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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 26, 2009
Page
7
Residents are invited to a planning workshop from 8 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. Saturday at the Crowne Plaza Five Seasons Hotel in downtown. Lunch and child care will be provided to preregistered participants, with parking free in the hotel ramp.
Marion Independent School board members meet at 7 p.m. in the administrative boardroom to consider a calendar for the 2009 2010 year. Administrators recommend classes begin Aug. 19 and end June 1 2010. The board will also discuss an accreditation visit by the Iowa Department of Education next month.
The IRS designates a Midwest Disaster Area including Iowa City. Qualified students may claim a larger education tax credit and room and board as eligible expenses. University officials emphasize no tax advice is given.
John Flanagan, a 33 year old logger near Coggon, Iowa, describes 80 hour weeks, $30,000 yearly pay, and dangers of felling oaks. The piece contrasts the job’s hard physical effort with pride in outdoor work and personal fulfillment, noting the study’s five criteria and regional implications.
Nationally known illustrator Barry Ross who grew up in New York City now works from a studio north of Fairfield. He has drawn technical refinery illustrations and annual reports for aviation firms and investors, and is noted for aviation and golf imagery.
Iowa DOT reports median cable barriers installed since 2007 have reduced cross median crashes. The first Eastern Iowa barrier went in on a 5.25 mile stretch of I-80 last summer, with about 30 miles now in place and 15 more planned. No crashes are always reported. damage reports mark incidents. A private contractor will handle repairs and document barrier strikes as miles increase.
The Gazette notes the Iowa Department of Transportation will install median cable barriers along about 60 miles of I 80 in Eastern Iowa to reduce cross median crashes. Plans include rural sections in Johnson Cedar and Scott counties where the interstate is not being widened.
Newstrack reports follow up on local newsmakers and events published weekly on Mondays. The Gazette provides contact options including postal, telephone, and email for inquiries and submissions.
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