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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 31, 2002
Page
1
Neighbors promotes today coverage of St Wenceslaus in The Flats SE and invites readers to The Gazette in tonight's In the Neighborhood party from 5 to 7 at the St Wenceslaus gym located at 1230 Fifth St SE for details and community gathering.
Xavier’s Ryan Sweeney earned first team all state baseball honors while Dyersville Beckman’s Matt Ungs was named captain of the Class 2A team. The Dysart Tractor Cruise made its maiden voyage Tuesday drawing a number of classic vehicles.
The Linn County Board of Supervisors spent 9500 on a Frank Magid Associates survey of 402 adults June 12 to 17. Results show 47 percent support a new landfill in Linn County while 33 percent oppose. Sixty-two percent support extending Highway 1N0 6(Collins Road) west to Highway 30 at seven miles, costing 80 million dollars. Fifty-seven percent back using county funds for human services, 23 percent favor cutting services. Sixty-three percent have not heard public talks on merging city and county governments. 48 percent oppose the merger, 21 percent support, 31 percent unsure. Chairman Lumir Dostal notes the poll gauges public knowledge and feelings.
Debra Sue Wierck 38 of Independence pleaded guilty to reduced charges in the Feb 13 stabbing death of her boyfriend Robert Dale Taylor 38. The deal calls for consecutive 10 year sentences, drawing anger from Taylor relatives who wanted trial by jury. Prosecutors said first-degree murder was unlikely to be proven.
A Senate Foreign Relations Committee panel voted 12 to 7 to advance a 22 year old international treaty promoting equality for women. The measure, supported by Chairman Joseph Biden, urges member nations to remove barriers in education employment marriage and divorce and health care. The administration urged delay citing vagueness but hopes to secure full Senate ratification before year’s end.
Alliant Energy will seek a five year plan to equalize electric rates in Iowa. The northern zone would see a 5 percent cut while the southern zone faces a 58 percent increase as part of a larger request for a 9.6 percent overall revenue rise. The Iowa Utilities Board has ten months to decide after a previously ordered 8 percent interim residential hike in the southern zone.
The Cedar Rapids City Planning Commission unanimously rejected two Indian Creek flood plain proposals, a 54 unit apartment complex and a church gym, citing flood risk. Commissioner Nancy Evans urged pausing new flood plain building until more data on the Indian Creek watershed and climate/economic changes are available.
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