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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 14, 2002
Page
1
A local library will relocate to the former fire station building next fall as part of a planned improvement. A Kirkwood Community College hearing on a rate increase shifted tone during discussion on the proposal. A conservation easement protects a section of the Upper Iowa River from development, funded by donation. Tiger Woods shot a 67 to lead the U S Open field while the Kernels face a 50 loss to Clinton, threatening their playoff hopes.
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In Cedar Rapids the flood crisis renews calls for a metro watershed study after a CDM report urged pilot work on Indian Creek Prairie Creek or Otter Creek. Officials acknowledge the 1998 recommendation was not acted on amid heavy rains and flood damages.
Ray Sullivan, now 71, recounts his 1952 action as a private in Korea when he single handedly blew up six enemy bunkers on T-Bone Hill and likely saved his rifle company. He earned the Distinguished Service Cross for the 28 enemy dead and the near miss of a Medal of Honor.
At a closed meeting in Dallas the U S Roman Catholic bishops pledged a tougher policy toward molesting priests. Cardinal Francis George rejected any option allowing one time abusers to remain in parish work. The panel weighs zero tolerance versus near zero tolerance ahead of Friday vote.
Cedar Rapids area marks Flag Day with a morning flag raising at Lindale Mall called Old Glorious Celebration. National Flag and Flagpole reports double sales of flags. Swisher American Legion Post 671 hosts a 7:30 p.m. flag disposal ceremony open to the public. Flag Day origins trace to 1885 in Wisconsin with later national proclamations by Wilson and Truman designating June 14 as National Flag Day.
Cedar Rapids plans a $5 admission for the Patriotic Pops Concert at Kirkwood Community College on July 5, part of the Freedom Festival. Organizers say proceeds offset staging costs and offer preferential seating at the same price, with festival buttons still required for other events.
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