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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 04, 1995
Page
11
A daily Tele Us asks readers if they support lifting the arms embargo against Bosnia and invites participation via telephone to share opinions in a non-scientific sampling of public sentiment.
Transit Study Committee meets at City Hall while Linn County supervisors and veteran affairs boards convene with sessions at Third Street offices. Republican candidates Morrie Taylor and Alan Keyes appear at events in Waterloo Vinton Muscatine and weekend entertainment listings include Noelridge Farmers Market and recycling truck stop. Lottery results and prizes noted.
A series of birth notices and dissolutions published Aug 2 3 list couples receiving newborns at Mercy and St. Luke's in Cedar Rapids and surrounding areas. Names, addresses and family details are provided for each entry. The long list includes multiple couples from Cedar Rapids Hiawatha Mount Vernon Center Point Iowa City Ely Urbana Marengo Solon and other communities.
The Log reports on Linn County arrests with times and places. Richard Alatalo and Joseph Slight face third offense drunken driving. Neal Lacher and Mikel Kent charged with second degree sexual abuse involving minors. Betty Harris and Angela Phelps charged with forgery. Patrick Kinney Keith Davis and Frederick Toney charged with assault. incidents include domestic dispute and injuries.
Cedar Rapids police embrace the Hug-a-Bear program in its fifth year donating and sharing stuffed bears to comfort children during traumatic scenes. The program, started in Boulder and adopted in 1990, has distributed over 200 bears as officers help families amid arrests, accidents, and abuse cases.
The Cedar Rapids sewer gate trials progress with Darrell Freese’s trial moved to Sept. 5 and Steven Goldin’s sentencing to Oct. 27. Freese faces multiple theft and bribe counts while Goldin, a Lisbon businessman, is linked to the bribes. Trial delays stem from requested review of Goldin’s bank records and scheduling with other defendants, including Bill Lockhart, whose trial is Sept. 18.
Cedar Rapids board President Ron Olson seeks reelection as challenger Rev. Gordon Freeburg enters the at large race. Freeburg cites increased taxpayer and parent involvement and clearer district spending. Incumbent Dennis Kral runs unopposed. other contests arise in Linn-Mar and College Community districts with multiple candidates for two at large seats and district posts. Sept. 12 election date noted.
Petitions filed for Linn area school board races across Cedar Rapids Linn Mar College Community Marion and surrounding districts. Candidates include incumbents and new names across districts 2 3 4 5 and at large seats with unexpired terms noted.
Dave Rasdal profiles Ollie and Anita Jewell whose long marriage and farm life centered on hard work. From a 220 acre start in 1944 to new plots, stumbles with Anita’s stroke, and big harvests up to 5,000 quarts, their garden and family thrived through perseverance. Work remains their guiding secret.
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