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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 15, 2001
Page
13
Cedar Rapids experts say two former Iowa Iron Works and Iowa Steel sites can be revived with a surgical cleanup. Costs may start at 70000 and reach up to 1 million depending on planned use. future development will shape the scope. City officials foresee residential and commercial repurposing linked to the Czech Village project.
The 1920 Quadrangle faces razing due to high upkeep costs while enrollment remains strong for freshmen. Plans consider a 300 to 500 bed new hall to offset Slater Hall closure and convert it to suites. Officials debate who should pay for living cost increases in university housing. Rienow and Slater are the campus’ newest dorms from the mid-1960s.
Linn County advocate John Robertson visits the Cedar Rapids courthouse each Valentine's Day with a dozen long stemmed roses for court reporters and attendants. Deputy Clerk of Court Mary Koopman receives a rose and Robertson notes the gesture is for the induce personal thanks. He says roses cost about sixty dollars this year and he has done this for four or five years except one year on St Patrick's Day. The recipients call the gesture sweet while some attorneys tease him as rose boy. Robertson also leaves a rose for his wife Julia Easley.
The Cedar Rapids City Council selects Behrig's yard-waste carts after testing two rivals. Behrig met key standards including a 3 inch vent hole while Otto Industries and Toter faced specification gaps. The first carts arrive in early March for northwest neighborhoods, with costs rolled into a $12.56 bi monthly solid waste fee.
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