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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 04, 2000
Page
3
Iowans welcomed the new year in locations from New Zealand to London as The Gazette published 17 accounts in its Millennium Edition. The reports span continents and mark the global reach of the celebration as households share their experiences.
Fairfax resident Nate Peters 22, interning at Linde Corp in Wiesbaden, spent New Year’s Eve in Syria with his British girlfriend. He described Ramadan as making celebrations quiet and noted a small rooftop fireworks display, champagne and music during his relaxed visit to ICARDA-related circles.
ISU band members Robert Kibbe and Laura Johnson described London as beautiful during the millennium parade. Kibbe, a former Cedar Rapids native now in New London, Connecticut, and Johnson from Oskaloosa traveled with the ISU band and faced large crowds and pushing. They plan to return to the United States on Tuesday as London’s utilities remained functioning and cell phone use was normal.
Russell Kraus and Sarah Tiller of Cedar Rapids enjoyed a private Brussels New Year’s Eve party with Belgian foods like salmon fish loaf and pate. Kraus, now in Melbourne Florida with Rockwell Corp, calls the trip incredibly romantic and praises Belgian people who made the visit memorable.
ARIS France Yves Pas watched from Garigliano Bridge near the Eiffel Tower as Paris hosted an all night fireworks display. He emailed The Gazette that crowds blocked views and locals were quiet, while his family spent the summer in Swisher with the Horak family. The philatelic expert and his wife Martine have two children and noted their six year old preferred saying 2000 to 1999.
Brian Charipar, 38, and his wife Annemarie from Batavia Illinois with five children spent New Year’s Eve in Assel Netherlands. They enjoyed oilee bollee oil balls and watched the town clock strike midnight amid fireworks as the Netherlands planned 100 million guilders for New Year celebrations.
Cedar Rapids residents Liz Lund and Jim Ferry of Rockwell Collins spent New Year’s Eve at Patong Resort in HUKET Thailand. They watched dancers, played games, and noted balloons at midnight and hotel fireworks. They paid 2100 baht for a buffet and faced a holiday power outage likely linked to Y2K.
A Swisher native, Kasparek 24, now youth activities director for U S Navy support in La Maddalena, dines at Speedy Gonzales pub as New Year’s Eve feast features squid and octopus. He calls meal not too bad and notes no Y2K issues, sharing memories with U S sailors and new friends.
U S measures to fix Y2K software and hardware costs push total US spending to about 100 billion dollars, the largest share of world repair efforts. Officials acknowledge possible waste yet defend the effort as crucial to keeping key systems healthy. Major phone firms spent 3.6 billion on emergency hot lines and fixes.
Americas Second Harvest launches Go To Waste a national drive to divert surplus canned foods from Y2K stockpiles to hungry people. Kellogg funds 50000 grant supports drives January 15 to February 15 across the nation aiding 50000 local charities. Deb Leff notes the need while officials weigh total stockpile amounts and potential impact.
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