Cedar Rapids budget to raise property tax 5.5 percent
The 45 day old City Council plans a 5.5 percent property tax increase for homeowners starting July 1 to preserve current services. Budget aims for a status quo with $500000 to keep the police helicopter fleet flying and continued bulky item pickups. This maintains roughly $3.4 million in added costs to a $75 million general fund.
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City budget hikes property taxes and utility bills
The budget outlines a 5.5 percent rise in residential property taxes and a 4.4 percent increase in city utility charges covering water sewers and garbage. The police helicopter program continues with no city employee layoffs and no new west side fire station planned.
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Diversity chief urges deeper Iowa tolerance into understanding
Alfred Ramirez, Diversity Focus Executive Director, leads Corridor diversity efforts urging Iowans to move beyond tolerance toward understanding and interaction with people of different races and backgrounds. Ramirez notes his Mexican heritage and upbringing shape his view of inclusive community growth.
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Diversity Focus
Alfred Ramirez
Jim Slosiarek
Gubernatorial race: Judge exits, backs Culver endorsement
Iowa Secretary of Agriculture Patty Judge will drop out of the governor race and endorse Chet Culver. Culver backers in Ames cite the move as significant as he plans a rollout with stops at the Statehouse and across Cedar Rapids Davenport Ottumwa and Albia Judge's Des Moines campaign staff decline comment.
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Judge
Iowa
Chet Culver
Culver
Patrick Dillon
Dillon
Statehouse
Cedar Rapids
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Ottumwa
Albia
Risk quiz estimates death odds for Americans over 50
Researchers claim an 81 percent accuracy in predicting four year mortality using factors such as age gender and BMI from a survey of 11 701 Americans over 50 in 1998 The test helps doctors and families plan care and is explained by Dr Sei Lee of the San Francisco VA Medical Center
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Sei Lee
San Francisco Veterans Affairs Medical Center
Legacy of faith guides mother who lost six sons
Mary Goedken of Monticello endured the loss of six sons to AIDS with the help of her deep faith. Her sole surviving son, Stephen Goedken of Dubuque, recalled her acceptance and resilience. Mary Goedken died Monday at 91 at Monticello Nursing and Rehabilitation Center.
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Monticello
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Dubuque
Mary Goedken
Monticello Nursing and Rehabilitation Center
Family bears nation's worst AIDS toll for one clan
The Goodken family holds the record for the most AIDS deaths in the United States with seven: Tommy dying in 1971 from hemophilia complications and five others Loras Ernie Carl Dennis and J J dying after HIV exposure from Factor 8 clotting agent. CDC notes blood screening now prevents such tragedies.
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