Seven candidates seek Cedar Rapids school board seats in Tuesday vote
A field of seven candidates including two incumbents competes for three at large Cedar Rapids Community school board seats. Balloting also decides director districts and three public measures on selling Buchanan Elementary, Truman Annex buildings, and demolishing Palo Elementary while permitting a Palo community center. Polls run 7 am to 8 pm with Bertram precinct moving to Squaw Creek school.
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Cedar Rapids
Buchanan
Mt. Vernon Road
Truman
Day Street
Carter Street NW
Otto Wiedersberg
Palo
First Street
Jerry Hansen
Hansen
Severn and
Berger
H. Edward Beatty
Lauree Gerber
Joseph Sampson
Robert A. Weinhardt
Burnis E
Gene) Young
Cedar Rapids school board hopefuls discuss taxes and remodeling
Six candidates address school funding reforms, tax shifts and district remodeling. They advocate replacing property tax with income or sales taxes, pushing federal and state funds, and prioritizing cost cuts without harming education.
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Cedar Rapids
Four seek two College Board posts in local election
Four candidates- incumbents Milton Chadima and George King contesting an at large seat, and John Anderson Jr. with Paul Cray vying for district two directorship. Polls open 7 am to 8 pm at five locations. residents may vote for any candidate. Anderson, 35, Cedar Rapids native, seeks second term. claims supervisor at United Fire and Casualty. He urges stronger discipline, efficiency, and shared facilities to save funds amid state and federal funding trends.
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College Community School Board
Milton Chadima
Fairfax
George King
Ardsley Lane
John Anderson, Jr
Route One
Paul Cray
Devonwood Avenue
Anderson
Prairie
Cedar Rapids
Coe College
United Fire and Casualty Co
Cedar Rapids Jaycees
Cedar Rapids Claims Assn
Croy
Kirkwood Board Races Highlight Local Election Contests
Three Kirkwood board seats are on Tuesday's ballot with one district uncertain. Incumbents M A MacAllister and Lewis Dreibelbis and John Gerber run in districts 5 8 and 2 respectively, while Donald Faris and Wayne Newton dispute district 5. Faris, 64, a retired superintendent active in area colleges and education funding, faces Newton of Luzerne, while incumbents and other candidates discuss school finance and efficiency.
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Kirkwood
Benton, Shellsburg
Vinton
Cedar Hills
Faris
North Iowa
Director District Plan On Ballot for 2nd Time
Cedar Rapids Community school district voters again face a proposal to elect directors by geographical districts. The measure, defeated last year, asks if director districts should be established in Linn County Iowa and outlines three possible forms. Local comments from incumbents and candidates reflect mixed views on residency and qualifications.
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Cedar Rapids Community
Linn
Lowa
Otto Wiedersberg
Waldo Berger
Burnis E
Gene) Young
Joseph Sampson
Steve Severn
Lauree Gerber
H. Edward Beatty
Robert Weinhardt
Ice skating roots traced to Bronze Age artifacts
Archaeologists uncover ancient skate-like tools made from animal bones in Bronze Age Pannonia, a region now part of Hungary and the former Yugoslavia, suggesting early forms of ice travel.
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Indonesia
Pannonia
Hungary
Yugoslavia
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