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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 22, 1997
Page
9
Readers are invited to vote on mandatory breath tests at school dances to curb teen drinking. TELUS notes a non scientific sample and encourages discussion on the Your Two Cents forum.
The schedule covers airport boardroom and council meetings at Cedar Rapids City Hall and Grant Wood AEA, a choir concert at Decorah High School, and festive displays at Cedar Memorial Park. Nativity drive through and Fantasy of Lights run in the evenings with admission fees for vehicles, motor coaches, and guided tours. Newton Telescope event marks Sir Isaac Newton's birthday with varied pricing.
Saturday and Sunday lottery results listed for Illinois and Iowa include Pick 3 2 1 9 and Pick 4 6 1 9 1 0 11 12 17 23. Powerball 7 held a $10 million jackpot with no winner. Wednesday's is $12 million. Nobody won the Super Cash Lotto drawing. next $400,000. Cityline numbers provide draw access.
Dec 20 21 reports list births at Mercy Belle Plaine Vinton and St Luke's including names of parents and newborns with addresses. The Log notes drunken driving arrests with times places and ages from county records and public safety sources.
Iowa inmates often ask judges to reconsider their sentences but judges grant few. The law allows a motion within 90 days of imprisonment, though hearings may occur later. Notable cases include Goldin era convictions and releases, with judges noting limited impact of reconsiderations.
West Burlington Independent School District gains students and tax money under the open enrollment law, while West Liberty loses pupils prompting Superintendent Lee Hoover to seek law changes. About 15,250 students statewide transferred this year, up 9.4 percent from 1996 97, with West Burlington the top beneficiary at 30 percent of students living outside their district. Hoover urges limiting tax impacts and addressing racial mix rules after Waterloo loss of 373 students, and the state Board of Education may be asked to support changes as Legislature resists.
Michael S. Kontos 33, a Cedar Falls securities broker, received one month in jail after pleading to giving false statements to federally insured institutions to obtain 38,186 in loans. U.S. District Judge Michael Melloy ordered 100 hours of community service yearly on three years of supervised release.
Kennedy High School will launch a daily before school support group for students who want to quit smoking. The program is funded by a $6000 grant from Tobacco Free Iowa with $2000 per year for three years. About 25 percent of students, roughly 450, smoke daily and many expressed interest in quitting.
Ramon Anorre-Rodriguez and Jesus Manzanarez-Rodriguez were sentenced in U.S. District Court to ten months each for transporting illegal aliens into the United States. They will be deported to Mexico after serving their sentences. The pair drove a van stopped on Interstate 80 in July carrying 10 illegals from California to North Carolina, an arrest linked to Operation Hawkeye by INS, Border Patrol and Iowa State Patrol. Manzanarez-Rodriguez is a permanent resident alien.
Easley moves sculpture pieces during design, preferring hands on creation and avoiding sanding when possible. He contemplates risks and opportunities, visualizes outcomes as memories, and eyes markets in the Orient while supporting other Iowa artisans.
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