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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 17, 2015
Page
1
In Marion Iowa efforts to qualify as a Blue Zones healthy community advance as organizers seek 66 more dedicated residents. Separately two Marion residents who operated an elder home were found guilty of neglect and abuse of residents.
Douglas Hughes, 61, was arrested Wednesday for landing a gyrocopter on the West Lawn of the U.S. Capitol. The incident prompted security responses and potential federal charges as investigators review motive and safety implications.
Cedar Rapids beer distributor Fleck Sales is acquiring Wolfe Beverage of the Quad Cities. The deal expands distribution reach and adds Wolfe Beverage’s portfolio to Fleck’s existing customers.
Iowa baseball shows early-season promise as second-year coach Rick Heller steers the Hawkeyes toward a winning swing and favorable results on Page 1B.
Reuters reports 2014 CDC figures show middle and high school e-cigarette use rose to 13.4 percent from 4.5 percent, while cigarette use fell to 9.2 percent from 12.7. Total high school tobacco use reached 24.6 percent, prompting concerns from tobacco control advocates about nicotine addiction and future cigarette use.
The 2014 Iowa Youth Survey released in March shows about 6 percent of pre-teens and teens used e cigarettes in the past 30 days. Males report 7 percent use overall, with 11 percent of 11th graders, 4 percent of 8th graders, and 3 percent of 6th graders. Chelsea Keenan, The Gazette.
Firelight LLC shifts its Marion project from a planned garbage to ethanol plant to a broader gar bage sorting and shredding operation aimed at producing biogas. The Blairstown ethanol plant that tied the project to ethanol remains on hold as the company retools its strategy.
Sunday Living reviews waste diversion efforts with the city reducing landfill input. Fi relight aims to expand Marion facility plans, add a digester, and convert digested organics into biogas CNG rather than sending material to Blairstown for ethanol. Stuart Paul notes ethanol remains under consideration.
Officials warn 2015-16 budgets may hold level or reduced staff and larger class sizes due to funding uncertainty. Districts published budgets and tax rates amid stalled legislative action on state supplemental aid, with lawmakers and Branstad at an impasse since January.
Metronet Technologies crews began field engineering and surveying easements in March as the Indiana company investigates expansion into the Midwest. Next week ImOn Communications teams from Cedar Rapids will also survey and plan services, signaling potential new TV, Internet, and phone competition for Mediacom in Iowa City.
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