26 Apr 2000
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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 26, 2000
Page
1
Three neighbors of the Cedar Rapids corn processing plant deliver a letter to the City Council outlining concerns about a zoning change. The notice signals active public input as officials review the request.
A north-south I-80 division is judged insufficient as a simple fix and would create multiple issues across regions. The discussion appears in details on page 9A.
Desiree Francis and Stacy Frese, both with Cedar Rapids ties, were selected Tuesday to play professional basketball. Two Nebraska justices remain skeptical of the state's partial birth abortion ban, raising questions about the law’s constitutionality.
A teenager faces charges after a shooting at Captain's Loft in Washington Iowa. A shotgun was recovered during the investigation and the case moved from 7B to 3A as details emerged.
The Harmony Hawks barber shop quartet celebrates its golden anniversary with a concert this weekend at Theatre Cedar Rapids. The group recalls five decades of singing and local praise in Thursday's Gazette.
Iowa City climbers with the Everest Environmental Expedition 2000 halted their ascent after a large storm dumped six inches of snow and threatened to last four days. Expedition leaders demonstrated a Gamow Bag as they prepared to descend from the Khumbu Icefall amid historically dangerous conditions.
Cedar Rapids Superintendent Lew Finch says local option sales tax for school improvements is fading as a possibility after six facility caucuses. About 330 residents attended. surveys asked support for 10 year or five year bonds or a local option tax, with a proposed $147 million plan including inflation. A $79 million five year bond was floated to cover early facilities needs.
University of Iowa researchers report gulf war veterans are about twice as likely as non deployed personnel to meet criteria for multiple chemical sensitivity syndrome. In a 3695 person survey 5.4 percent of gulf veterans showed symptoms versus 2.6 percent of non deployed peers.
Cedar Rapids twenty seven police officers took a written test for ten sergeant slots amid questions about public safety commissioner elect and former officer David Zahn taking the test while on leave. City attorney and officials say legality rests with civil service rules and council oversight. Zahn says he expects equal treatment by the commission and will seek re election.
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