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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 04, 1998
Page
1
Beachgoers find Coral e Lake shoreline vanished as spillway nears its claimed name and threatens to split the lake southward. Details on page 5C. Home schooling helps Dave Gaebler 14 and Rob 16 achieve perfect 800 SAT I math scores. Details on page 4C.
A ministry seeks to expand its outreach as it prays for 50 000 Midwestern farmers ahead of harvest. The note appears in the eight page of the paper. Pete Sampras posted the fastest serves at Wimbledon and earned a chance to play again Sunday.
Life and Leisure reports Cedar Rapids writer Lyn Cote has published her debut Christian romance novel now available. The piece notes Cote's hometown and the book's release in a Sunday Gazette feature.
Flagler County emptied with about 30,000 residents fleeing as wildfires raged in northeast Florida. Helikopters dumped water on Bunnell area blazes while a dusk curfew stayed in force and four Palm Coast homes burned. Governor Chiles ordered state assistance as winds abated and containment improved.
Kimberly and Dan Grady of Cedar Rapids appeal to friends and neighbors for feeding cuddling and diaper duties as their identical quadruplets grow. One daughter Ashley has returned home. the rest remain in Iowa City hospitals with Lindsey Kara Alyssa still on respiratory support. The family plans for Dan to stay home. financial help can be sent to Commercial Federal Bank.
Earwigs, though harmless to people, invade Eastern Iowa houses in large numbers this summer due to rainy, moist conditions. They do not attack ears or brains and die indoors from dry heat, says Gene Frye of Iowa State University Extension. The wingless, dark brown insects hide in damp areas and enter through small cracks during wet summers.
Frye dispels the earwig bloodthirsty brain borer myth noting earwigs avoid indoors and pinching only when captured while recommending damp rolled newspapers as traps. Separate piece highlights Elizabeth Smith, a Sierra Leone refugee, celebrating her first July 4th in Cedar Rapids after fleeing Civil War upheaval in May 1997.
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