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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 01, 1999
Page
9
CITYLINE poll asks today for immediate Senate vote on impeachment charges. Call 363 7000 or 337 7000 and enter category 1111 by 7 p.m. Yesterday 494 responses showed 9 percent yes and 91 percent no regarding videotaped testimony becoming public.
FYIowa invites readers to discuss current issues from the impeachment trial to legislative priorities. Viewers weigh in on winter snow removal performance and what the Iowa Legislature should tackle this year.
Linn County supervisors hold a morning work session followed by Cedar Rapids City Council and Grant Wood AEA budget talks. Springville Linn-Mar Mount Vernon and Marion boards meet for sessions and a film program opens. Community programs at Cedar Rapids Library Cornell Chautauqua Harlem Globetrotters concert at Five Seasons Center and piano recital at U of Iowa featured.
The Illinois Pick 3 Evening is 0 4 6 and the Illinois Pick 4 Evening shows 1 1 5 3. Powerball drawing had no winner with numbers 19 24 25 40 45 and Powerball 5. Wednesday jackpot stands at 19 million. Iowa Cash 4 Life, and Saturday 100000 Cash Game numbers are 5 8 22 95 and 10 19 24 25 34 respectively.
Vital statistics announce births at Mercy and St. Luke's. On Jan 30 Michelle and Tony Hite welcomed a daughter at 1139 Center Point Rd NE. Also on Jan 31 Kara Kortenkamp of Aurora welcomed a daughter along with Suellen Cantrall and Bruce Cantrall of Mount Vernon, and Kelly Crooks with Dan Crooks of 1900 Dodge Rd NE welcomed a daughter. at St. Luke's Molly Jesuit of Clarence and others welcomed a daughter.
Catholic Schools Week brings liturgies open houses dinners and spirit days across Cedar Rapids and Marion. Xavier High hosts a student exchange with Dubuque Wahlert and Dyersville Beckman. St Matthew holds a family sock hop. St Joseph Marion serves coffee and doughnuts after Mass. Events include St Jude chili supper St Ludmila soup and kolache All Saints family night and St Patrick Middle School ski trip.
Iowa State University Extension specialist Janet Garkey will present a 90 minute program on transferring non-titled property at 7 p.m. February 10 in Beems Auditorium Cedar Rapids Public Library. The session covers five transfer goals including fairness and conflict avoidance with guidance for family grounded decisions. Call 398-5123 for details.
In Iowa City a used book store hosted the second annual UnSuper Bowl party at North Side Book Market. Attendees like Chuck Miller debated football's violence while others enjoyed readings, chess, and a celebration of the blue moon and Zane Grey. Local herbalist Emilia Vilensky praised football’s communal draw.
Metro High School government class students selected four winning slogans to replace You Make Me Smile. The ideas include Iowa The Opposite of Hawaii and Iowa A place to LEARN and LIVE.
Cedar Rapids bar Hollywoods at 119 1/2 Third Ave SE faced police after hours drinking reports. Owner Robert Hocken 26 could face multiple charges including prohibited acts and eight fire code violations after patrons were served past legal hours. City Council consideration of license revocation follows earlier underage drinking allegations and heater safety violations.
The 21 year old Laura Van Wyhe died of blunt trauma after being found incoherent along Missouri Highway 136 in October 1996. Investigators say associates retained lawyers and will not talk, leaving the case at a standstill. Her 14 month old son was found unharmed.
Missouri Highway Patrol Drug and Crime Control seeks information at (660) 385-2132. King says he suspects what happened but lacks proof to named suspects. He questions whether Laura was struck and notes her child was removed along the road. Nikkel says Van Wyhe’s aunt and mother custody details are known. a visitation hearing for the father is set later this month. The Gazette notes ongoing doubts investigators will resolve the case.
A farmer explains his shift from labor intensive outdoor hog rearing to climate controlled indoor facilities. He notes respiratory problems from gases and dust, and describes his own recovery from knee replacement after shattering an industry shift. He warns others against continuing outdoor practices.
Ken Dall Thu of Iowa's Center for Agricultural Safety and Health says hog workers face up to 30 percent greater risk of respiratory problems from gases dust and fecal matter. He urges fit tested respirators not disposable masks, noting small particles reach deep lungs. About 20 deaths in 20 years.
The Iowa Agricultural Health and Safety Network in Sheridan offers respirator fit testing and gas level test kits for hog houses. The Midwest reports hydrogen sulfide poisoning linked to hog manure as a danger, but no fatalities of this type have occurred recently, suggesting producer awareness has increased.
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