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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 01, 2009
Page
1
Corazon Aquino, who led the People Power revolt in 1986 and defended democracy during coups, has died. The former president's passing marks a major moment in Philippine history.
Cedar Rapids mayor Kay Halloran, 72, announced she has Stage 0 breast cancer discovered during a routine exam. She will have surgery Monday and expects to attend the City Council meeting two days later. Radiation will follow, and re election plans remain undecided.
Molly Rossiter reports on Nelson, a Mount Vernon-born man who attended parochial school for six years and now gathers with about 10 men from All Saints Catholic Church in Cedar Rapids. The group meets weekly to study the Bible and discuss its relevance, reflecting his shift from private to open religious conversation.
A growing wave of evangelism crosses denominations as congregations encourage open sharing of faith. Dorothy Whiston of First Christian Church in Coralville notes rising spiritual hunger among people while Catholics recall John Paul II's 1991 encyclical urging greater evangelization.
More than three-fourths of downtown steam customers affected by Alliant Energy’s steam plant destruction applied for a $21 million HUD funded grant. Transitions Made Better administers funds for the city. about 175 of roughly 200 eligible customers sought assistance. Low‑pressure users will divide $8 million to cover about half their heating system conversion costs. The remaining funds assist other low‑pressure customers, while eight high‑pressure users share the remaining $8 million by usage.
The Agriculture Department raises the price the government pays for milk and cheddar cheese through a temporary price support program. The boost, in effect until October, could lift farmers’ revenue by about 243 million dollars and increase government purchases by 150 million pounds of non fat dry milk and 75 million pounds of cheese.
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