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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 01, 2001
Page
13
English Valleys High School faced a rumor of a hit list and planned shootings on the last day of classes. Deputies patrolled the grounds while volunteers searched bags. no note or suspect was found and the day passed quietly.
The Cedar Rapids Scottish Rite Masons sponsor the second annual Free dom Speaks essay contest linked to the Freedom Festival. Students 7 to 18 must write 300 to 500 words on freedoms and daily life in America. Five essays per age group will be chosen for June 21 to July 4 readings, with $100 bonds and flags awarded.
The new museum on Main and North Huber streets in Anamosa, Jones County, will showcase about 70 vintage motorcycles on the main floor once opened. Renovation began mid February in the former Ben Franklin store, with a Hall of Fame recognizing key motorcycling figures and plans for rotating exhibits and future expansion.
A Cedar Rapids couple allege in a federal lawsuit that two city officers assaulted them during a 1999 traffic stop. The suit names officers Brian Havlicek and Stephen Keiller, claiming headlocks pepper spray and knee drops caused injuries.
Fredericksen, a 13 year Army veteran with two Vietnam tours, seeks a sentence commutation after killing his wife Adelia with a 30 caliber rifle outside their Clinton home in March 1990. DOC cites cost savings and potential placement at the Veterans Home in Marshalltown. Jane, the victim’s sister, laments the long term damage of his actions. Board member Karen Muelhaupt questions the impact of the sentence.
In a Civil War Days setting the wagon train travels a rough road with a rifle inside the cover. Dale guides his wagon with his daughter Missy 19 and his son Reid 15 along with Merija. Gordon Smith 60 and cousin Devon Chrystal 10 join the group for the event.
Participants in the wagon train to Hopkinton for Civil War Days answer reveille at 7 a.m. with breakfast at 8 a.m. and a 9:30 a.m. journey to Sand Springs and back via 190th Avenue and Windmill Road. Wagons circle at 3 p.m. bonfire and fish fry at 6 p.m. Events run Saturday and Sunday.
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