Unauthorized ad sales target Linn-Mar sports schedules
Linn-Mar reports unauthorized sale of advertising space for school athletic programs. Athletic director Paul Stoppels says businesses have been contacted and checks written to an unapproved entity. Marion police notified. authorized sellers must have school permission and identification. Call 377-7373 with questions.
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Linn-Mar
Paul Stoppels
Linn- Mar
Stoppels
Linn-Mar Athletic Department
Marion briefs and notices from the area
Enjoy Culligan Soft Water for 6.90 a month for 3 months with sale ending October 31. Pauline Klinge of Marion learns her father Lear Davis 87 died Tuesday in a Mount Ayr hospital. Funeral services Friday at 1 30 p.m. in Leon followed by burial in Pleasanton. Burglary at 340 W Eighth Ave reported with two silver dollars and 510 dollars in jewelry taken between Oct 17 and 21. Residence burglary at 1455 Parkview Drive involved a basem ent window pried and jewelry over 1300 dollars taken Wednesday.
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Pauline Klinge
Marion
Lear Davis
Mount Ayr
Iowa
Slade Funeral Home
Leon
Pleasanton
Jack Ellis
Eighth Ave
Nancy A. Raim
Parkview Drive
Grant Wood Agency seeks salary freeze in education staff talks
Grant Wood Area Education Agency opens bargaining with a salary freeze as its 233 counselors educators and consultants seek merit exceptions for top performers. The agency proposes 80 20 health co insurance, new internship leave, and flexible scheduling while negotiations with the Grant Wood Education Association resume November 9.
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Grant Wood Area Education Agency
Education Association
Erik Driessen
Grant Wood Agency
Grant Wood Education Association
Driessen
Corrections Department Raises Pay to Fill Clerical Jobs
The 6th District Department of Correctional Services boosted starting wages for clerks from 5.02 to 5.32 an hour after discovering low pay hindered recruiting. Five of eight inquiries were met with laughter at 5.02, as vacancies rose from July. Other positions see raises and swing-shift roles adjusted for adviser staff and counselors.
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6Th District Department of Correctional Services
Denise Klinefelter
Klinefelter
Nelson
United Way of East Central Iowa to relocate offices downtown
The United Way board voted to move from 712 Third Ave SE to a 5 600 square foot basement space at 1030 Fifth Ave SE near downtown Cedar Rapids in roughly two months. The decision follows debates with the Downtown Cedar Rapids Association over location and a cheaper lease compare with other downtown options. The organization reports over half its fund drive goal pledged at 1 317 876 of 2 600 000, with corporate pledges up 13 percent and employee group pledges up 15 percent.
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United Way
East Central
Iowa
Fifth Ave. SE
Cedar Rapids
Eagle Development
Target
Harold Becker
Downtown Association
Erik Hender
Hender
Fifth Avenue
United Way Board
Gordon Epping
Witwer
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Grant Wood
West Side
Marion Mercer
Ctoberfest
Women’s Shoes
Life Stride
Hush Puppies
West
Revelations Calico
Dexter
Florsheim
Weyenberg
Nordman Jewelers
7Th Ave
Terry
Red Tail Sharks
ST Silver Angels
Hutton’s
Rece Uenera
Queené Teen
Orion
Balster
Pfaltzgraff
Yorktown
Sysir
Solid State Service
tom-Matic
Verion
Balstors
Boston
All Men’s & Boys
Coats
Parkas
Irwin
Quasar
Marion TV
Marion TV & Records
Pekin
10Th St
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