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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 11, 2013
Page
1
The Iowa City school board will not vote Saturday on a new diversity policy. Instead the group plans a listening post to gauge community input, replacing the previously scheduled special meeting.
Vice President Biden plans to deliver recommendations to President Obama by Tuesday on curbing gun violence as the National Rifle Association voices strong opposition. Venezuelans rally as Hugo Chavez is too ill to return home on his inauguration day.
Iowa, led by coach Fran McCaffery, failed to convert opportunities in a 62-59 loss to Michigan State. The defeat left the Hawkeyes with a season defining setback as they struggled to close out the game.
Iowa National Guard will slow tempo after 12 years of war in Iraq and Afghanistan. Maj. Gen. Tim Orr says deployments will be fewer smaller shorter and less dangerous though Guard remains an operational force ready to resume combat roles. The force faced post 9 11 shifts and funding changes but must be prepared to be called on again if needed. A Humvee Egress Assistance Trainer at Camp Dodge in Johnston uses rubber replicas to train soldiers for rollover scenarios.
Iowa Guard membership sits around 7,400 soldiers and 2,000 airmen with a stable decade long trend. The budget runs about 400 million annually with 97.5 percent from the federal government. Since 2001 more than 17,000 members have deployed to Iraq and Afghanistan, peaking in spring 2004 and 2011 with about 3,500 and 3,300 deployed respectively.
The City Planning Commission urged the City Council to impose a temporary halt on new billboard permits while the city finalizes updated rules for off premise signs including digital billboards. Members cited rush by local firms to file applications before new regulations take effect.
Barron Motor Supply at 706 Second Ave SE Cedar Rapids appears among the Lincoln Highway era automobile row of stores. The 1935 image showcases early automotive commerce and local retail lining the prominent highway corridor.
Cedar Rapids seeks National Register status for Sokol Hall and a 1908 gymnasium at 417 Third St. SE. An adjacent auto district spanning Second and Third Avenues from Sixth to 10th streets, dubbed auto mobile row, also awaits nomination as a separate historic site.
Voters send a record-tying 35 women to Iowa's Legislature for the 2012 session. Twenty-five women join the House and ten will serve in the Senate, matching the 2009 mark. Dianne Bystrom notes 2012 was a strong year for women candidates.
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