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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 03, 2006
Page
1
An AP Ipsos poll of 1,003 adults finds 80 percent read labels for fat and sugar, while 44 percent still buy foods after bad news. Women and married men more often check labels. younger adults focus on calories but still eat poorly. Margin of error is 3 points.
Cedar Rapids man Meyer faces probation revocation over alleged drug use while wearing a sweat patch. He claims the Pharm Chek patch is faulty and unreliable, arguing it led to his jail return despite his 2004 conviction for firearms by an unlawful user of controlled substances.
More than 3,000 Special Olympians marched into Hilton Coliseum to launch the USA National Games at Iowa State University. The opening ceremony featured Rolla Lucas lighting the Flame of Hope and the flag raising, with Hootie and the Blowfish and Bryan Duncan providing music. Actors Tom Arnold and Eddie Barbanell hosted.
The article covers the National Games with remarks by Gov. Vilsack and ISU President Geoffrey, plus Special Olympics chair Tim Shriver. The film by Peter Farrelly about fixing the Special Olympics is noted. Athletes arrived in Ames for a weeklong competition that runs through Friday.
In Iowa City a 1912 craftsman four flat at Fourth Avenue and Seventh Street SE once housed Stella Bachelder’s famed apartment. The house and other historic structures were damaged by an April tornado, prompting preservation efforts and vows to rebuild where possible.
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