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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 11, 1996
Page
13
The notice invites readers to call CITYLINE at two numbers or join the TeleUs forum to share opinions on a nationwide drug and alcohol testing proposal for school bus drivers. It describes TEL US as a non scientific sampling of public opinion and provides contact details.
A dense Cityline calendar lists events across Cedar Rapids and surrounding areas for January 11 1996 including school board meetings community programs and lectures. Cancellations include a Viola recital at McKinley Middle School and Helen Thomas appearance at Cornell College. Lottery numbers and hotline details are also provided.
Birth notices record Jan 9 and Jan 10 in Fairfax Marion and Linn County with multiple couples listed. The Log reports degree days and heating needs, plus police notices on drunken driving assault forgery theft and burglary incidents with names ages and addresses.
The Vesterheim Norwegian-American Museum in Decorah Iowa received a Cultural Enrichment Grant of 10000 from the Iowa Department of Cultural Affairs. The funds support special exhibitions including Iowa A Place to Sew the Iowa Sesquicentennial Quilts and With a Song in Their Hearts, plus circulating and developing traveling exhibits.
Tayo Washington, 21, a Black Stones gang member, pleaded guilty to a serious misdemeanor drug possession charge and was sentenced to 19 days in Linn County Jail with time served. He was fined 325 plus costs and attorney fees. He testified at trials for Vanice Heath and Carlos Montford related to the March 17 Cedar Rapids killing of 15-year-old Kevin Eatman.
Preliminary approval grants a small memorial park for Jon at a Linn County site on Second Street corner with Eighth Avenue. The land, a former parking lot owned by Linn County Historical Society, may be sold for the Cedar River greenbelt project. Local officials push for funding later.
Marion police seek information on a thief who entered a van on Monday night and stole three bottles of prescription drugs Percocet morphine sulfate and Neurontin. The drugs, prescribed for the van owner, pose serious risks if misused and a checkbook was found several blocks away.
Marion Independent School District Space Study Team outlines targets for class sizes at elementary and middle schools to preserve or improve student ratios. Emerson Vernon and Starry groups differ on ideal limits but share demand for continued enrichment services as they propose options for 1996-97 classroom space.
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