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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 31, 2000
Page
11
The Cedar Rapids Marion League of Women Voters hosts a candidates forum from 7 to 8 30 PM at Beems Auditorium Cedar Rapids Public Library 500 First St SE Candidates will give statements and answer audience questions ahead of the September 12 school election.
Cedar Rapids police urge residents in northeast and southeast areas to report any information after about 20 parked cars had windows smashed over two weeks. The vandalism occurs overnight along curbs from Bever Avenue SE to the outer northeast-southeast areas, with no items stolen. Authorities suspect a group is responsible.
An Iowa City official named Irvin Pfab, 68, is accused of unwelcome touching of female city employees. Pfab says he learned of the complaints in a Tuesday meeting with Mayor Ernie Lehman, City Manager Steve Atkins, and City Attorney Eleanor Dilkes, and was given harassment policy guidance. Officials call the matter a personnel issue and will not comment further.
The Deer Management Committee votes unanimously to hire White Buffalo of Hamden Connecticut to kill up to 500 deer this winter. The plan goes to the City Council on September 7 with a public hearing September 12 and a vote on September 19. Last year 382 deer were killed for about 70000 dollars.
Exca vating begins today on a 40 acre site near Waubeek, part of the Futura Dairy Farm project to house 1100 cows. Developers say operations should start by year end, after delays from Iowa DNR permit review and questions. Neighbors plan to appeal seeking a hearing on environmental grounds, while Linn County officials debate the board’s authority over large feeding operations.
Edar Rapids Herman C Spores suspects local youths took his Canada geese lawn ornaments from his Richmond Road yard on August 14. A neighbor replaced the missing pair with a new set, planted in Spores’ back yard where he now keeps them secure as he jokes about children and recalls the gifts from his family.
A top Iowa labor official filed a class action in Polk County District Court alleging four retailers improperly charged state and local option sales taxes on food and beverages exempt from taxation. The suit seeks an injunction, restitution, and punitive damages against Parisian Younkers, TJX Companies TJ Maxx, Borders Inc, and Richard Goldman 1/2 Price Stores Inc.
Patricia Berger, 61, of Riverside, says she has theories about her son Mark Berger, 40, missing since May 15, 1999 after a stop at Caseys General Store in Nichols. She believes he may be alive and asks the public for information, noting possible abduction or institutionalization but not murder.
Sgt. Lyle Hansen notes unconfirmed details as family reports Mark Berger disappeared after leaving Bootleggers around 1 a.m. on May 15. His car is missing and money minimal, with investigators planning airborne searches and ditches checked. Berger is among 371 active Iowa missing-person cases, many adults, raising foul-play concerns.
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