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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 27, 2002
Page
1
University of Iowa physicist James Van Allen used military missile systems to aid satellite research. The effort supported early satellite measurements and data collection in space exploration.
A brief item notes Iowa's first certified drug testing lab, Express Analytical Laboratory, located in Marion. The nearby spring training guide mentions Major League baseball camps in Arizona and Florida with regional sights described for fans and visitors.
Iowa guard Lindsey Meder earned a place on the women's All Big Ten team while Minnesota coach Brenda Oldfield, a Cedar Rapids native, was named Big Ten coach of the year. An Iowa City man faces criminal charges after allegedly sexually assaulting a co worker and patient.
In YOUTH PLUS a student shares how she crafted her own prom dress revealing DIY fashion trends. The feature contrasts current styles with popular store options and notes accessible design tips for readers planning their own creations.
Experts dispute whether the full term infant born in December 2000 died by strangulation exposure or did not breathe at all. Nicole Plum pleaded guilty to child endangerment and involuntary manslaughter with sentencing planned in Tama County District Court.
DES MOINES Senate Republicans advance a 121.7 million set of budget adjustments while facing warnings from Iowa Supreme Court Chief Justice Louis Lavora about the toll on state employees and services. He notes county clerk offices already cut to shorter hours due to a prior 5.2 million cut and fears further one percent reductions in the final four months will worsen public services.
Governor Vilsack and executives, unions, and minority Democrats backed a Senate plan to erase a 120.7 million revenue shortfall by June 30 with pay cuts, furloughs, program freezes, and fund shifts. The Senate approved a 121.7 million plan on a party-line vote, sending it to the House.
The National Weather Service in Davenport notes an unusually cold night could push Cedar Rapids below zero for only the second time this winter. Forecasters expect highs around normal lows with a cold start, then a westerly flow brings upper 30s and mid-20s by the weekend with more snow Friday and Saturday.
Iowa loses farms at a rate higher than the national average. USDA reports 1999 to 2001 farm counts fell from 96,000 to 93,500, a 2.6 percent drop, with medium sized farms earning between 10 000 and 99 999 per year hardest hit.
Riverside correspondent reports Colleen Hicks 48 will receive fabric and quilt tops from across the country as she helps complete 24 memorial quilts for victims of the Sept. 11 attacks. The World Trade Center Memorial Quilt Project aims to donate a five field sized quilt to the Smithsonian, with charity quilts fueling families through auctions. Hicks has already received Russian and Argentine blocks among others for the project.
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