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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 11, 2000
Page
9
Iowa City mountaineer Chuck Huss offers a free public program at the Crowne Plaza Five Seasons Hotel Ballroom detailing the Everest Environmental Expedition 2000 with slides and a talk. He recounts his second attempt on Everest when a severe infection forced a descent from 26,300 feet in May.
Cedar Rapids fire crews responded to a blaze at Taste of China around late morning. Owner Jun Ke said he had retired to the restaurant earlier and found smoke throughout. he also noted the business has insurance.
A man upset with Delta sewer work dumped a five gallon bucket of human feces at a city council meeting in Delta Keokuk County. He was taken into custody with charges pending. The incident occurred about 7 25 p m during the session attended by five council members and the clerk. Mayor Harry Hammes was absent. Delta population 400 lies about 70 miles southwest of Cedar Rapids.
Dubuque police request public help identifying a white male youth believed 14 to 18 found on 11th Street near Bluff Street. An autopsy in Des Moines will determine cause of death. contact the Dubuque Police at (319) 589-4410 with information.
Tarsha Claiborne, 24, faces two hate crime charges in Iowa City for a bomb threat email and racially charged nodal display. Attorneys filed notice to apply diminished-responsibility, affecting criminal intent and possibly reducing charges. Trial dates set for August 14 on marijuana possession and September 18 on trespass and threats.
Gertrude Underwood died near 91 and was carried from Phillips Funeral Home to Evergreen Cemetery in a horse drawn hearse. The hearse provided by Heritage Farms & Coach Co. is pulled by Ottis and Herbie, two Percheron horses, with Dick and Marie Brown as operators. The item traces the hearse’s history from Sterling Nebraska to Vinton and back through multiple owners before reaching the Brown family in 1992.
Cedar Rapids residents are urged to turn on porch lights and spend time outdoors on August 1 for National Night Out activities. Local organizers plan a more organized effort this year to strengthen neighborhoods and fight crime, building on past low key participation.
An Iowa man recalls a 1934 Saturday at a Vinton service station when five well dressed men arrived in a big black Dodge. He describes a tall man with a pencil mustache and a $20 bill, and notes the group headed toward Waterloo where a bank robbery occurred days later. The sighting remains unconfirmed.
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