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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 05, 1985
Page
7
Cedar Rapids Community School District voters decide on an enrichment levy to fund five years of education, with 75 percent of revenue from a 5.42 percent state income surtax. Next year yields 2.4 million, with property taxes rising modestly from 4 to 21 dollars per 100000 house. Absentee ballots totaled about 330 by Monday.
Police investigate three burglaries including two in the same apartment building where stereo equipment worth about 4600 dollars was stolen between 2:30 and 5 p.m. Saturday and another home entry through a side window. A separate rental property and two vacant houses on Seventh Avenue SW were stripped of fixtures and copper plumbing worth thousands. A man was arrested on first degree burglary after breaking into Kathy Robertson’s home and threatening a guest.
About 350 students from six eastern Iowa high schools will participate in the East Central Iowa Choral Festival at Coe College in Cedar Rapids. A 7 p.m. concert in Sinclair Auditorium features Cedar Rapids Prairie LaSalle Linn-Mar Benton Community Dyersville Beckman and Iowa City Regina with tickets 2 adults 1 for students.
In Linn District Court charges including a Oct 26 drunk driving case against Diana L Christensen sen were dismissed for lack of evidence. Other actions include 24 drunk driving judgments, several defendants who violated probation receiving jail terms, fines, or suspended sentences, and related dismissals for those not located or pleading guilty to related charges.
Iowa Department of Transportation accepts most Mount Vernon requests for the Highway 1 resurfacing project valued at 230000. Four blocks from Third Street South to North will be concrete paved and graded. Bids go out April 2 with work starting in May and finishing by August 1. Mount Vernon pays about 45000 for storm sewers and parking area repaving.
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