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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 27, 1995
Page
7
Jeffrey Flathers, 17, of Bellevue, died in a single vehicle crash on Highway 52 near Green Island in Jackson County around 2:30 a.m. The car left the road, struck a tree in the east ditch and he died at the scene.
Voters head to polls Tuesday noon to eight at LJL Hall Main Street to decide the vacancy after Stephen Palmer quit due to a work schedule change. Karen Otto and Annette Slifka compete for the seat, with the term ending at year’s end and the winner to become the council’s only woman.
The University of Iowa College of Medicine invites people aged 12 and older with asthma to join two studies testing new medications. Non-smokers will attend eight visits over 14 to 20 weeks, with compensation. Call 353-7239 for details.
A Coe College team is among 38 finalists chosen from 700 worldwide for the ACM ICPC finals sponsored by Microsoft in Nashville. The six members include Geci Karuri, Joe White, Peter Yong and alternates Kayt Humbert, Kong Loh, Jason Shockley.
The Gazette announces Gazette Net an electronic bulletin board service. Readers can use a modem to dial 319 368 8800 to submit letters stories ideas obtain forms for announcements milestones start or suspend subscriptions and place classified ads.
Seeds from Eastern Europe, including black tomatoes and peach blush varieties, are offered to Iowa gardeners by Seed Savers International in Decorah. The program brings preserved heritage seeds from remote former Soviet regions, saved despite past wars and funding losses.
Seed Savers International promotes an endangered seed drive with brochures and fax requests. The group builds collections in Russia Moldova and Ukraine and duplicates them at Heritage Farm Decorah. Selling a few dozen varieties raises funds for more expeditions as gardeners gain access to over two dozen Russian Moldova and Ukrainian seeds at 2.50 per packet and a gift collection of Russian vegetables.
Tony Staab spends winters on South Padre Island with wife Kay arriving in January and returning to Cedar Rapids in March. They stay at Yacht Club Hotel near Port Isabel, a historic 25 room inn built in 1926, value modest and not disclosed. Kay’s parents Austin and Virginia Ash also vacation there. Tony is a retired petroleum salesman and former Edgewood fire chief. Kay was the superintendent’s secretary in Edgewood.
An Iowa snowbird travel sketch notes winter residents in the Texas Valley. Ken and Betty Schriner from Cedar Rapids guide readers through South Padre Island and nearby scenes, counting nearly 200000 Midwest snowbirds in the region. The piece mentions Colesburg and Delaware County ties, and recalls the 1973 town incorporation of South Padre Island and its hosting of the Miss USA pageant in February.
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