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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 19, 2000
Page
1
Tom Davis and Kirk Ferentz discuss Bill Russell and his career in a Life and Sports Leisure feature. The piece notes admiration for Russell, hones in on his influence, and reflects on Ferentz’s and Davis’s perspectives about coaching, players, and future directions in sports life.
Students in Orlando learn about Iowa crops and enjoy eating them as they face fall transitions. The item notes worries about getting lost making new friends and remembering locker combos as they start middle school.
A team of Northwest high school players biked to Dyersville to play baseball and follow in the Midwest footsteps of the Negro League, continuing a historic touring tradition.
Medicare payments to the terminally ill have risen only 2 percent since 1996 while a Cedar Rapids hospice reports cost increases of over 200 percent, highlighting a growing funding gap.
Cedar Rapids Chamber of Commerce urges postponing a planned October 3 pool bond referendum. President Ron Corbett says wait until after the school district ballot filing, likely December 12 for a $44 to $46 million school bond, before backing a city pools issue. Community leaders clash on timing.
The proposal package includes a $17 yearly levy for four years, a $21 annual pool bond over 20 years totaling $19.5 million, and a $50 yearly school bond over 20 years raising $44 million. It also adds a Veterans Memorial Commission levy of 30 cents per $1 000 valuation for four years, funding a $14 million baseball stadium from the $4.8 million raised. The chamber backs the stadium levy per its newsletter.
A northeast Iowa family traveling to Six Flags Great America died when a semi struck their minivan north of Chicago on I-94. Susan Diesch 51 of Guttenberg, her son Travis Bolsinger 14, and grandson Austin Gerner 10 were killed. Cynthia Gerner injured. Timothy Robertson 40 of Cherokee Alabama driver of the truck faced no reported fatalities.
Schedule shows Sunday events in Moline Muscatine Burlington Keokuk and Port of Burlington with downtown venues to be announced. Monday lists Canton reboard riverboat Quincy Hannibal arrival and 6 20 p m rally times.
Prairie Du Chien Wisconsin sees a post convention glow as Eastern Iowans cross the Mississippi River in a brisk river crossing, with James Q. Lynch reporting from the scene.
Linn County Democrats plan a free bus trip to Clinton to see Al Gore and Joseph Lieberman. The departure is at 5:30 p.m. from near the east entrance of JCPenney at Westdale Mall Cedar Rapids. Reservations or inquiries can be sent to Info LinnDems.org or call 36246275. Gore electrified thousands gathered along the Mississippi, connecting with the audience as he urged a new journey toward the White House.
Kate Zylstra 61 of Alburnett wins the 51 and older division at the Iowa State Fair by throwing a 4 pound rubber chicken 47 feet setting the top mark after the first contestant's 46 feet. Her husband jokes about entering contests and Dutch relatives witness the feat.
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