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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 25, 2009
Page
2
The forecast shows today's highs and tonight's lows for Cedar Rapids and Iowa City. Rain chances and wind not specified in the readable text.
City Hall and county offices closed today for Christmas. Libraries, transit, and refuse services observe holiday hours with pickups moved to Saturday. Landfills, courts, and DOT offices also closed, with Saturday operations for some services.
The Iowa Lottery and Illinois Lottery publish evening and midday draws for Pick 3 and Pick 4 with numbers 8 7 9 for Pick 3 Evening and 5 3 9 7 for Pick 4 Midday. The $3.25 million jackpot line appears with reference to a Go-48 draw and a Little Lotto listing of numbers 10 18 29 32 33.
The Gazette newspaper provides publication details including address Cedar Rapids Iowa distribution options and subscription rates. It lists contact numbers and notes exclusive AP republication rights and postmaster address for address changes.
The message lists phone lines for Cedar Rapids and Iowa City covering general news tips circulation and toll free options. It includes local and statewide contacts with several repeated numbers and a missing area code in one entry.
The Gazette highlights commitments to future agriculture by using soybean ink and printing on recycled newsprint. It urges readers to recycle newspapers at City Carton on 901 Ingleside Dr SW or other nearby recycling locations.
State officials say federal stimulus dollars can fund services for the mentally disabled at risk from budget cuts. A $1.4 million transfer from a stimulus risk pool was approved to offset a $2.26 million cut in mental health and developmental disability payments. The shift awaits legislative approval next month as funds come from a $10 million stimulus pool.
Weather experts warn Cedar Rapids and Iowa City to expect sleet and snow with temperatures dropping toward Christmas. A warm air layer makes precipitation type hard to predict while a likely mess forms as rain freezes and adds ice on surfaces. Multiple counties face heavy snow later today with power outages already reported.
A historical note records Christmas as first celebrated on December 25 in Rome in AD 336. Subsequent milestones include William the Conqueror’s 1066 coronation and General Washington’s 1776 Delaware crossing toward Trenton. The 1818 premiere of Silent Night is tied to Oberndorf Austria.
1944 Japan claimed surrender of the British Canadian garrison at Hong Kong. 1977 Charlie Chaplin dies in Switzerland at 88. 1991 Gorbachev resigns as leader of the Soviet Union in a televised address. 2006 James Brown dies in Atlanta of heart failure at 73.
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