Volunteer Alert seeks Cedar Rapids helpers in many roles
Cedar Rapids Gazette lists dozens of volunteer opportunities including reading mail for a blind couple, grocery errands, dialysis transport for a kidney patient, companionship and crafts at care centers, bus escorting for seniors, literacy tutoring, and advocacy. Call Red Cross at 393-3500 or 398-5665 for details.
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Red Cross
District Ten
Iowa
University Hospitals
Iowa City
Cedar Rapids
Mary Jane Gormly
Cedar Rapids Care Center
Kimm Harris
Jeanne Yaeger
The
Council On Aging
Mark Rowland
Safety Programs Office
Gladys One
LIV
Gladys Pike
LSV
Female officer sues over discrimination at Anamosa prison
Cynthia Gunther, a female correctional officer at the Men s Reformatory in Anamosa, files in Cedar Rapids federal court a sex discrimination suit against the reformatory and state Social Services Director Kevin Burns. She says she was hired in September 1974 at a lower grade than qualified, has not been promoted, and seeks an injunction, immediate promotion, and back pay citing male coworkers receiving advancement.
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Anamosa
U.S. District Court
Cedar Rapids
Reformatory
Kevin Burns
Cynthia Gunther
Gunther
Scouts award list at St Jude's and Adams Schools
Cub Scouts Pack 10 awards go to Scott Burkhart Mike Yeater Joe Alderman Danny Ortmann Joe Satler Bill Cubbage Mike Dietzenbach Mike Wisnovsky Pat Dsouza. Pack 102 awards are given to Mike Slagle Jeff Gollaher Jeff Hand David Fiester Robert Muret Phillip Butterfield Darwin Webb Danny Lamb Jon Smith Aaron Fisk John Dushek Chris Dahl Mark Shoemaker Russell Blood Robert Gray James Hamilton Michael Hand Justin Heitz Britt Meister Douglas Slagle Tom Biell Scott Elam Chris Holmes Kevin Short Chris Carsner Patrick White Mike Benson John Oakley Brian Grady Mark Duggan Ronnie Slagle David Schuchmann Barry Smith Jay Volgelsang Craig Bey John Wichman Christopher Clemmens Shane Thomas John Zachar Tom Zachar Brian Ulin Kevin Kappmeyer Denny Alvarez Tony Howard Bob Hamilton John Girotto Ryan Anderson Steve Bair
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St. Jude’s School
Scott Burkhart
Mike Yeater
Joe Alderman
Danny Ortmann
Joe Satler
Bill Cubbage
Mike Dietzenbach
Mike Wisnovsky
Pat Dsouza
Adams School
Mike Slagle
Jeff Gollaher
Jeff Hand
David Fiester
Robert Muret
Phillip Butterfield
Darwin Webb
Danny Lamb
Jon Smith
Aaron Fisk
John du
Shane Thomas
John Zachar
Tom Zachar
Brian Ulin
Kevin Kappmeyer
Denny Alvarez
Tony Howard
Bob Hamilton
John Girotto
Ryan Anderson
Steve Bair
Federal agencies seek public comment on drug packaging changes
Public comment requested on exempting Mebendazole from child resistant packaging and on making another drug more accessible. CPSC tests show a 22 pound child would need over 125 pills to poison. exemption would apply only to six pill or smaller packages. Comments directed to Office of the Secretary, CPSC, Washington DC.
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Washington
Consumer Product Safety Commission
18Th St
City to Plant 700 Trees in Cedar Rapids
The City Forestry Department will plant 700 trees over six weeks along 23 streets in an 85 block Cedar Rapids area. Half in the northeast quad from 27th to 37th Streets and First Avenue to H Avenue, the other half in Oak Hill. The program, dating back to 1969, replaces Dutch elm disease losses. about 8,000 trees have been planted to date. Residents may plant trees on city parkings with a free permit obtained by calling 398-5081.
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Cedar Rapids
27Th Street
37Th Street
First Avenue
H Avenue
Oak Hill
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