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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 20, 1998
Page
9
TELUS reports public opinion on whether a student athlete should lose playing rights if accused of a serious crime. The current poll asks readers to vote and share views on balancing due process with team eligibility amid controversy.
A dense, hour by hour listing for January 20 1998 shows Cedar Rapids Linn County and Marion offices convening multiple sessions at Cedar Rapids City Hall Marion City Hall and related buildings. Topics include budget work sessions planning transportation and engineering, a campaign kickoff for Rob Berntsen, a Culver appearance, a STD exam clinic, and recycling site hours with locations and times. The day also includes lectures by Ondrej Cepek at Cornell College and various committee meetings in the Cedar Rapids region.
Lottery draws listed including Daily Millions with color codes and Pick 3 Pick 4 Little Lotto and Jackpot. Totals show sums for periods July 1996 to Jan 1998 compiled by MidAmerican Energy Co.
The mandarin birth list shows new arrivals: Jan 14 Terra and Travis Popelka at 102 Simpson St SW welcomed a son while Jan 18 Stacy Lowe of 5720 Colorado Dr ST. LUKE'S welcomed a daughter for Jan 18 Angela LeVan and Andy Danenhauer of 1835 Third Ave SE. Also Jan 18 Therese and Billi Mefford of 1242 Bertram St Cedar Rapids welcomed a daughter and Angela Crock of Olin welcomed a daughter. Jan 19 Chris Wilcox of Quasqueton and Bruce Wilcox welcomed a daughter and Kari Doeppke of Elkader welcomed a son.
The Gazette lists individuals charged with drunken driving in Eastern Iowa with arrest times and locations. Names include Brad D. Roberts Peter Rufino Barry Ahern Rodney Lympus Theresa Capps Juan J. Dondiego Corey Ferguson Adam Fisher Perry Harris and Jeffrey Kohl with offenses noted as first second or third.
On the first day for installing NHTSA authorized air bag cutoff switches, six Linn County GM and Ford dealers saw no installations or customer arrivals. Nationally 6,850 requests have been filed with about 5,000 approved. 1,850 are in processing.
Vernon Studt who built Iowa’s best holiday lights display with 70 000 to 100 000 bulbs died at his Lisbon home after an inoperable brain tumor. Dozens helped install the display last fall with donations from local restaurants and Cornell College students. He served on the Lisbon City Council and ran a home repair business with his son.
Waterloo Allen Memorial Hospital and Waterloo doctors seek rehearing on a proposal to build a free standing surgical center with five operating rooms. The State Health Facilities Commission denied a certificate of need last month. Covenent Medical Center Sartori Memorial Hospital oppose the plan citing impact on Cedar Falls and Cedar Rapids centers.
About 100000 tons of silt have been removed from the 90 acre Backbone Lake bed as the Backbone Lake Volunteers push to excavate 18 acres before the DNR refills the lake on April 1. The group may need to rent equipment to finish the job and is fundraising through the Strawberry Point Economic Development Commission.
The 1996 shooting on Gene's property near Oxford Junction involved a teenage son who had left Maquoketa High School after a May three vehicle crash for which he was deemed responsible. Relatives say the incident drastically changed him as he lives with his mother Laurie Puetz in rural Manchester.
A full scale replica of the Atanasoff Berry Computer is on display at the Science Station in Cedar Rapids through Jan. 29. Built by ISU researchers from notes and drawings, the replica cost $340,000 and showcases early uses of binary processing and decimal input output. Admission varies by age with free entry for members.
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