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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 19, 2004
Page
1
Howard Dean suspended his White House bid after 17 contests while urging supporters to back him in remaining primaries and caucuses. Senators Kerry and Edwards outlined strategies for March 2 contests in 10 states as Dean's front runner status collapsed.
The Gazette notes Iowa City police logged 242 force incidents last year with separate reports required for any use of force from hand contact to drawing a weapon. Cedar Rapids lacks a comparable public tally, though one senior commander sees value in similar tracking. The Iowa City data are posted online for public access.
C R police officers turn to music therapy to cope with job stress at Iowa department. The article notes officers report reduced tension and improved focus after guided listening sessions and communal jams.
Ashley Gillette and her 5-year-old son Phillip count days until Sgt. Shannon Gillette returns from Iraq. Gillette, a supply sergeant with the Iowa Army National Guard’s 109th Medical Battalion based in Iowa City, awaits his homecoming as about 150 medical professionals and health care support soldiers are also deployed.
Governor Vilsack proposes a per student increase totaling $121 million with no required textbooks funds and a teacher pay initiative of $15 million in 2006. GOP leaders discuss per student increases of $109 million with a $10 million mandate for textbooks and supplies and mention a $44.8 million figure under discussion alongside no specified teacher pay plan.
Gov. Tom Vilsack rejected a GOP passed education bill amid a funding plan for K-12 schools. He said the bill would not become law and vows to work with the General Assembly to craft a proper plan. Republicans accused the move of political leverage and using children as pawns, while noting the party line approval in both houses.
Astronomers report strong evidence of a supermassive black hole stretching and shredding a star near a galaxy center. The X ray outburst confirms a long predicted scenario and is hailed as a major astronomy milestone by researchers including Alex Filippenko of UC Berkeley.
Astronomers using data from the Harvard Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics and NASA report a collapsing star in a distant galaxy. The event sheds light on stellar death mechanisms and the chemical enrichment of the early universe.
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