’s address could shift from Craft Road to a newly assigned numbered route within two years.
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Ron Ackerman
Linn County
Craft Road
Board of Supervisors
Robert LaRue
County Building and Zoning Department
Bob Johnson
LaRu
Ackerman
LaRue
Five Seasons Center approves larger student advisory group
The Five Seasons Center Commission votes to expand the student advisory committee from 30 to 52 members, adding representatives from Marion Prairie and Linn-Mar schools and appointing a chairman vice president and secretary. The panel plans three reps from each metro high school.
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Five Seasons Center Commission
Marion, Prairie
Linn-Mar
Metro
Sharon Waverly
Mike Gebauer
Five Seasons
Demoted worker cites discrimination
A Cedar Rapids man, William Oliver Adams, 37, testifies before the Iowa Merit Employment Commission about a demotion from an affirmative action post at the Department of Social Services. He alleges sexism and racism, citing unequal discipline and questioned handling of his supervisor Peggy Pabon.
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Des Moines
Cedar Rapids
State Department of Social Services
William Oliver Adams
15Th St. SE
Iowa Merit Employment Commission
Adams
Anamosa
Peg Pabon
Pabon
Kirkwood Community College of
Kirkwood
Jean Vernon
City Eyes Moratorium on Section 8 Housing Applications
Cedar Rapids officials plan to pause one two and three bedroom Section 8 housing applications after reaching 465 leased units from a 520 allocation. With 217 on file and 40 plus eligibility certificates, the city will defer new four and five bedroom entries while continuing efficiency units.
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Cedar Rapids
Don Salyer
Department of Housing and Urban Development
Salyer
John Skogsbergh
HUD
Skogsbergh
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