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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 26, 2002
Page
1
The physicist James Van Allen discussed his meeting with Soviet scientists with the CIA. The report notes this is part 3 in a series labeled 1B and dated today.
Coaches and athletes in Minnesota discuss ongoing pole vault risks after a death rate raises concerns. Officials review practices while vaulters push for safer equipment and updated training protocols to prevent future tragedies.
Regulators raise objections to McLeodUSA bankruptcy plan which would release officers employees and directors from liability. The article notes concerns about creditor protections and governance.
Calvin the rabbit and performer Carrie Kriz animate a History Center program for young audiences in Cedar Rapids, as neighbors note the education fun.
GOP lawmakers propose a $126.5 million set of budget adjustments to balance Iowa's 2002 ledger by June 30. Plan includes 5 percent pay cuts for officials, 1 percent executive and judicial cuts, 16 month employee furloughs, and transferring $51.2 million from 14 special funds to the general fund while shielding K-12 education from further reductions.
Sundown Mountain GM Mark Dietz notes a cold snap and ongoing snowmaking lift spirits after Iowa's unusually warm winter hurt operations. Despite late opening and weather swings, January and February still show comparable business as die-hard skiers praise reliable snow and new visitors.
Cedar Rapids officials report the Ten Commandments Monument on May's Island lawn outside City Hall remains on public property. City Attorney Jim Flitz notes mixed federal rulings and the Supreme Court’s non intervention in an Indiana case leave questions to be decided by specific facts.
Suburbs in the nations 102 largest metro areas no longer dominated by married couples with children. Unmarried nonfamily households and single professionals or elderly widows now outnumber traditional family setups. Census 2000 shows 29 percent of households are unmarried unrelated, up from 27 percent in 1990.
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