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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 20, 2009
Page
2
Weather outlook from KCRG for today and tonight covers Cedar Rapids and Iowa City with expected highs, lows, and conditions through Tuesday and Wednesday. Strong winds and possible showers are noted in parts of the region.
Items are due 10 days before publication for the Cedar Rapids Gazette Community Calendar. Submit to Gazetteonline calendar or email calendar gazcomm com. Public listings include today’s events and the Central Corridor Gamers section.
Open Gaming and tournaments at Trinity United Methodist Church Cedar Rapids from 6 to 10 p.m. Brucemore hosts holiday mansion tours noon to 3 p.m. Victorian Christmas at Granger House 1 to 4 p.m. Puppet Show at Lindale Mall 2 p.m. The Honky Tonk Angels Holiday Spectacular at The Old Creamery Theatre Amana 3 p.m. with pricing and contact details.
Key events include 1790 the first successful U.S. cotton mill in Pawtucket, 1803 Louisiana Purchase ceremonies in New Orleans, 1860 South Carolina secession, 1864 Savannah evacuation in Sherman’s march, 1945 end of rationing, 1963 Berlin Wall access for West Berliners, 1978 Haldeman released from prison, 1987 Dona Paz disaster, 1989 Operation Just Cause in Panama, and 1998 octuplets birth in Houston with one infant dying soon after.
The Gazette published daily in Cedar Rapids Iowa provides press info including address 500 Third Avenue SE Cedar Rapids Iowa 52401 subscription rates by carrier motor route and mail and AP republication rights. Postmaster and general contact numbers are listed for subscription and service inquiries.
The snippet lists contact information for Cedar Rapids and Iowa City including phone numbers for news desks circulation and a tip line. It provides local and toll free lines with area codes 319 and 319.
The Gazette highlights its commitment to the future by printing with soybean ink and using recycled newsprint. It urges readers to recycle papers at City Carton on Ingleside Drive SW or at local recycling locations.
Saturday drawings listed include Powerball numbers 17 24 39 41 47 with Powerball 21 and a 92 million jackpot. Also shown are Iowa Lottery games Cash Game 10 12 15 25 33 Hot Lotto 3 9 26 32 35 and Illinois Lotto notes including Little Lotto 17 18 20 27 34 and Lotto 1 11 16 28 31 36 with a 2.5 million jackpot and 6 01 48.
Reflecting on 2009 in Eastern Iowa the Gazette highlights highs like the Iowa Hawkeyes 9-0 start and lows such as the Ed Thomas murder case, Cedar Rapids flood impacts, political shifts in Cedar Rapids Iowa City and Coralville, plus the same sex marriage ruling and job losses.
Iowa Policy Project reports run off from farms and cities fosters blue green algae in Iowa lakes and waterways. Cyanobacteria can produce toxins harming people, animals, and ecosystems. Andrea Heffernan and Teresa Galluzzo detail how excess nutrients drive the blooms.
A report from the Iowa Policy Project notes high cyanobacteria and cyanotoxin levels in Carter Lake and Des Moines area rivers, warning that current voluntary agricultural practices are insufficient. It calls for better manure management, buffer systems, precision farming, and conservation agriculture to retain nutrients and reduce fertilizer need.
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