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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 30, 2001
Page
1
Keith Dougherty, 79, a longtime chiropractor in downtown Williamsburg, reflects on decades of work and jokes about retirement. The piece notes his 50th year in practice and captures his humor about aging amid a busy career.
Volunteers at the Belle Plaine Fire Department responded to 28 calls in 1998 and 66 calls in 2000, reflecting a significant increase in workload for the department.
Cedar Rapids city officials will not open Bever Pool this season after voting against a $42,000 maintenance plan. The pool has leaked heavily since last year when a sinkhole formed, and officials cited no guarantee water quality could be maintained. A May bond referendum seeks $19.7 million to replace and renovate six city pools.
Iowa Republicans publicly consider challenging Governor Tom Vilsack next year despite his $1 million campaign fund and high approval ratings. Rob Tully notes the fundraiser milestone while Brent Siegrist and JoAnn Johnson caution against overreliance on polls as they weigh possible candidacies. A poll shows Vilsack at 65 percent approval amid ongoing questions about vulnerabilities and the upcoming campaign.
States spent 81.3 billion dollars in 1998 on substance abuse costs, about 13 percent of budgets, mainly for cleanup of drug and alcohol issues and tobacco illnesses, with little allocated to treatment and prevention programs per the Shoveling Up study released in Washington.
A private study by the National Center on Addiction and Substance Abuse at Columbia University reports Iowa spent 257 per person on substance abuse in 1998, totaling 733857 for prevention and treatment while the rest came from state services. The study notes statewide spending reached 620 billion with 13.1 percent tied to abuse.
The administration plans a new office to distribute billions to faith based groups for services including drug treatment. A study shows state justice systems spent 30.7 billion on prisons juvenile justice and courts as part of substance abuse costs. The study used state data on prevention research and health care costs linked to substance abuse.
Iowa troopers face high risk during stops as vehicles zip by at extreme speed. Lt. Roger Brown cites training to keep one eye on traffic while stopping cars. A recent I 80 crash near West Branch injured Trooper Benson and killed three, including an Illinois woman and her daughter.
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