Weekend Music Beats and Gas Price Hike Details
A solid mix of music will headline the event with main-stage performances starting Friday. Customers will soon pay about 2.2 percent more for natural gas, according to industry details.
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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 06, 2002
Page
1
A solid mix of music will headline the event with main-stage performances starting Friday. Customers will soon pay about 2.2 percent more for natural gas, according to industry details.
The Gazette reporter Marc More highlights numerous water hazards at the Coralville golf course. The feature underscores course design and risk for players, noting key holes where water bodies influence strategy and scoring.
Cedar Rapids suffered about 500 homes damaged and city facilities facing $800,000 in damage from Tuesday’s flash floods. Mayor Paul Pate reported 14 homes with major damage and six destroyed, with higher totals expected as surveys continue. Governor Tom Vilsack noted Linn County’s inclusion on an enlarged damage list.
Preliminary estimates show Cedar Rapids with up to 500 homes damaged and Sac & Fox Trail losses near 250000 dollars plus almost 500000 in other city departments. Marion reports 250 sewer backups and 15 water-damaged homes along with park damage. Hiawatha sees 20 to 25 homes with sewage backups. Linn County roads and bridges exceed 300000 dollars. Countywide damage surpasses 3.2 million with seven other eastern Iowa counties declared state disaster areas.
Monticello Iowa with 3600 residents faces days to weeks without a functioning sewage plant after 5.5 inch rains swamped the facility. Public works chief Dana Edwards urges limited bathroom use to prevent backups in low lying homes while repairs proceed.
Linn County supervisors hire Springsted Public Finance Advisors to analyze the cost of shipping waste elsewhere versus building a new landfill with a transfer station. The eight to 10 week study costs up to 14750 dollars plus expenses and will be shared with Bluestem Solid Waste Agency and the public.
Governor Tom Vilsack announces re election run in Ankeny citing tax relief and expanded education and health care funding. He contrasts his record with GOP rival Doug Gross who served as Branstad era chief of staff and later lobbied for livestock and gambling interests.
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