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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 02, 1998
Page
11
A city opinion prompt asks readers whether all recreational boaters should be required to wear life jackets. The poll notes TELUS surveying public views with a sample focus on safety and compliance.
An online discussion thread on FYIowa questions Cedar Rapids needs most and asks readers to share favorite aspects of Iowa and ideas to improve American schools. The conversation centers on civic needs and education policy.
Linn County supervisors and Cedar Rapids City Council informal sessions scheduled plus Marion Planning and Zoning and local neighborhood meeting. Breakfast on substance abuse at Seven Villages Restaurant. Night at the Oval bicycle race Hawkeye Downs. Riverside farmers market and health department STD clinic. Recycling sites in Cedar Rapids and Marion with Bluestem Solid Waste info.
Lottery results list multiple games including Cash 4 Life and Pick 3 Pick 4 draws with midday and evening figures. Jackpot stands at 3.5 million dollars and numbers are available via CITYLINE at 363-7000 or 337-7000, category 2900.
Vital Statistics Mercy notes two births on May 31 and June 1 including Mindy Lesmeister and Pat Lesmeister in Cedar Rapids a daughter Carolyn Barker and Marshall Barker in Hiawatha a daughter Kathy Szabo and Chad Szabo a son. St Luke s records May 28 Amy Murray and Tim Murray Marion a son May 31 Margaret Chapman and Jerold Chapman Springville a daughter Bernadine Bruce and Damien Bruce a son Barbara Goranson and Terry Goranson Greeley a daughter June 1 Alison Bobbitt and Stacy Bobbitt Belle Plaine a son.
The Gazette lists drunken driving arrests with time and place across Eastern Iowa. Vicki Kiemm Donald Albaugh Evan Pence Jr and Charles Boyd face second or third offenses. Separate assault charges include John Hachey and April Colburn with details of alleged bodily harm and domestic abuse.
Rockwell Collins workers in Coralville and the company plan an informal session today to discuss steps to return to bargaining after a strike that began last week when Local 1634 of the IBEW rejected a five year contract. No federal mediators were called.
After four delays, testimony starts in the trial of Jeremy Atwood, 19, of Des Moines, charged with killing Emily Cerveny 12 and Matthew Nissen 5 as they walked along Club Road. The case could last two weeks with 23 witnesses and juror alternates chosen.
District Court allows 16 year old Cedar Rapids boy to be tried in Juvenile Court for a first degree burglary charge. Johnathon W. Reed will be 17 in August and has four prior charges since 1992 including three counts from April 7. Judge Koehler accepts recommendation and notes possible Eldora placement if delinquent.
A Fayette County murder case against Sawvel will be tried with a jury selected in Delaware County. Judge James Beeghly ordered the Delaware County pool to supply jurors while the trial itself remains at Fayette County Courthouse in West Union. Jury selection begins July 15 in Manchester and jurors will be transported. Sawvel, of Oelwein, is charged with the Nov 15 1997 killing of Gehlen Quandt after a dispute over Quandt’s pickup.
Forty teams in Dyersville’s Fight the Fat challenge weigh in this afternoon to determine if they have reached a total two ton weight loss. The Mercy Health Center St. Mary’s unit program began in March with 70 550 pounds total and an average 184 pounds per person. The Love Handles offered incentives such as champagne to motivate rivals as teams took part in challenges and penalties like jelly bean fines.
David E. Starr, 36, was sentenced in Cedar Rapids to three years in prison followed by three years of supervised release after pleading guilty to one count of wire fraud for ordering more than $200,000 in merchandise from about 240 suppliers between 1986 and 1996 and not paying. He must pay $259,000 restitution to 240 victims and faces federal custody to be transported to a federal prison.
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