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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 11, 1998
Page
9
The Marion Independent Home School Assistance Program is projected to grow to 262 students this fall from 201 at year end 1997-98. Director Tom Ertz said 90 percent of current families will continue through 12th grade.
Police found 53-year-old Thomas Manos of 4008 Wilson Ave SW unconscious in a car near Fifth Avenue SE early Sunday. He suffered a jaw cut and police suspect a blunt-edged weapon. initial stabbing theory was abandoned. condition report unavailable.
Brian D. Burns, 48, of 1954 B Ave NE, Waterloo, was sentenced to one year and one day in federal prison for failing to file income tax returns. He, vice president of EBI The Net Worth Advisors, allegedly did not file for seven years, owing about $124,900. He pled guilty to two counts of failure to file while a third count was dropped, with $78,625 restitution and taxes due, interest and penalties to be paid.
The federal government will provide 3 million dollars to repair roads damaged by heavy rains and floods in eastern Iowa this summer. Funds from the Federal Highway Administration will cover bridges pavement detours debris lighting signage and guardrails in Benton Fayette Iowa Johnson Keokuk Muscatine and Washington counties.
The Cedar Rapids school board approved expanding the DART Delinquency Alternative to Residential Treatment program to ninth graders and possibly some tenth graders at all high schools. The plan includes probation services, school-based officers, and an after school program with shared funding from regular and special education funds the Juvenile Court Services and the Iowa Department of Human Services.
Rural Scotch Grove teen Karlyn Bohiken wins the Fresh Face of Iowa and earns 43 callbacks from agencies including Elite Next IMG and City. She plans to study at Monticello High, pursue modeling as a career, and dreams of opera singing and writing while balancing family support.
Firefighters said a mobile home fire at 4058 Napoleon Lane appears deliberately set to dispose of the structure. Battalion Chief Elmer Brenneman reported the home was nearly destroyed when first responders arrived. Antonio Tonda owned the home, and police indicated reckless use of fire is the most likely charge, with no suspect yet identified.
Cedar Rapids plans to seek an enterprise zone covering downtown and several neighborhoods to gain state tax refunds and credits. A press conference at the Cedar Rapids Area Chamber at 11 30 a m will announce the expansion. The city aims to qualify by meeting poverty and income thresholds and creating at least 10 jobs with $500 000 in capital investment.
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