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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 26, 1999
Page
2
A columnist notes gift returns spike as recipients receive mismatched items from agencies and retailers. Examples span hurricane shutters to Darwin editions and coroner office gifts, with satire on misfires by shoppers and agencies alike.
In April and May 2000 Iowa City doctor Chuck Huss will attempt to climb Mount Everest and be the first Iowan on its summit. Gazette Communications sponsors Huss on the Everest Environmental Expedition 2000 to both climb the mountain and to clean up trash left by prior expeditions. Everest Watch a weekly feature in The Sunday Gazette informs readers about Huss and mountaineering.
GazetteOnline promotes Eastern Iowa climbing and Chuck Huss's Everest ascent with a new Climbing Forum at lowa.com. Readers can comment on expedition coverage by contacting Sunday editor Dan Geiser at 319 398 8264 or dgeiser fyiowa.com.
Discovery astronauts wrap a mission at Space Center Houston after delivering more than a dozen gifts to the Hub ble Space Telescope aboard the shuttle. The crew completes the final procedures on Saturday ending the mission.
French astronaut Jean-Francois Clervoy used Discovery’s arm to lift the Hubble Space Telescope from the cargo bay and ground control planned a Christmas return. The refurbished observatory, valued at 3 billion dollars, has new gyros batteries computer and transmitter after three days of space walks and 70 million dollars in gear. First observations to resume in two weeks ending a two month hiatus.
The Gazette prints with soybean ink and recycled newsprint to encourage readers to recycle. It lists City Carton at 4250 Sixth St SW and other recycling locations for convenient drop offs.
Retail Advertising and Classifieds contact numbers are listed for Cedar Rapids and Iowa City. Operations run weekdays with specific toll free lines and varying early close times. The index notes deadlines and that wage numbers and certain news items may appear there.
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