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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 17, 1998
Page
13
Cityline readers vote on who should educate children about sex with 44 responses. Parents lead with 36 followed by schools and churches. A gun violence forum speaker questions society’s reverence for violence. Public poll indicates non scientific sampling via TELUS.
Discussion prompts invite reader reaction on the Shaver Park crackdown Iowa education standards and Viagra health insurance coverage. Posts reflect online civic debate and policy opinions.
Government meetings and community activities listed for June 17 include the State Board of Regents in Iowa City and city, county, and regional sessions across Cedar Rapids and surrounding towns. Also noted are road closure for a timber bridge, Storytelling in Willow Creek Park, a Linn County women’s campaign event, music and arts programs, farmers markets, and recycling site hours.
Illinois lottery listing provides cash game results and pick 3 and pick 4 drawings for midday and evening sessions. It includes Cash 4 Life and a $1 million jackpot note with telephone access numbers CITYLINE 363 7000 and 337 7000, category 2900.
Vital statistics from Mercy and St. Luke's list multiple birth announcements on June 15 and 16 for Marion and Mount Vernon. Entries name parents at specific addresses and include a daughter or son. The Log notes the Gazette gathers public safety data in Eastern Iowa. Drunken driving charges list arrestees with ages, towns, and arrest locations. Cedar Rapids fire calls log several incidents with times and street addresses.
Iowa State University outlines a plan to renovate and expand residence halls with about 3,000 new beds and 1,000 suites for a total price of 105.4 million dollars. Deferred maintenance exceeds 90 million, and financing includes 95 million in revenue bonds along withOperating budget funds and gifts. The board also noted study abroad activity across regent universities and approved preliminary budgets totaling 1.3 billion for Iowa’s three public universities.
About a dozen AFSCME Local 12 members demonstrated during the Iowa Board of Regents meeting to press for removal of Management Science Associates from the UI Hospitals campus. They argue the $90,000 contract aids efforts to break the union and divide workers, as staff sought to organize a SEIU unit.
OWA CITY The Tri angle Ballroom in the University of Iowa Memorial Union is renamed for R. Wayne Richey, the outgoing Iowa Board of Regents Executive Director. Richey retires July 1. President Mary Sue Coleman announced the change at the regents meeting, calling it a reminder of his legacy.
The Cedar Rapids Municipal Band performs for children at 8 tonight in Cherry Hill Park with trombone soloist George Krem playing King Carnevale by Kryl. Morgan Jones conducts the program aimed at youngsters. Krem, a former principal trombone with the Victoria and Winnipeg orchestras and CBC soloist, now plays with the Cedar Rapids Symphony. The concert repeats at 8 p.m. Sunday in Ellis Park.
Alan and Joye Bowers of Independence are recovering after Joye donated one kidney to Alan. Doctors say the kidney is functioning and both were in ICU at Iowa City VA Medical Center. Shari Bowers noted a possible home return by week’s end. Alan suffers from a genetic kidney cysts condition.
Four workshops on senior issues and care provider topics are scheduled for June and July. Sessions cover Nursing Home Medicare and Medicaid Fraud and Abuse, Elder Law for quality of life, Medicaid Fraud and Abuse, and Assessing Quality of Life in the Memory Impaired at multiple Cedar Rapids and Iowa City venues. Registration via Heritage Area Agency on Aging at 398-5559 or 1-800-332-5934.
Northeast Iowa Community College asks voters to approve a 6 cent per thousand levy for instructional equipment over 10 years. The measure would raise about 350 000 dollars annually and fund computer hardware software X ray simulators drill presses lathes GPS soil testing gear and library materials. The levy cannot pay salaries and would require a simple majority.
Gazette staff report A public hearing will be held Thursday at 7 p.m. in City Hall basement to discuss a revised Marion building code. The proposal would require contractors for permits on apartments and commercial work, while homeowners could still do basic tasks. A second exit rule would apply to all residential basements in new homes or remodeled houses, requiring a second stairway or egress windows.
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