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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 16, 2000
Page
1
Catherine Cooling Till squeezes in one class a semester toward a business degree. Redemption Missionary Baptist Church choirs hold high hopes for tonight's concert.
Wells Fargo will sponsor Cedar Rapids Freedom Festival with the theme United Neighborhoods for the 2001 edition. The new sponsorship expands support for community events and city festivities.
Recreation notes rank Bowman Woods Elementary School in Cedar Rapids as a popular hill spot where plastic toboggans and snowboards are favored rides. Details appear in Recreation, 6C.
Money, 13B notes the merger aims to improve customer service and streamline operations for Farm Services and New Century FS. The article discusses potential efficiencies and service enhancements as the firms combine offerings and networks.
President elect Bush plans to announce retired General Colin Powell as his secretary of state in Crawford Texas with aides confirming Powell as the sole day one Cabinet choice. The event precedes word of Rice as national security adviser and Al Gonzales as White House counsel in Austin.
Ce dar Rapids postal worker Cyd Johnson, 51, serves as Santa's helper each Christmas by opening and answering up to 500 letters addressed to Santa or the North Pole. With help from coworkers and Taft Middle School students she replies to every returnable letter, finding joy in the notes from hopeful children.
Des Moines Gazette reports GOP leaders press Vision Iowa Board to award startup funds quickly to demonstrate progress. House Speaker Brent Siegrist and Senate President Mary Kramer say lawmakers want visible results before expanding bonding. Gov. Vilsack seeks at least 300 million, with 15 million yearly earmarked previously. net after debt service about 180 million.
Francis Childs of Manchester captures the 2000 National Yield Contest with 357.3 bushels per acre despite missing his 400 bushel goal. The 60-year-old farmer aims for 500 in five years and notes a 19 bushel annual yield gain. He defends high nitrogen use amid environmental critics. He cites Pioneer 34B24 Bt corn of 109 day maturity.
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