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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 09, 1983
Page
12
Marion Independent schools face a potential borrowing of funds as they await $200,000 in state aid from FY ended June 30. Business manager Gary Keplinger noted a $100,000 payment received this week and expected October payroll timing, while a 2.8 percent aid cut adds $81,482 to the district’s shortfall.
Marion Independent Superintendent Bob Hale announced that predicted high temperatures may shorten the school day. If temperatures reach the forecast high, an early dismissal will be announced at 10:30 a.m. Kindergarten will report at 11:30 a.m. All students will depart at 1:30 p.m.
The Marion City Council in a special session awarded a 32,812.84 dollar Linnwood Knolls sidewalk reconstruction project to L and M Borst Brothers Construction. The bid came in 26.9 percent below estimates and final assessments to property owners will reflect the savings. The city pays for removing old sidewalks and installing new drainage tiling beneath the new sidewalks.
Keith Askam the Marion YMCA executive director for four years will depart Sept 30 to become executive director of the Northeast Branch Birmingham YMCA starting Oct 15 The Marion Y board plans to close applications Sept 27 interview in early October and name a successor by mid November The three thousand member Marion branch serves about 150000 in its service area and Askam notes the move is a bigger opportunity and larger membership association
Two Cedar Rapids men Steven R. Jones and John A. Stanerson appeared in court on two counts each of second degree arson tied to deliberately set fires at Stanerson’s Marion residence and Jones’s Cedar Rapids home. Jones held on 44000 dollar bond Stanerson on 27500. Jones also faces terrorism and harassment charges for threats and gunfire at Polly Dietz’s home.
Former Iowa senator Harold Hughes will keynote the United Way kick off lunch on September 20 at noon, with Lenny Skutnik also attending after rescuing a woman from the Potomac River. Co chairs Dick Johnson Harold Hughes and Gordon Epping tout the event as a people helping people effort. Reservations are $5.75 per person. call 364 0167 by next Friday.
A garage at 5500 Gordon Ave NW was broken into over the weekend with about 340 dollars in property stolen. Entry was gained through a broken window as per the police report, with items including a car cassette player tapes two jackets and a watch taken.
Italian professor Paolo Nello of the University of Pisa will be a visiting scholar at Cornell College, delivering three public lectures on European history in the 20th century. He will discuss The Foreign Policy of Fascist Italy, fascist leadership, and the role of Il Duce in Italian fascism across events at Hedges Lounge and King Chapel.
Coe fund leaders appoint division chiefs to recruit 150 to 200 volunteers. Alumni Barbara Pollack McCusky and William L Chadima lead the Alumni Division. Commercial Robert De Meulenaere heads Commercial. William J McCracken directs Finance. Robert W Gable leads Industry. James C Manville and Frank W Pfaff head Gifts. Robert O Danie and Richard L Sediacek lead Professional divisions in law and medicine. Peter Wickham heads faculty staff. The drive starts with an Oct 17 kick-off dinner for volunteers.
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