Community government meetings and arts events calendar
A schedule listing Sept 23 events includes governmental meetings at Five Seasons Center Cedar Rapids City Hall and Linn County Administrative Office Building, plus zoning and planning sessions in Hiawatha Fairfax and Lisbon. Entertainment includes Andre Kole World of Illusion at Paramount Theatre, Best of American Illustration at Cedar Rapids Museum, a Pioneer Hi Bred talk at Coe College, a Cedar Rapids Symphony quartet, and theater times on page 6B.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Five Seasons Center Commission
Cedar Rapids
Andre Kole
Paramount Theatre
American Illustration
Cedar Rapids Museum of Art
William Brown
Pioneer
Hi-Bred International
Cherry Auditorium
Coe College
Cedar Rapids Symphony String Quartet
Ground Transportation Center Plaza
Cedar Rapids officer awarded college grant for criminology studies
Cedar Rapids Sgt. Jerry Potter, 33, received a $1,000 grant from Miller Nissan owner Jim Miller to fund studies toward an associate degree in criminal justice at Kirkwood Community College. Potter, a nine year department veteran originally from Anamosa, plans to pursue a BA or BS later and remains committed to law enforcement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cedar Rapids
Jerry Potter
Anamosa
Kirkwood Community College
Jim Miller
Miller Nissan Inc
51St St. NE
Potter
Kirkwood
Swisher woman fined for prostitution charge in Linn County
Theresa Randall also known as Theresa Jacoby pleaded guilty in Linn District Court to a prostitution related charge after admitting a TV reporter was told that a job at the Retreat health club required sex with customers. A related pandering charge was dismissed and a massage parlor ordinance case awaits Dec. 5. The Retreat club, once at 1730 16th Ave SW, has closed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Swisher
Linn
Retreat Health Club
Theresa Randall
Theresa Jacoby
Janet Sims
Sims
Kgan-Tv
Spa
Randall
16Th Ave
Gassmanns seek Chapter 11 protection for reorganization
Gassmanns TV and Stereo a partnership based in Anamosa since 1977 file for Chapter 11 in Cedar Rapids. David J. Gassmann and Alan Gassmann partners list debts of 276036 and assets of 65800. They plan to form a corporation to take over the partnership and pursue a satellite reception focus. They say they have not withdrawn funds and have reinvested in the business despite cash flow issues.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gassmann
TV and Stereo
Anamosa
Cedar Rapids
David J. Gassmann
Alan Gassmann
Three area winners named national writing contest honorees
Cedar Rapids and Iowa City students earn national recognition in the Achievement Awards in Writing from the National Council of Teachers of English. Winners include Darin Nelson Douglas Beach and Marsha Fearing, among 12 Iowans honored nationwide.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cedar Rapids
Iowa City
National Council of Teachers of English
Darin Nelson
Roxbury Dr. NW
Cedar Rapids Jefferson High School
Douglas Beach
13Th Ave. SE
Cedar Rapids Washington
Marsha Fearing
Iowa City West
Iowa
Iowa Department of Education
Johnson
Firm seeks access to seized documents in Israel tech probe
A Marion based Vector Corp seeks access to documents seized by federal agents in an investigation into whether Israel tried to illegally obtain U S technology for cluster bomblet manufacturing. Pleadings in U S District Court Cedar Rapids detail searches at Vector Bexco International and Assembly Machines in Erie Pa.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roland Krekeler
Lazette Courts
Marion Company
Israel
U.S
Informa
Vector
Mexico
Zinzer denied post-conviction relief in murder case
Toledo Tama County District Court Judge Thomas Koehler denied Jeffrey A. Zinzer's request for a new trial reversing his 1981 first-degree murder conviction. The defense claimed ineffective assistance due to attorney medical term misunderstandings. Zinzer is serving a life term at Fort Madison for the strangulation death of Penny Sue Beltcher Forrest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Toledo
Tama County
Thomas Koehler
Jeffrey A. Zinzer
Zinzer
Penny Sue Beltcher Forrest
Grinnell
Koehler
Barry Kaplin
Gail Bolivar
Marshalltown
Fort Madison
Also Mentioned on This Page
Fairfax Planning & Zoning Board
City Hall
Lisbon
Films Theater Times
C.R
Gassmann’s
Lory Nels Johnson
Department of Education
Oelwein
Marion
Robert Teig
Teig
Tieg
Jerry Zahradnik
Assembly Machines
Donald Stevens
the Gazette
Pennsylvania
Bexco
John Brewer
Gregory Kingery
Brewer
Montour
Hall
Norwalk
Stratford
Blake Bird
S.E
Mercy Hospital Auxiliary
Collins Road
Hal
Broyhill
Hutch
Mastercraft
Thayer-Coggin
Ocean Bive
Vegey eBpo
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