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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 21, 1997
Page
7
A 35-year-old inmate in Dubuque County Jail died after hanging himself with a bed sheet between 2 a.m. and 3:05 a.m. Sunday. Deputies found him at the 3:05 a.m. check, CPR was given, and he died at Mercy Medical Center at 3:40 a.m. The death is under investigation.
Lightning sparked a grass fire in Poweshiek County burning about 30 acres before three area departments extinguished it. The blaze started near Sig Airfield south of Montezuma at 4:45 p.m. and spread to a second field as winds hindered containment. Firefighters dumped 5,000 gallons of water and 25 responders worked to quell the flames, delaying traffic on Highway 63.
The Iowa Communications Network hosts a statewide town meeting on education from 7 to 8 30 p m. Iowans may share ideas on pre kindergarten through high school education as the Commission on Educational Excellence for the 21st Century closes its series with the Price Lab School site at the University of Northern Iowa in Cedar Falls.
A warehouse at the Eldridge Lumberyard burned early Saturday drawing 60 firefighters from five communities. The roof blaze was brought under control in 45 minutes. one firefighter suffered minor smoke inhalation. Cause is under investigation.
The Linn-Mar and Marion Independent boards hold a 5 p.m. work session and 7 p.m. meeting to discuss sharing Marion Technology Director Tom Singer for 35 months beginning in August. They will also review intermediate school construction progress and consider raising school meal prices at the Marion venue. Both sessions are at 3333 N 10th St Marion.
When we bought the farm we stopped the grazing and the prairie plants began to reappear the following year as new growth returned to the land.
Ed and Sandy Ficken keep 40 acres of unplowed prairie on their 216 acre Iowa County farm southwest of Williamsburg. Native plants flourish without seed planting, supported by a three year burn cycle. Biologist Dave DeGeus notes the land’s root stock and lack of plowing foster prairie recovery.
Monticello Lions Club operates the fair’s oldest continuous food concession since 1942. More than 60 members staff three daily shifts over five days, with long serving member Dale Adams recalling the evolution from tent to permanent kitchen.
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