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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 13, 1977
Page
4
The Cedar Rapids Community School District reviewed a 13.0845 million dollar remodeling estimate for Franklin McKinley Roosevelt and Wilson junior highs. Costs cover construction, cabinetry, lockers, and limited air conditioning with fees excluded. No action or revenue source set.
The board meets in half hour interviews and will award a final contract at the next regular meeting on Sept. 26. They review casualty insurance using a $1 000 deductible, with study of self insured retention and retrospective rating plans for three months to cut costs.
Dallas speaker June Hunt visits Cedar Rapids to share how a personal relationship with God enriches life. She urges inner faith over busy religiosity, notes Jesus saves individuals not churches, and emphasizes Bible study, practical faith, and wise counsel. Hunt has USO Vietnam and Billy Graham credentials and appears at the Sheraton Inn Wednesday.
Three Cedar Rapids residents were among six honored at the Kidney Foundation of Iowa annual meeting in Des Moines. Duane Buchheit received the annual board award for creating a patient-visitor program aiding transplant and dialysis patients. Carroll Roy earned a distinguished service award for implementing the idea, and Keith Fleck was honored for donating race proceeds to the foundation.
The Cedar Rapids school board votes to keep using Carroll Drive SE to judge bus eligibility for students on Thirtieth Street Drive SE east of the Needles and Carroll Nee dles intersection. Students within two miles normally qualify for free transport but must pay if within the two mile radius, with costs listed as 82 dollars for the first child and scaled discounts for additional children. Appeals go to the GWAEA which governs safe routes and transportation decisions.
The case of Ron Luehrsmann in Iowa courts remains active after Judge John Liebenmann vacated two motions and reinstated the muffler charge while deeming the speeding ticket potentially invalid for improper notarization. Luehrsmann, 4248 Fox Meadow Drive SE, faces a $10 muffler fine and must appear again.
Cedar Rapids Community School Board approved a pooling agreement with Grant Wood area education agency to house a program for emotionally disabled students living outside the district. GWAEA will reimburse salaries and fringe benefits for one teacher and one aide plus $2000 yearly for a Wilson junior high classroom and up to $500 for special education materials and substitute teachers for the 1977 78 school year.
El Kahir Shrine won the 1977 traveling trophy at the Central States Shrine Association convention in St Louis. Potentate Bob Cherry noted the award honors the temple for presentation and performance during the parade. Units honored included the drum and bugle corps Waterloo cycle patrol Hampton Kaliphs and the Arabian horse troop.
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