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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 13, 2002
Page
1
Mike Bee developed the Baby Swiss formula for Swiss Valley Farms and the product now carries his name. Other items note Guttenberg Golf and Country Club history, Carl La Bove's comedy tour at Penguins in Cedar Rapids, and a new aviation themed McDonald’s near Eastern Iowa Airport.
The Iowa Supreme Court invalidated 1994 legislation that taxed race track slot machines at a higher rate than riverboats. Justices ruled the differential unconstitutional and could impose as much as 100 million in retroactive costs. The decision targets a 20 percent base rate rising to 36 percent for tracks, with riverboats capped at 32 percent.
Sue Brooks and Jim Lines describe the June 4 flood impact in Sun Valley Cedar Rapids. Residents express emotional drain and financial hits as they recount their experiences and losses.
Cedar Rapids Mayor Paul Pate urges Linn County Regional Planning Commission to study how city and county development may have influenced last Tuesday's flash flood. Victims, many in tears, urge action to prevent future floods on Indian Creek and seek better flood control processes.
Hundreds of firefighters attacked a large wildfire southwest of Denver as it burned about 90 000 acres and threatened 2 500 homes with 40 000 people warned. The blaze covered over 135 square miles and destroyed at least 21 homes while smoke and ash spread across the region, though the fire’s main spread slowed. Governor Owens noted the smoke rather than the fire posed the danger to Denver.
Turner 43 of Cedar Rapids underwent a five hour kidney transplant at University Hospitals after 15 months on the wait list and eight years on dialysis. She credits donors and aims to raise organ donation awareness while planning to write the donor family.
Linn County supervisors resist joining Cedar Rapids Mayor Paul Pates task force to study a local restaurant smoking ban. He urges balanced participation with a deadline of August 16 for recommendations as neighboring cities move to ban smoking in venues reliant on on site food sales.
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