Cedar Rapids man arrested on meth manufacturing charge
Skyler Freno, 20, of Cedar Rapids, was arrested at 1123 First Ave SW on suspicion of aiding and abetting the manufacture of meth. Police found a small amount of meth and lab precursors after responding to a garage odor. He was released Monday without bond. The renter at the rental was present but not charged.
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Skyler Freno
Cedar Rapids
First Ave
Tim Daily
Freno
Daily
College Community UK Extends Whitehead Pact to 2007
The College Community school board unanimously approved a three year contract for Superintendent Dick Whitehead through the 2006 2007 school year. Salary will be set later this spring after negotiations with district staff. Whitehead earns 122500 this year and joined the district in July 2003 replacing Mick Starcevich who moved to Kirkwood Community College.
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College Community UK
Whitehead
College Community School Board
Dick Whitehead
Center Point-Urbana
College Community
Iowa Foundation sets 2003 fundraising record with gifts
The University of Iowa Foundation tally shows gifts from over 62,000 contributors in 2003 the high for its 50 year history. Outright gifts reached $62.4 million and total fundraising including pledges totaled $126.3 million the third highest on record.
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University of Iowa Foundation
Foundation
Michael New
Patriot Act support from FBI lawyer Coleen Rowley
Coleen Rowley, 2002 Time co Person of the Year and former Minneapolis FBI general counsel, says the Patriot Act helps unite law enforcement and intelligence. She spoke at a news conference and will lecture at the University of Iowa with emphasis on closing the wall between agencies.
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Tom Owen
Gazette
Iowa City
FBI
Time Magazine
Coleen Rowley
Rowley
Iowa
Minneapolis
Congress
Robert Mueller
Mueller
Phoenix
Demolition Begins at Cedar Rapids YMCA Complex
Dick Zieke and Bill Whipple of Cedar Rapids recall the old YMCA as demolition starts in Cedar Rapids Monday. They served as members for over 50 years. The Nassif YMCA opened in August 2002 at 207 Seventh Ave SE.
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Dick Zieke
Bill Whipple
Cedar Rapids
YMCA
Zieke
Whipple
Helen G. Nassif
Seventh Ave. SE
Jim Slosiarek
the Gazette
Alex Sturtz
Grace Episcopal Church
Hunter
Cleo Hauser
First Ave
Colleen Rowley to Speak on Patriot Act at UI Lecture
Colleen Rowley will give a free public lecture on the Patriot Act at 7 30 p m Sunday in the Iowa Memorial Union. She will also deliver the keynote at 1 p m Saturday for the Women in Law Conference in the Boyd Law Building Levitt Auditorium. Conference costs are 8 for UI students and 15 for others.
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Coleen Rowley
Iowa Memorial Union
Rowley
Women In Law
Levitt
Boyd Law Building
Ul joining international birth defect research group
The University of Iowa birth defects research team joins an international investigation into cleft lip and palate prevention. Dr. Jeff Murray notes Iowa cases occur in about 1 in 1,000 births, with higher rates among Asian and Native American groups and lower rates among African descent populations.
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University of Iowa College of Medicine
Iowa City
University of Iowa
Iowa
Jeff Murray
Norway
Denmark
Brazil
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Counting courthouses and licensing dangers in Iowa
Readers assure Iowa has 101 courthouses when counting Lee and Pottawattamie, despite 99 counties. The column notes twocounty seats and two courthouses in Lee, plus a dual courthouse in Pottawattamie. License plate numbering and casino traffic on Highway 30 in Toledo prompt safety concerns and recount past county identifiers.
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Iowa
Kossuth
Lee County
Fort Madison
South Lee County
Keokuk
Melvin McCalley
Linn County
Pottawattamie County
Council Bluffs
Avoca
Lee and
Pottawattamie
Cruella DeVille
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Odor
Ul Foundation
Wartburg College
Waverly
UI College of Law
Zacarias Moussaoui
C.R
Linn
Johnson
Harrison
Toledo
Mike Deupree
Mike
Deupree
Gazettecommunications.com
Gazetteonline.com
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