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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 16, 2004
Page
11
A southwest Cedar Rapids family escaped unharmed when a child playing with matches started a bedroom fire at 306 Mitchell St. The fire caused furniture and carpeting damage with light smoke in the rear. Red Cross aided the Edgerly family with clothing and temporary housing.
Fire damages a single story rental home at 801 Highland Ave in Iowa City. Firefighters extinguished the blaze in about 10 minutes, confining it to a bedroom. no one was home. The pet parakeet died and the cause is under investigation. Fire crew remained about two hours.
Government offices close and mail halted for Presidents Day. Cedar Rapids federal courthouse and city halls in Cedar Rapids, Iowa City, Linn County, and Johnson County shut their doors. State courts stay open. trash pickup and bus routes run. Cedar Rapids and Hiawatha libraries close, Marion Library remains open.
In La Porte City, teens Megan Zeien and Joe Burmeister explore a checkers board as volunteers relocate the 34 year old FFA Historical and Ag Museum from the unsafe Kessen Building to a 4,000 square foot site at 404 408 Main St. The move, aided by a $30,000 Iowa Tourism grant requiring matching funds, preserves artifacts and exposes a larger collection.
Stephen Regan, former Central High School guidance counselor in Elkader, remains in probationary status for his teaching and counseling licenses. The Iowa Board of Educational Examiners placed his licenses on probation on Jan. 24, 2002, after Regan’s conviction on two counts of inappropriately touching two 17-year-old students, prohibiting him from seeking or accepting employment in any K-12 district.
Stephen Regan served as guidance counselor at Central High School Elkader from 1995 to 2001, resigning after a settlement with the district. He pled guilty in 2002 to simple assault involving a 17-year-old student and admitted to a similar incident with another 17-year-old. He was hired then fired by Kirkwood Community College in 2003 before teaching. He also worked as a substitute in Cedar Rapids while his teaching license was probationary. After his background was revealed, Cedar Rapids terminated him.
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In Cedar Rapids Shirel Lamb 77 reflects on four decades repairing furnaces from a gravity model at a Brooklyn store in 1946 to forced air work until 1988. He and his wife Joanne enjoy retirement in their 1976 Cedar Rapids home as he recalls the quirks of his name and long career.
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