The county generates an estimated 40thousand new see, those files have really piled up over time. To try and figure out how many we have, ill say we have thousands of files here. How about that . Thats linn county clerk of court roxann repstien. Shes essentially in charge of all the paperwork and the clerk says shes out of space to store it all in the courthouse. Nats this is one we have two of these rooms you can come on in here. Thats why the county rents a half floor of the old hubbard ice building on 1st street. 7thousand boxes, potentially up to 700,000 individual files are kept here. It used to be more. The 08 flood destroyed a bunch at an old facility and damaged many others. Hey had a company freeze dry them. Then they all came back in boxes. We had to inventory. Rh onda ogreen comes here regularly to grab a few relevant files each week. She says some date back to thee0s. Many files are seldom used. Yet, the county spends nearly 50 to store them, each year. And it doesnt have a
Week. Thanks kaj. A commission in cedar rapids is hoping to diverse city. Training sessions. The cedadarapids Civil Rights Commission is holding the first mediation training this morning. Kcrgtv 9s brea love is live in our cedar rapids newsroom. Brea, this is apart of an Outreach Program . Will hold quarterly trainings featuring tools to create opportunities for housing, business, and the general community. Later this morning, an instructor from the eastern iowamediation services will speak with participants on how to de situation. For example, if there were an argument in the workplace, an individual could step ito make sure both sides are heard. The Commission Hopes by providininthis training, it could cut back on the number of civil rights complaints filed. Commission Officials Say when both sides are recognized, its easier to come to an agreement. 25 5626 12 people j jt, they dont get the e ll story. Something happens to them and theyre only seeing it from their side, where as in m
Having already written about the phenomenal basketball success at Springville over much of the last decade in last week’s column, this week’s is dedicated to the other Oriole sport that