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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 27, 1988
Page
5
Cedar Rapids City Council meets at City Hall. Linn County Supervisors in the board room. Planning Commission at Cedar Rapids City Hall. Hiawatha City Council and Library Board in session. Camerata Musica at Hancher Auditorium. Theaters host Kids shows at Harding and Jefferson High. Five Seasons Eastern Town Conservation Tillage Show runs all day. Tickets listed for events.
Yvette Myers 31 faces psychiatric evaluations to assess competence and sentencing for the June 15 beating death of her mother Rosemary in Cedar Rapids. Judge Lynne Brady declined first-degree murder, ordering March 3 hearings on mental competency as Myers claims incapacity.
Hiawatha officials plan a future growth strategy after decades of rapid development slowed by zoning and sewer challenges. The chamber seeks private funding and a north I-380 site for expansion while urging Council support for road and sewer extensions to attract new housing and business.
Cascade voters return to the polls in March to elect a new mayor and city council. City Clerk Patty Green sets the election date as March 15 or 18 and notes a filing deadline in February. Former mayor R. J. Lees resigned January 14 citing combatative methods.
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