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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 20, 2003
Page
1
A blaze at Jolly Roger Campground near Coralville Lane destroyed the lodge but caused no injuries. Fire crews reported the incident on Friday afternoon with no immediate information on cause or losses beyond the building.
Iowa lawmakers foresee no easy fixes to the economy while stressing short term concerns and long term optimism. A 17 year old Jefferson High senior, Tresha Walker, stands out as a student and volunteer leader with near straight A averages and advanced classes. The Senate unveils a simplified tax plan with a 3.5 percent flat rate.
1st Lt. Brady Novak, 33, a Cedar Rapids orthodontist, and the Army National Guard’s 109th Medical Battalion Alpha Company, 70 soldiers, will report for active duty today at 9 a.m. at the Iowa City armory. The unit learned the order Tuesday afternoon and is set to serve a year or more, though one member’s 18 month old daughter played on the floor as he prepared.
Veterans discuss potential activation as a Fort McCoy posting nears while Novak reflects on Desert Storm front lines fighting Iraqi forces. He weighs family impact, Bush disarmament aims, and a three year Guard contract ending in October. Company A prepares for Camp Dodge drills.
Washington reports the Democratic National Committee approves January 19 2004 as Iowa caucus day making Iowa the lead-off state in the presidential nominating process with New Hampshire set for January 27 eight days later. DNC chair Gordon Fischer confirms the date and notes the decision is finalized.
Party officials discussed shifting the Iowa caucus date from January 21 1980 the prior earliest and January 21 1986 recorded as the previous early date. The stance was to oppose moving backward noting Iowa guards its opening like New Hampshire.
Nick Colangelo, director of the Belin Blank Center at UI, champions expanding college level work for rural Iowa high schoolers. The AP program, overseen by the UI, provides 13 courses at no cost, funded by state federal and private grants including over 4 million in the last budget year from the U.S. Department of Education and other sources.
Local historian Mark Hunter says two underground storage tanks found behind the Paramount Theatre in Cedar Rapids likely date to the Paramount Texaco site at 327 Second St SE, opened with the theater in the late 1920s and possibly earlier as Shafer Auto Livery. The gas station briefly became a Phillips 66 and later a rental car lot before its decline in the early 1960s.
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