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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 18, 2003
Page
9
Beginning Wednesday at 8 a.m. Cedar Rapids police will ticket and tow vehicles parked on city streets since the weekend snowstorm. No prior warning will be given. officers will cite snow plow evidence to identify unmoved cars. The move aims to reduce street clutter and aid street cleaning by plows.
A four year old girl from Center Point struck in the face by a ricocheting hockey puck at a Rough Riders game in Cedar Rapids is recovering, with a cracked eye socket and facial lacerations. She was transported to St Luke's Hospital and released Monday evening, smiling at her grandparents' Center Point home.
Early morning blaze at 3698 Quarry Heights Lane NE caused about 50000 in damage to a wooded North Liberty residence of Richard and Sara Jean Henry. No injuries reported as flames appeared from the roof near the chimney. responders faced slick access and distance challenges reaching the rural property.
SEIU Local 199 plans a 4 p.m. Wednesday rally on the Towa Memorial Union patio. The union, representing 1,400 University Hospitals nurses and 600 staff, protests health care worker shortages at US Hospitals and cites staffing in bargaining talks as two-year contract talks stretch since December. City Council expected to approve a one-year contract for Iowa City police with a 3 percent raise and higher health insurance costs. Employee premium co pays rise from 4 percent to 5 percent monthly, capped at 35 dollars for the first six months and 40 dollars for the second six months.
Jim's Foods owner Larry Weip received a city revaluation notice showing his 800 block Sixth Street SW property value rising from 467,654 to 590,643 dollars, a 26.3 percent jump. He plans to contest the assessment, calling the change ridiculous as the increase will be used to base taxes.
Clayton Land er of Cedar Rapids grew up amid aviation lore with a father who photographed barnstormers and mentored pilots. He learned to fly four engine bombers in World War II, trained with the National Guard, and served as a Collins Radio pilot after earning an aeronautical degree from Iowa State University in 1947.
Four Democratic presidential hopefuls pitched unions at Des Moines event, promising stronger worker protections, healthcare, higher minimum wage, fair trade with labor standards, and pension security. Leaders praised the contrast with Bush but reserved judgment on a front runner.
St Luke's Hospital smallpox Response Team members Brenda Kopp and Becky Gerber volunteer for inoculation duty after brief training. They received vaccines Feb 4 in Des Moines and will vaccinate 48 fellow staffers, with further steps to monitor recipients seven days later.
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