School board eyes expanded P E program with tech feedback
The College Community board directed district PE and fitness teachers to draft a long-range plan for physical education and technology upgrades. They heard a presentation urging more frequent longer classes, especially in elementary grades, with heart rate monitors. The board plans an update in February and a recommendation in April, aiming to align with health and nutrition long-range goals. Also approved was a first reading banning recreational snowmobiles and all-terrain vehicles on school property.
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Diesel fuel woes slow Cedar Rapids school buses
Cedar Rapids school district buses ran late Monday due to cold affecting diesel two fuel and diesel two additive. Officials said they could not obtain diesel one fuel and warned parents by email to keep children indoors until buses arrive.
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Ground ice rinks open early at Bever Park and Arthur School
Recreation and Solid Waste departments announce outdoor rinks at Bever Park and Arthur School will open at 2 p.m. today with timed lights off at 10 p.m. Liners were installed and fillings completed for holiday skating. Call (319) 286-5700 for daily openings.
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Gazette seeks oldest baby boomer in Eastern Iowa
The Gazette invites Eastern Iowa readers born on January 1 or 2, 1946 to contact Iowa Editor Mary Sharp to be featured in a story. Call 319-398-5846 or 1-800-397-8212 or email mary.sharp gazette communications.com with birth time to assist the search.
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Call for tips on stories and photos across Iowa outlets
Readers are asked to share information and tips by phone numbers for Cedar Rapids and Iowa City offices, plus a toll free line. The notice invites tips related to stories or photographs for potential newsroom use.
Dyersville Adopts Citywide Sex Offender Ban
City council votes 4-1 to ban all registered sex offenders from living in Dyersville. The measure follows state law and takes effect Wednesday, despite objections from councilor Eileen Huberty who questions constitutionality and argues the 2,000-foot rule suffices. Residents largely supported the ordinance at a public hearing.
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Cedar Rapids businessmen jailed for tax fraud and illegal work
In Cedar Rapids, Luis Armando Varela-Arteaga, 44, and Jose De Jesus Ibarra-Castaneda, 35, received federal prison terms for income tax fraud and employing illegal aliens. Varela-Arteaga drew 30 months plus fines and back taxes. Ibarra-Castaneda got 27 months, a $50,000 fine, and back taxes, with concurrent sentences for other fraud counts.
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Mom and daughter jailed for threatening mailings to judges
Marlys Floyd, 69, of Cedar Rapids and her daughter Rebecca Pippett, 44, of Keystone were sentenced in Cedar Rapids for mailing threatening communications. Floyd received 33 months and Pippett 36 months for dispatching newspaper excerpts about a federal judge’s family to a Cedar Rapids lawyer and Linn County judges.
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New Wells Fargo Arena Draws Mixed Reviews in Des Moines
Des Moines readers weigh in on the Wells Fargo Arena, noting its size and skywalk access but criticizing long concessions lines, bun shortages, and a single exit. The columnist calls it better than Veterans Auditorium yet prefers Hilton and Carver-Hawkeye for basketball.
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