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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 28, 2007
Page
7
West Branch residents amid a Saturday power loss as 130 center clients and staff cope with heat loss. Lee and Blanche Siegling endure cold, relying on wood stove, snow melt for toilets, and routine shifts while officials distribute sleeping bags and keep the facility at about 72 degrees.
Tipton Aquatic Center opens to serve rural residents without power or water offering showers until power is restored. Center hours run 6 a.m. to 8 p.m. weekdays and varied weekend times. call 563 886 2271 for details. Local businesses and area YMCA facilities join the effort to assist those without utilities.
A Sunday night chimney fire caused major damage to Tony and Delisa Martins home in rural Richland. Fire Chief Michael Hadley said no one was injured as a crew fought the blaze for about three hours beginning around 5 30 p m. The house suffered smoke and fire damage with no dollar estimate available. Brighton and Washington County sheriff's deputies assisted at the scene.
Bertram resident Bill Spellerberg spent more than 1200 dollars on two generators after an ice storm knocked out power to his livestock farm. He borrowed another generator from a neighbor to run essential systems including the refrigerator and water for animals. Power returned to the area around 11 a.m. Tuesday at the Abbe Center for Community Care near Marion as officials provided aid such as sleeping bags.
Washington County weekly papers the Wellman Advance and Riverside Current moved publishing to the West Liberty Index office due to a power outage. The Red Cross opened shelters across Eastern Iowa including Cedar Rapids Independence Vinton Marengo and other locations to assist residents without power.
The First United Methodist Church in Tipton will serve hot meals to Cedar County residents without power from 5 30 to 6 30 pm starting last night and continuing until electricity is restored. For more information call 663 886 2331.
A National Institute of Corrections report on the 2005 Fort Madison prison break notes many recommended security fixes remain unaddressed due to funding limits. The $500,000 taut-wire fence upgrade is deemed unaffordable in the current budget, while lawmakers pledge to consider funding in the new session.
Corey A. Hummell a 387 Mount Pleasant man died in a Sunday night house fire. He was found after firefighters extinguished the blaze and his body sent to the State Medical Examiner for autopsy. No fire cause has been released. Gizette and wire reports.
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