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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 24, 1999
Page
1
Jefferson's Band of Blue carries its long standing habit of spending New Year's Day at bowl games as it joins the Fiesta Bowl parade route. Players and supporters prepare for the trip with rehearsals, uniforms, and a schedule of events surrounding the game day.
The Postal Inspection Service screens parcels from Frankfurt for possible bombs. Officials emphasize caution for mail handling amid ongoing security checks and potential threats.
Tyler Cleveland of Fairfield rises to No. 24 nationally, the top mark in Ui tennis history, yet he remains hungry for more as the season progresses.
Robert Jett of Solon faces charges from last Friday's Hills Bank incident in Iowa City. The C.R. debates were canceled due to insufficient presidential candidates for the January events.
In a Saturday Gazette report the Central City girls end a 44 game drought spanning over two seasons. The feature notes the team seeks a comeback win to mark a new chapter in local competition.
Former Governor Robert Ray leads a statewide panel finalizing a feasibility study on a $270 million Iowa CHILD project. The plan envisions a five acre 20 story complex with a 300 student lab school a rain forest science center and aquarium linked statewide by the Iowa Communications Network. The project aims to draw 2 million visitors annually create 3 000 jobs and generate $115 million in state wide sales plus tax receipts if funded by a mix of local state and private sources. The study funded by an $185 000 state grant is due by mid January.
Iowa medical examiners indefinitely suspend Dr. Douglas Dawson 47 after 82 patients implicated. Emergency order cites immediate danger to public health and notes a sexual relationship with a patient from 1992 to 1996. Hearing set January 13 in Des Moines. board cites professional incompetence and lack of safeguards.
Assistant fire chief Dave McNally and fellow firefighters Jason Bitting and Nate Tuck died while rescuing a mother and four children in a duplex fire three days before Christmas. The trio, ages 48, 29, and 39, were honored by the town with half staff flags and a black sash at the station as residents recall their community service and varied commitments.
Cedar Rapids considering a spring film festival proposed by Mayor Lee Clancey. The idea, to be explored by the Convention and Visitors Bureau with sponsors and funding, envisions a public-private event featuring diverse film types and builds on past bureau incubator projects like the Kirkwood corn maze.
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