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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 05, 1981
Page
10
Mount Mercy College senior Diane Bergemann learned her Aug 18 tuition balance of 571 dollars had been paid by an anonymous donor. She suspects no immediate family or current boyfriend could be the benefactor and ponders repayment, loans, or future help for others.
Darin Mark Henik 21 of 346 First Ave SE was hurt Friday when his car left the road on East Post Road in Marion struck a utility pole and a guy wire. He was airlifted to St. Luke's Hospital in fair condition with internal injuries. police cited drunk driving and loss of vehicle control.
An 18 year old Cedar Rapids woman Brenda Shasteen, a cook at Castle Lanes, was seriously burned Thursday night when a deep fat fryer tipped over at about 11 p.m. She suffered burns on her waist thighs knees and hands after slipping on hot grease. She was treated on scene and transported by ambulance to St Luke's Hospital then to the burn unit at University Hospitals Iowa City.
All Marion city offices and the Marion Community Center will be closed on Monday for Labor Day. The public library and city buses will not operate, and the Marion Post Office will be closed. Garbage and refuse collection will shift one day late, and no school will be in session Monday.
More than 40 residents packed the Linn County Administrative Office to hear Supervisors' views on building the Cedar Valley Nature Trail from Hiawatha to Evansdale. Opinions varied with Joe Rinas supporting the trail, Jean Oxley opposing, and Ken Schriner undecided preferring private funding.
Sophia Zuckrowski was hired as Cedar Rapids new Equal Employment Opportunities officer after a dozen interviews. She will live in Iowa City and earn 20009 dollars annually. Zuckrowski previously worked in EEO roles at the University of Iowa, University of Illinois and private firms, bringing mixed public and private experience and a master’s in personnel and EEO. She notes City Council funding for the EEO Department and aims to keep the city a model affirmative action employer. The post became vacant after Jonnie Cassell resigned May 29.
The Marion Community Center releases a week of activities including Diamond Square dance lessons at 6 30 p m on Sunday Rhodes dance lessons 6 30 p m Tuesday Spurgin and Cloverleaf dances 7 30 p m Wednesday Ohrt Clover Round and Spurgin sessions 7 30 p m Thursday Clippity Cloggers dance lessons 7 p m and Danish Lodge meeting 7 30 p m Friday Learning center 9 a m A note directs readers to the Growing Order page of Sunday's Gazette for a complete senior citizen activities listing.
Marion Independent school board to meet Thursday at 7 p.m. at the Longfellow administration building. Linn-Mar school board to meet Thursday at 7 30 p.m. at the Educational Services Center. Labor Day closings noted for banks and classified ad department.
A federal grand jury will receive the case against Carl Jefferson, 25, charged with beating his sister and another man with an aluminum baseball bat August 13 at the Mesquakie Indian Settlement near Tama. Jefferson waived a preliminary hearing in Cedar Rapids and consented to a grand jury review. bond remains at 2000 while he stays in custody.
On this date in 1939 the United States declared neutrality at the onset of World War II, signaling a formal stance to avoid involvement in the escalating global conflict.
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