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Cedar Rapids Gazette

Location

Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Feb 24, 1997

Page

6

Hiawatha considers aquatic center bond plan

City officials discuss a $30,000 annual pool budget funded by fees to keep overhead low. A $70,000 assessed home value would incur about $73 yearly tax if the bond passes. Construction could start in fall with a 1998 grand opening. Wertzberger notes no opposition yet but invites comments at the March 6 meeting.

Wertzberger

Shooting at Park Towne Apartments prompts resident recounts

Residents of Park Towne Apartments describe little to no noise during the early morning shooting. Darwin Christopherson says he slept through it and notes occasional fights in the parking lot. A male resident defends the complex as safe despite a troubled reputation, while Park Towne staff and HandiMart employees declined to comment.

Park Towne Apartments Christopherson Park Towne HandiMart

Titanic survivor to cross ocean by boat

Millvina Dean, one of the last Titanic survivors, will cross the Atlantic by boat. She was nine weeks old when the ship sank after hitting an iceberg in 1912, during its voyage from Southampton to New York. Fifteen hundred people died, including Dean's father.

London Atlantic Millvina Dean Southampton New York Dean

Weather coverage by KCRG-TV9 features CITYLINE update

Rain sleet sun or snow described in weather coverage notes. KCRG-TV9 weather team directs viewers to CITYLINE for full reports and provides contact numbers 363-7000 and 337-7000 with category 2040 for access.

Kcrg-Tv9 Cityline

U of I forum tackles faculty teaching and university mission

At a university forum U of I leaders including Mary Sue Coleman and Willard Boyd voiced calls for accountability and open diverse curricula. Former presidents Hunter Rawlings and others urged broad, interdisciplinary commitment to address society’s needs and avoid over specialization.

Freedman Chuck Larson Cedar Rapids U of I Larson Mary Sue Coleman Willard Sandy” Boyd Boyd Chicago Field Museum Hunter Rawlings Rawlings Cornell University

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