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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 31, 2000
Page
9
A Sunday head-on collision about five miles north of Monticello on Highway 151 left at least one dead. A southbound compact car crossed the center line and struck a van ambulances. The Iowa State Patrol reported the 10:30 a.m. crash closed the highway for about two hours while investigators continued. Further details were not available.
Alexandra Branwen, 38, was swept under a logjam while kayaking on the Wapsipinicon River in Linn County. She received head and neck injuries at Mercy Medical Center and was treated and released. The incident occurred about 2:30 p.m. one mile upriver from Matsell Bridge Natural Area as Branwen capsized and friends pulled her free.
Donald Cannon aged 37 died from injuries after a tractor rollover at his rural Westgate home in northeast Iowa. The Fayette County Sheriff's Department said the accident occurred about 12 15 p m. Funeral services are pending at Jamison Schmitz Funeral Home. Westgate lies roughly 55 miles northwest of Cedar Rapids.
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Schedule lists Treasury bill auction at Monna 1 p.m. and Commerce Department releases on personal income and June spending, June construction, July industrial activity, and June leading indicators. Also notes weekly jobless claims, mortgage rates, unemployment data, SCORE and Toastmasters meetings, and ABWA gathering.
The Cedar Valley Food Bank in Waterloo has been renamed Northeast Iowa Food Bank to better cover 16 counties including Black Hawk and Tama. Executive director Barbara Prather explains the shift clarifies aims, as food banks serve as warehouses for smaller pantries and aid non profit groups like the Boy Scouts. The article details sources of food from federal surplus programs Second Harvest and direct donations from ConAgra and Grain Millers, and lists partner counties and agencies served.
Libby Shannon of 314 Reno St Iowa City opened Goosetown Graphics on June 1 leveraging 15 years in desktop publishing and a background as a city document specialist. She creates logos brochures transit maps and more charging 45 per hour with 35 for resumes. She designs on an iMac and draws inspiration from croquet and TV favorites The Simpsons and South Park.
Libby, 41, details husband Robert and enjoys croquet sailing bicycling and watching The Simpsons and South Park in leisure time.
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