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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 02, 1998
Page
11
Cityline invites listeners to call 363 7000 or 337 7000 and vote on a daily question using category 1111 before 7 p.m. Yesterday asked about donations for a Bever Park Zoo monkey cage drawing 81 responses with 35 percent yes and 65 percent no. Today's question asks if President Clinton should resign.
Fylowa's Your Two CENTS online discussion forum invites readers to weigh in on current topics. Opinions panel covers curbside recycling programs and year-round schooling, plus analysis of motives behind America striking back in latest conflict discussions.
Sept 2 schedule includes Five Seasons Center and Linn County meetings, Cedar Rapids commissions, city councils, The Dining Room theater at Amana, several farmers markets, and a recycling site. Lottery numbers, mercy and St Luke's birth notices, and local crime charges accompany the listings.
Kirkwood Community College will host the Eastern Iowa College Fair in Johnson Hall gymnasium with 90 colleges and universities represented. Morning and evening sessions run 9 to 11 30 a.m. and 6 30 to 8 p.m. from recruiters across Midwest schools. Information from Kirkwood admissions at 398 5517.
Cedar Rapids hosts a three day Taste of Iowa with 25 food vendors, nine newcomers, and at least seven nationalities. Tickets cost 5 dollars with 2 dollar off coupons in The Gazette. admission discounts apply for seniors and children. Live music spans multiple stages with fireworks after Saturday and Sunday shows.
Incumbents Mark Klopfenstein and Jim Green face no opponents for the Linn-Mar school board at large seats. Klopfenstein, 37, is board vice president and a veterinarian. Green, 51, is a Rockwell Collins product line manager and board member for Grant Wood Area Education Agency. Polls open next Tuesday from 7 am to 8 pm at Bowman Woods Elementary and Christ Community Church in Marion. Recounted turnout last year was 269 voters, 1.94 percent.
Two contenders, Jim Green and Mark Klopfenstein, submit candidate details for the Linn-Mar School Board race. Green, 51, a product line manager at Rockwell Collins, lists wife Nancy and four children. Klopfenstein, 37, a veterinarian at Linn Animal Hospital, lists wife Chevy and three children.
Kiopfenstein emphasizes completing facilities projects on schedule, securing on time funding for growing districts, and responding to curriculum audit findings. He plans collaboration with IA School Boards and legislators, close work with a construction firm, and establishment of clear policies for curriculum, instruction and assessment.
The district emphasizes reporting standardized test scores alongside indicators like graduation rates and college degree attainment, with regular reviews of goals. Stakeholders advocate stronger teacher training, smaller class sizes, applied learning, and continued school to work grants while weighing year round calendars and charter school questions.
The trial of a lawsuit by Matthew Garofalo’s family over his 1995 death after a University of Iowa fraternity party will proceed in Johnson County District Court. Only one defendant remains after dismissals. Chad Diehl remains as a defendant in the suit.
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