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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 12, 2002
Page
10
The Hiawatha City Council will vote within five weeks on a lighting ordinance restricting exterior lighting for businesses and homes. A public hearing was postponed as input remains pending. The plan would require downward lighting, limit pole heights, and address grandfathering of existing lights.
The department presents Make It and Take It classes for five dollars with sessions at 9:30 a.m. noon 2:30 p.m. and 5 p.m. on weekdays and 1 p.m. on weekends. Subjects include weaving quilting embroidery tatting and knitting. Dorothy Faidley notes judges focus on technique while viewers judge subjects and offers exhibitor names and addresses if duplicates or sales are requested.
United Way leads volunteerism with events and requests for helpers. Tanager Place seeks volunteers for Summer Fest August 23 to 25. Benton County Vinton office needs drivers, respite aides, classroom helpers, and project group volunteers. Ecumenical Center labs seek volunteers to assist with games, research, email, registration. Web designer needed for United Way site updates. Retired and Senior Volunteer Program matches volunteers with Linn County nonprofits. Meals on Wheels drivers needed. Head Start puppet makers and readers sought. Homeless Children’s Trust fundraiser help. The Arc of East Central Iowa seeks help transporting a Harley for raffle points.
Linn District Court actions include Donald Griffin dismissals for third offense domestic abuse due to lack of evidence. Aaron Carter, 16, faces transfer to juvenile court for second degree robbery. Terry Brown pleads guilty to forgery with $500 fine and five year suspended sentence plus 86 days in jail on drug case. Larry Messerschmitt pleads guilty to burglary and lesser drugs charge with $750 fine and five year suspended sentence. Arthur Rogers pleads guilty to third offense drunken driving with $2,500 fine and 102 days in jail.
Cedar Rapids Linn County Supervisor Lu Barron remains against creating county TIFs and prefers municipalities handle such financing. She warns TIFs can spur urban sprawl and said a county policy may be needed only if future requests arise. The board, with Barron dissenting, approved developing guidelines for TIFs despite no set minimums.
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