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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 13, 2007
Page
11
James Rossey of Cedar Rapids won $25,000 in the Classic Bingo instant scratch game. He bought his ticket at Jim's Foods in Cedar Rapids. Classic Bingo is a $2 scratch game with four bingo cards and multiple winning patterns.
Gazette Online invites readers to submit summer snapshots for an inaugural online photo contest. A new weekly contest runs with viewer voting at GazetteOnline.com, culminating in a final competition with prizes. Submissions must be received by Wednesday. rules are at the site.
The Gazette invites 30 second video clips or 300 word emails explaining why a student should be followed on the first day of school. Include name age address phone grade level school. if under 18 add a guardian contact. Submissions accepted until noon Wednesday.
Mindy Benson and three other dispatchers operate at Cedar Rapids Joint Communications Center coordinating Cedar Rapids Fire and Police responses. The control room features multiple computer monitors and radios with a frontline view toward downtown. The staff work in a chilly, alert-filled environment as they field calls and manage 10-4 communications.
Mindy Benson a 29 year old dispatcher at Cedar Rapids Joint Communications Center handles police fire and public calls from 505 First St SW. She works 3 to 11 p.m. with four other dispatchers rotating every four hours to manage traffic accidents crime and tense situations while multitasking across radio phone and computer screens.
North Liberty resident Brian Bernhardt 27, world Golden Tee champion contender, placed 17th of 190 in Joliet Illinois with minus 115 over five rounds earning 5000. He now lives in Alexis Illinois with wife Allison and plays for fun. Golden Tee Live lets players compete remotely in real time from any machine.
Brian Bernhardt bought a Golden Tee machine for 4200 and played five hours nightly from fall 2002 to spring 2003. In 2004 he won 3500 at a Palatine tournament and was named among the world’s top 10 players. He met his fiancee Allison Higgins and later reduced play to 15 to 20 hours weekly.
The Gazette announces Newstrack editions each Monday to revisit notable newsmakers and events. Readers can submit questions or tips through the newspaper’s contact channels for potential follow up.
In Tama, resident Don Rank laments slow progress while locals recall railroad days that fed hobos and town growth. The idle Iowa Quality Beef plant follows a string of owners, a Qatar bid, and a planned Tama ethanol plant set to begin mid next year as the town retools its economy.
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