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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 02, 2000
Page
1
Ellie and Harvey Denlinger of Cedar Rapids and Sandi and Ken Cook of Marion have exchanged a petrified doughnut as a 35 year gag gift. The item reportedly appeared under a car seat, per Ramblin’ 1B.
Gazette staff writer Steve Gravelle reports on the chilly Governor's Fishing Opener at Crane Lake near Voyageurs National Park in Minnesota. Details appear in Outdoor, GC.
Gasoline jumped eight cents a gallon on Thursday in Cedar Rapids and Iowa City, lifting self serve unleaded fuel from 1.49 to 1.57 a gallon, a local record amid higher prices.
Coach Matt Wilkerson spent the week preparing Iowa City high school players for the 2000 boys state tournament opening tonight in Muscatine. Details, 1C.
Susan Jane Frimm of Belle Plaine admitted Thursday that she stole forty four thousand five hundred from the Blairstown American Legion Auxiliary while serving as treasurer, reversing a prior not guilty plea.
A Gazette feature highlights a dozen lesser known parks in Eastern Iowa with easy drives for recreation and scenic views this Saturday.
Cedar Rapids. Phil Sylvester, 39, pleaded guilty to first degree theft for his role in a scheme with Michael Strope that defrauded Linn County of about 180000 dollars. Sylvester cooperated with investigators and faces a deferred judgment pending probation. Strope, 42, was sentenced in May to up to 10 years after pleading guilty.
After a two month Everest expedition Huss Huss arrives at The Eastern Iowa Airport to a hero’s welcome. He plans another climb soon and trains to regain fitness after a gastro intestinal illness halted his May attempt at Camp 4. Huss left April 1 with 13 trekkers and base camp hike lasted ten days. Mercy Iowa City staff and Gazette Communications colleagues joined the welcome at the airport.
An 11th Circuit panel ruled the government acted within its power to block an asylum hearing for Elian Gonzalez and said only his father could seek asylum for the Cuban boy. The decision delays immediate departure and gives two weeks to appeal to the full court or Supreme Court. Juan Miguel Gonzalez urged ending the appeals to allow the father and son to return home.
Mike White, 45, from Waterloo and in hospital for cancer treatment, won a Mercedes M series SUV in a Des Moines WHO radio and TV contest. He plans to sell the car to cover medical bills after multiple hospital stays and two surgeries. The M series starts at $35,000.
James White of Waterloo, a maintenance worker with a malignant brain tumor, won a Mercedes SUV after scratching an owl logo on an instant cash ticket and being named a finalist in a Saturday drawing. His sister Pamela Clough and friend Al Ackerman described the moment as life changing. The prize arrives this afternoon and White hopes to drive it once cleared by doctors.
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