Not Over Yet: Planning for School Auditorium Moves On
After the October 1974 bond election, a 25 member citizen committee led by Shirley Bergman and Henry Fischer studied community needs for a new middle and high school auditorium. The Parents Organization under Dick Whitaker aided the research, with ongoing public input sought at regular board meetings on the second Monday and fourth Tuesday.
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Shirley Bergman
Henry Fischer
Dick Whitaker
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J.B. Dahm
Pella Bicentennial honors underline community vision
Pella earns designation from the American Revolution Bicentennial Administration for its Bicentennial activities. Marion County is named a Bicentennial county and Central College receives recent recognition as part of a broader effort marking American heritage. The community embraces a declaration of individual liberty and self-reliance.
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Pella
Marion County
Central College
Towa
United States
Hearing officer favored in school dismissal disputes Iowa poll
The Iowa Assn. of School Boards reports that a hearing officer from the education field is the preferred adviser before final school board verdicts on teacher dismissals. The group cites SF 205 debated in the Iowa House which would appoint an arbitrator, likely from PER Board lists, or an Iowa resident with educational expertise as a hearing officer.
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Iowa House of Representatives
Senate
House
Public Employment Relations
PER
Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service Arbitration
Tax relief debate stalls as budget plan stalls
Legislative Report notes no agreement on property tax relief as conference committee fights valuation of base land for 100 percent productivity and fund distribution. Key questions remain over channeling money into school foundation, county municipal, homestead credit, or agriculture land tax credit funds with no consensus by Thursday afternoon.
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School Foundation Plan
County Municipal Fund
Homestead Credit Fund
Agriculture Land Tax Credit Fund
Education budget plan seeks 9 percent local tax rise
A committee debated a one year plan allowing a 9 percent increase in local property tax financed budget areas with the state paying the first 5 percent. A task force would craft a long range plan and report to the General Assembly next year. Details were to be presented to Senate caucuses Monday.
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Senate
House Passes Non-Controversial Bills and Budget Items
The House acted Tuesday on non-controversial bills including autistic person coverage under county services and requiring records for drug samples to medical practitioners. A farm valuation plan and homestead credits were debated amid unresolved property tax fixes while budget measures moved forward. Rep. Dieleman notes public schooling concerns and urges court-aligned amendments.
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House
Legislative Report on Committees and Prison Policy
Rep. Robert Anderson summarizes House Committee activity in Appropriations and Ways and Means, updates on birth defects funding and genetic counseling pilot, and discusses prison system studies and proposed facility changes. He notes a major appropriations bill excludes a new medium security prison and mentions a Senate public hearing on correction facilities next week.
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House Appropriations Committee
Mt. Pleasant
Des Moines
Bill Dieleman
Iowa
Newton
Mitchellville
House
Senate
Robert Anderson
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