13 Aug 2001
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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 13, 2001
Page
1
Jeff Gordon wins the Global Crossing road course event to extend his NASCAR record for road course victories. The race elevated him as a dominant figure in road racing and highlighted his consistency on challenging circuits.
Representative Jim Leach says he will support a higher quality dialogue and defy hard line pressure from Texas leaders like Dick Armey and Tom DeLay. He notes past friction over committee chairmanship and highlights his work shaping banking reform and financial policy.
Yvonne Koch, 26, a pharmacist at the VA Medical Center in Iowa City, stays in the area despite peers leaving Eastern Iowa. She aims to remain near family in Swisher, citing plans to raise children here and noting her husband works at Rockwell Collins in Cedar Rapids.
Eastern Iowa counties receive detailed demographic profiles with Linn County and its communities featured. The series continues Tuesday through Friday highlighting age, race, income, and housing patterns across the region.
The 25 to 34 age group in Johnson and Linn counties declined 5.4 percent from 1990 to 2000, with Iowa City alone shrinking 12.5 percent. Despite county growth, eastern Iowa lost young professionals to cities like Chicago as graduates seek bigger-city opportunities.
Danielle Kurvers cried after retaking the Minnesota Basic Standards Test as the NCS Pearson office in Iowa City misprogrammed the math section leading to 47000 incorrect scores. About 7989 students from grades eight to twelve were told they failed and fifty high school seniors were denied diplomas due to the error.
California officials sue the EPA in the 9th Circuit to waive ethanol oxygenate requirements for gasoline. Gov Gray Davis says reformulated non oxygenated fuels could meet air quality goals while MTBE is phased out by 2003. California produces 5 to 7 million gallons of ethanol annually. waivers risk higher Midwest dependence and prices.
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