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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 24, 2000
Page
9
Police investigate a Friday night stabbing in the 2700 block of Second Avenue SE. A 23 year old man was treated for a abdomen wound and released from St Luke's Hospital. Three men entered the home before 11 p.m. No arrests have been made and motive remains unknown.
John Laermans, 30, of Moline Illinois, was flown to Gundersen Lutheran Medical Center after a collision with a turning car on Highway 26 about 20 miles north of Lansing Iowa. The other driver, Eugene Potempa, 59, of New Albin, escaped injury.
A 52 year old Dubuque man named Robert Culbertson drowned Saturday after entering a private pond north of Dubuque along Highway 52. He was with five friends and family members when trouble began in the water. Deputy Bob Lynn of the Dubuque County Sheriff's Department said authorities were notified soon after 4 p.m. The pond sits on Taylor Construction property rented by Culbertson’s brother.
A 53 year old RAGBRAI rider Carl Cutchins of Amherst Massachusetts died after a pickup struck him near an Interstate 80 overpass in Council Bluffs. Witnesses said he lost control of his bike struck a guard rail and fell into traffic. He died at the hospital. The event began on Sunday. In its 28 year history 17 riders have died in accidents related to the ride.
A weekly schedule lists treasury bill auctions and various government reports. Notable items include Greenspan testimony at 8 a.m. Tuesday and multiple Department of Commerce releases on June data. The Dow opens the week around 10 733.56 with several Toastmasters and local meetings noted.
Jim and Sharon Greif in Linn County host the CornCam project for Iowa Farmer Today. A camera in their cornfield sends still images every 15 minutes to Gazette Communications in Cedar Rapids, attracting visitors online and even an English neighbor. The venture began in May and has drawn over 600,000 visits, with 400,000 in June.
The Greifs invite visitors to film at their CornCam and post photos on their farm site www.prairieviewag.com. Christine Muldoon of Phoenix has visited twice with her husband, while Sharon’s cousins and a Connecticut family with Iowa road signs stopped by en route to Wisconsin.
Robert Lewis 37 works at Goss Graphics Cedar Rapids and co owns Lewys Racing Shop Tipton with wife Peggy 34. They sell die cast race cars from 1 64 to 1 18 scales at races in Tipton Maquoketa and fairs. They plan booths at Chicago Milwaukee and St Louis shows and value driver name and rarity.
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