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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 09, 1998
Page
9
The item notes a city survey call line CITYLINE with numbers 363 7000 and 7 7000 and entry category 1111 for today 8 p m. It recalls yesterday s question on Karla Faye Tucker s execution and asks if her life should have been spared. It then presents today s polling question on reinstating the death penalty amid non scientific sampling.
A dense listing of local government, library, school board, and neighborhood meetings in Linn County and Cedar Rapids. Highlights include board work sessions, planning committees, REAP, and public library events, with venues across the Administrative Office Building, Health Department, Armory, City Hall, and various schools.
Lottery results and draws from Illinois and Iowa venues are listed with numbers and jackpots. Local notices include birth announcements for Jacqueline Foster and Rhonda Slowey, and drunken driving charges with arrest times and locations in Iowa City and Cedar Rapids.
Linn-Mar school district will broaden career education through a 64762 grant from the Iowa Department of Education. The funds support a half time career program coordinator adviser groups staff training and expanded Junior Achievement internships and job shadowing. Long term goals include a district wide career curriculum and more community partnerships.
Ten people at Clare House Catholic Worker in Cedar Rapids gathered to oppose capital punishment. Attendees including Sister Dorothy Hennessey and Esther Ard discussed God’s love and argued state executions are wrong, citing no deterrent effect and moral concerns. Senate and House leaders debate votes, with opponents noting insufficient support.
Balster, ranching since age nine, lines wooden lambing pens near the barn and cleans the area after lambing. He notes mortality is highest in the first two days and twins become common in February and March, with occasional triplets. Lambs fetch good prices, about 75 cents to $1 per pound, and a four to five feed conversion ratio.
Thick fog forced the cancellation of three early morning departures from The Eastern Iowa Airport bound for Chicago and St. Louis. TWA Flight 242 United Flight 786 and American Eagle Flight 4084 were unable to land last night and were canceled. Passengers are advised to call before heading to the airport.
Iowa officials may review former State Medical Examiner Thomas Bennett's shaken baby syndrome rulings in two Northeast Iowa cases. Bennett defends his autopsies while critics urge review, citing retinas hemorrhages and disputed evidence in the deaths of 3 month old Levi Lansgard and 6 month old Brennan Hutchinson.
McKinley Middle School fine arts committee plans a proposal to expand the program for students with more options during and after school. The plan references Johnson School of the Arts and aims to begin this fall, presented at the 4:30 p.m. work session and 7:30 p.m. meeting at the Educational Services Center.
Marion and Linn-Mar school boards hold their third joint work session to review the Marion Chamber Report Card Commission findings. The 7 p.m. meeting in Marion's Administrative Board Room will cover topics such as shared technology cooperative purchasing building grounds and strategic planning.
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