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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 28, 1998
Page
9
Daily Notebook reports a non scientific poll asking residents to choose yes or no on a moratorium for new gambling facilities. It also asks if Elizabeth Dole should run for the Republican nomination, noting 48 responses yesterday and a TELUS sample.
The Your Two Cents online talk forum at www.fylowa.com invites readers to discuss today’s hot topics. Question prompts ask what the president’s legacy will be, where states should set lines on corporate testing, and whether Ellis Park is the right site for a new ice skating rink.
A dense schedule for January 28 1998 lists city council and county board meetings in Cedar Rapids Linn County and Johnson County with sessions at various locations. Exhibits travel art theater and educational programs share time slots at Five Seasons Center Shueyville Junction Restaurant Cedar Rapids Museum of Art University of Iowa Museum of Art and more. Community activities include beekeeping lectures a craft slide show and a lunch informational on abstinence and STDs with recycling site hours at Public Works complex and Randall Foods.
A reader friendly roll of Illinois Lottery results for January 26 1998 includes Daily Millions and Pick 3 and Pick 4 draws with exact numbers Red White and Blue combinations and the 1.6 million Jackpot. Totals cover multiple year spans and are compiled by MidAmerican Energy Co.
Jan. 25 to Jan. 27 births listed from Mercy and St. Luke's hospitals including new sons and daughters for families in Atkins Marion Monticello Central City Brandon Walker and others. Names include Sandy Heatherwick Heath Kinderknecht Andrea Leitch Katherine Willett Clifton Emrich Misty Carney Cecilia Farmer Jose Cooper Tracy Lafier Barbara Meyer Jean Weber Jody Marquardt and spouses.
Public safety notes list assault charges against Jeffrey D. Chambers and Joe W. Morgan Jr involving domestic abuse and battery at their eastern Iowa addresses. A Monday evening house fire at 515 Ashton Place NE is also recorded by local authorities.
A public hearing at 9 a m today will discuss reallocating about 265000 in Community Development Block Grant funds for Sinclair Park improvements. Plans include two soccer fields new playground equipment landscaping benches fencing walkways and potential skateboard and inline skating facilities with a contingency fund for other uses.
A flu outbreak felled half the teaching and support staff at Waco Elementary, forcing cancellation of classes Tuesday. Principal Linda Wilkerson said 19 of 35 staff at Wayland and Crawfordsville centers were absent with insufficient substitutes, and classes were expected to resume today.
Marion Mayor Vic Klopfenstein in his State of the City speech said a 1-cent local option sales tax in Linn County could raise 1 to 2 million dollars annually for Marion. Proceeds would fund street repairs sewer and sidewalk work park projects and affordable housing initiatives. The address highlighted a stable budget strong reserves no property tax hikes planned and potential sewer fee increase of 1 dollar for one year.
Cedar Rapids boy Matthew Strother aged 11, in remission from leukemia, joined his family on a Make A Wish funded Florida trip highlighted by the Endeavour launch. His father Sgt. Jim Strother and sister Sara joined Sen. John Glenn among spectators, with Sara as donor of the marrow transplant.
Marion will roll out curbside recycling for up to 40 pounds per bin with no new charge. Orange stickers costing 1.25 will be needed for extra containers, matching Cedar Rapids pricing. Monthly garbage fees may stay at 10.80 while overall solid waste and recycling fees rise to 11.81 from 11.06. The city will keep a drop off recycling site and may adjust staffing as curbside expands.
Reginald Doss a 21 year old Chicago man pleaded guilty in federal court to conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute more than 50 grams of crack cocaine He was arrested after a van stop on Interstate 380 near Highway 30 yielded 108 grams of crack cocaine Doss admitted to being a distributor for Robert Watkins and helped set up the Cedar Rapids drug network in fall 1996 He faces up to 20 years and an $8 million fine with sentencing set for April 6.
Linn County jury will continue verdict talks today in the first degree murder trial of Jamie Borushaski 24 of Pierce City Missouri accused of plotting her parents deaths at the Iowa State Fair in 1996 Jurors started deliberations Tuesday but undelivered a verdict The case was moved from Des Moines to Cedar Rapids due to jury impartiality concerns
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