Daily Notebook and Local Meetings Summary
Weather closings lines up with city and county notices. Multiple meetings listed including Marion and Cedar Rapids councils, Linn County boards, planning and zoning, and a budget session. Lottery results and daily numbers included with jackpot at 27 million.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cedar Rapids
Cedar Rapids City Hall
Marion City Council
Marion City Hall
Linn County Mechanical Board of Appeals
Coggon City Council
City
Marion Planning & Zoning Commission
Mercy and St Luke's Birth Notices Compiled
Birth notices list several new arrivals with parents and addresses from Mercy and St Luke's. Rita and Darren Ferreter welcome twin sons. Susan and Mark Whitting announce a daughter. Leah and Corey Jensen welcome a daughter Paulette. Staci and Bruce Edwards have a son. Annette and Jon Utterback report a son.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Susan
Mark Whitting
18Th St. NW
Rita
Darren Ferreter
Dairydale Cr. SE
Leah
Corey Jensen
Kencrest Dr. NE
Paulette
Dennis Hearn
Ninth Ave
Hiawatha
Staci
Bruce Edwards
Clarence
Annette
Jon Utterback
40Th St. NE
Drunken driving arrests listed for Eastern Iowa locals
The Gazette records drunken driving arrests from public safety agencies in Eastern Iowa citing time and location of arrest. Names ages and addresses appear, with offenses noted as first second or third offenses and collisions with police charges included.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
the Gazette
Iowa
Willie L. Phillips
Fifth Ave
Fifth
Sixth Avenues
Handicapped Parking Rules Require Visible Signage
Cedar Rapids police remind that a handicapped space must display a vertical sign with the $100 fine notice. Property owners face a $100 fine for improper posting, and spaces are checked after complaints with a 30 day correction period.
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Erceg
Dan Richardson
Traffic Engineering
Handicapped Parking Review Committee
Theron
Tommy” Thomsen
Cedar Rapids
Decorah airman dies in Alabama helicopter crash
2nd Lt. Jason Baker, 24, of Decorah, an Air Force Academy graduate, was killed when a UH-1H Iroquois crashed during a night flight training exercise in southeast Alabama. Funeral plans are pending. Authorities continue to investigate the crash as Fort Rucker officials note a delayed check-in. Baker dreamed of being a pilot since childhood and served with the 23rd Flying Training Flight at Fort Rucker.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gerald Baker
Air Force
Murray
Jason
Baker
U.S. Air Force Academy
Fort Rucker
Ala
Educators back use of network for home ICN access
Des Moines lawmakers heard educators advocate home dial in to the Iowa Communications Network to reach students and staff. Private providers say ICN access could compete with them, while campus officials stress the value for working adults and distant communication with professors and peers. ICN has no home Internet plan and no policy bars home connections.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Michael Ferreter
Des Moines
Iowa
Senate Commerce Committee
John Jensen
R-Plainfield
Steve Ovel
Kirkwood Community College
Bill Decker
University of Iowa
ICN
Todd Schulz
Iowa Telecommunications Association
Council seeks DCI report copy amid Shaw shooting probe
City officials press for a Freedom of Information Act release of the DCI report while media requests are denied. Council member Baker warns of executive session to review Atkins and Winkelhake roles in the Shaw case and public reactions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
DCI
Woito
Council
Winkelhake
Larry Baker
Gazette
Tom Miller
Baker
Name Cedar Rapids Catholic high school faces flood of ideas
A committee for a new Cedar Rapids Catholic high school receives many name suggestions from parishes Regis and LaSalle alumni and event attendees. The task force will narrow to three to five options, then seek input before presenting to Archbishop Hanus for final approval. An 880 student school on a 60 acre site near Ushers Ferry Road is planned with tax exempt bonds and about 6.1 million to be raised locally over five years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Regis-LaSalle School Board
42Nd Street
Ushers Ferry Road
Cedar Rapids
Ramblin cappuccino craze meets campus cafe life
Robyn notes the campus cafe lines workers per shift and substitutes when needed. Students favor lighter lattes and steamers with flavors like Irish cream and hazelnut. Robyn still prefers Mountain Dew. Dave Rasdal’s column runs Tue Fri Sun in The Gazette.
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Robyn
Dave Rasdal
the Gazette
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Daily Notebook
Marion Civil Service Commission
Marion City
Jan-Erik Gustafsson
University Hospitals
Iowa City
Johnson County Senior Center
Rehder
Quadrangle
Linn County Health Department
13Th St. NW
Public Works Complex
Sixth St
Wilson Ave
Marion
35Th St
Bluestem Solid Waste Agency
Illinois
ST. Luke's
Bobbie and
Anthony Diouhy
Springville
Cesses
Eee
Isi Icsi
MidAmerican Energy Co
Loc
Linn County
Lori C. Evans
Second Street
Steve L. Viers
12Th St
15Th Street
Shawn J. Vandiver
Quasqueton
Boyson Road
Interstate 380
Timothy S. Towne
Palo
C Street
Fruitland Boulevard
Jose B. Trevino
Fifth Street
Ninth Avenue
Curtis J. Bodenham
Center Point Road
32Nd Street
Wade C. Ellers
Anamosa
Springville Road
Joan M. Nix
Fourth Ave
E Avenue
Larry R. Strebner
van Horne
12Th Street
33Rd Avenue
James D. Schuster
Mechanicsville
Sixth Street
Dewey D. Edmonds
Bever Ave
Second Avenue
Wesley P. Carpenter
Kirkwood Blvd
Highway 30
Bradley M. Blanchard
Willowridge Rd
Mount Vernon Road
Jonathan L. Washburn
A Ave
County Home
Alburnett Road
Nicholas N. Phillips
38Th
St. Dr
Mount Vernon
Galen L. Otis
Blairs Ferry Road
Matthew J. Hastings
North Towne Ct
Marion Boulevard
Michael N. Callahan
B Ave
16Th Street
D. Hubbard
16Th Ave
Jeremy Carstens
James D. Climer
Third St
Rick Dvorsky
Climer
By Steve Gravelle
Thomsen
LeeAnn Scantlin
Gazette Intern
Randy Blakley
Decorah
Jason Baker
Fjelstul Funeral Home
Associated Press
Army
Bill Hayes
Dial-In
Shaw
Citizens For Justice and Accountability
Eric Shaw
Atkins and
Naomi Novick
White
Jeffrey Gillaspie
Gillaspie
S. Gilbert St
By Becky Stover
Jerome Hanus
Henderson
LaSalle and
Regis
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