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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 08, 1999
Page
7
Center Point and Urbana residents vote today on a 10 year instructional support program to replace state incentive revenue. The plan seeks 267000 more each year via tax surtax property tax and state aid, with an 8 percent increase to regular program costs. Voting 7 a.m. to 8 p.m. at LJL Hall Center Point and City Hall Urbana.
Funeral services for Kim Mathes, 46, of Montezuma are planned for 1:30 p.m. Wednesday. He died when his vehicle left a bridge and overturned Saturday evening three miles south of Montezuma on 525th Avenue. Visitation starts at 9 a.m. at Watts Funeral Home. He is survived by his parents, two daughters, two sons, two brothers and three sisters.
Nicholas J. Pitzen 18 of Lancaster Wisconsin has been identified as the drowning victim in the Mississippi River near Clayton. The Clayton County Sheriff says the incident occurred about 11 45 a m when three of four on a sandbar 2 7 miles south of Clayton were swept away by a strong current. A boater rescued two others and Pitzen was recovered about 6 15 p m Sunday.
Prairie Lights in Iowa City plans to stock 20 to 30 copies of Hannibal by Thomas Harris as the Cedar Rapids and Iowa City stores gauge demand. Owner Paul Ingram says readers have awaited the sequel for years and compares anticipated turnout to the Lewinsky book release but expects no mob scene.
Officials from federal and state agencies, including FEMA and SBA, brief victims at the Independence Disaster Recovery Center. About 2,399 in northeast Iowa registered for aid with 749 visiting centers. 85 percent referred to SBA loans, while some may receive direct FEMA grants. SBA has approved 73 loans totaling 1.096 million dollars.
Cedar Rapids attorney Wallace Taylor asks Bluestem Solid Waste Agency to postpone a June 15 public hearing on a 425 acre landfill site southeast of the city. He and clients seek about a one month delay, citing secrecy and potential zoning questions tied to a prior fly ash dumping dispute.
Mount Vernon police and the Linn County Medical Examiner concluded 17 year old Tom Dillard died from an intentional act when he stepped in front of an eastbound Union Pacific freight train near Springville Road. He was the son of Linn County Attorney Denver Dillard and a well liked Mount Vernon High School student athlete. Services set for United Methodist Church in Mount Vernon.
Dick Moore begins removing his grandfather’s 1928 Lincoln Highway gas station to speed road work and avoid preserving it as an interpretive site. He calls the building a deteriorating pawn, while supporters urge preservation of Lincoln Highway history amid delays to the roadway project.
The historic two story stucco station at Youngville near Cedar Rapids is being restored into a cafe museum and rest stop in a five year 120000 project due to finish by July 1 with interior painting by volunteers. A 1924 Model T will stop by after 11 am Friday as part of a cross country anniversary tour by Al Hathaway of Davenport.
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