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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 11, 1977
Page
4
A dense slate lists public and tax spending agency sessions across Linn County. Meetings cover board budgets and elections at the courthouse, campus board rooms, city hall, and council chambers from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m., including the Linn Board of Supervisors, Cedar Rapids City Council, and School District boards.
Thursday schedule includes Cedar Rapids Airport Commission special session in room 202 at 10 a.m. Linn County Health Center Budget Committee at noon. Open house for zoning ordinance 1:30 to 9 p.m. in Civil Defense basement. Environmental Review Committee at 3 p.m. in Cedar Rapids City Hall. Linn Board work session at 3:30 p.m. in room 103 courthouse, then regular session. Linn-Mar Schools board 7 p.m. at Educational Services Center. Linn Compensation Board 7 p.m. in courthouse room 103. Performing Arts Commission 7 p.m. in Cedar Rapids City Hall council chambers.
At 2 p.m. the Five Seasons Center Commission holds a special session on the fourth floor of Cedar Rapids City Hall. At 3 p.m. the Cedar Rapids Library Board of Trustees meets in regular session in the Cedar Rapids Public Library conference room.
The text notes bedbugs can survive a year without feeding and that kissing bugs transmit Chagas disease with severe bites. It cites historical dental visit figures from 1976 and mentions the Panama Canal opening in 1914. It also states honey bees' lifetime egg production and house flies' potential descendants in a summer.
The Junior Achievement program announces leaders for two fund drives to build a 428000 dollar JA headquarters in Cedar Rapids. David Hughes of National Oats will head the capital campaign and Richard Swarzentruber of Vigor tone Products will chair the annual operating budget drive seeking 48000 dollars. Wayne Engle, JA board president, says preliminary building plans are ready and site decision pending. Work starts immediately on both campaigns as Hughes names five committee chairs including Al Williams of General Mills and Robert Korinke of IBM.
UPI reports hermit crabs as a rising pet trend with imports at 1.2 million monthly, mostly from the Florida Keys and Central America, sold in pet and department stores for terrariums. Some experts warn the population impact and unknown crab numbers.
Chicago report notes mid 60s indoor temperatures may aid health by keeping air moist. Editor William Barclay of the Journal of the American Medical Association says cool rooms reduce coughing and respiratory issues from moving to cold outdoors, with no major health advantage beyond humidity.
Barbs mentions a holiday drink called the Bobsled and jokes about downhill effects. The text contrasts obesity and narrow mindedness and comments on jogging as a fitness boost. It notes price differences between organic and regular produce and cites holiday color schemes reflecting spending.
Engle notes ranking improvement signals rapid growth in both quantity and quality, contrasting Cedar Rapids with the previous year when it sat in the bottom quartile.
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