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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 17, 2005
Page
19
A Saturday morning blaze at 5650 Briarwood St S caused a 5 to 6 foot hole in the ceiling and an estimated $50,000 in damage. A 13 year old girl smelled smoke and called neighbors. she was uninjured. Red Cross assists family.
Library director Lori Barkema announced Cedar Rapids Public Library at 500 First St SE is a public wireless hot spot. Patrons with laptops can connect to an internal wireless system. the card should detect the access point automatically and signal strength is reported as good to excellent across most of the main floor.
Firefighters responded to Landfill Site No. 1 near downtown Cedar Rapids last night after contaminated soil burning equipment on a trailer caught fire. Black smoke and explosions were reported as a gas line on an LP vaporizer ruptured, but workers shut off the gas and firefighters extinguished the blaze within minutes using tanker water.
Citizens are urged to call three numbers to share tips for local news and photos. The tips line lists two area codes and a toll free option for caller convenience.
Ames and Rochester find waste-to-energy plants costlier than landfilling. Rochester plans to double burning capacity to 400 tons daily, with unknown future costs. Gene Mossing says building the Olmsted incinerator in 1985 86 plus upgrades total about 36 million dollars.
Iowa relies on landfills for most disposal with 59 municipal sites ranking ninth nationally and five privately owned. Linn County’s Mount Trashmore near A Street SW will close in August 2006 while Site 2 on County Home Road has five years of capacity left. The Cedar Rapids Linn County Solid Waste Agency seeks a $16.6 million Site 2 expansion to add 26 years of capacity.
Debate over waste management reemerges as Linn County faces a decade of landfill siting delays. Incinerators face high costs, NIMBY opposition, and mixed long term monitoring. Industry views vary with experts praising pollution controls and potential energy recovery for funding.
A brief citation lists an online resource set for solid waste topics. It references the Net Solid Waste Association of North America and an Iowa Department of Natural Resources web page on waste management.
In a columnist’s view the waterproof iPod housing and wristband push the gadget into aquatic use. The piece notes prices around 149.95 plus 39.95, and mocks the idea of paying for music while snorkeling or sailing. Mike Deupree writes for Sundays Tuesdays and Thursdays.
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