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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 21, 2000
Page
15
Gazette Online invites readers to weigh in on how a candidate plan to make prescription drugs affordable could influence voting. TELUS notes this is non scientific and prompts discussion at gazetteonline.com. Current topics include gay marriage, drought concerns in Iowa, and policing concerns.
A schedule lists Linn County and Eastern Iowa meetings and events for June 21 2000. Civic sessions include Linn County boards and council meetings in Cedar Rapids Hiawatha and Strawberry Point, plus school board gatherings in Clear Creek Amana Vinton Shellsburg and Benton Community. Community events feature garden walks, musical performances, theater, and farmers markets with lottery numbers and jackpots noted.
The Log reports births at Mercy on June 17 18 and 19 including Jessica Matthess Holly Jaquint Shawnee Frambach Dawn Coil Trina McAreavy Whitney Hoepner Wendy Funk and families in Cedar Rapids Hiawatha Shellsburg Iowa City area An Anne Parmley Amy Austin and Terri Traynor also listed. Public safety notes include two assault cases and a drug possession with intent to deliver case involving Milo Davis in Waterloo.
In four days two local shops near 10 blocks apart were robbed at gunpoint. Gasby's East at 2303 Muscatine Ave. and Concord Custom Cleaners at 1930 Lower Muscatine Rd. were victims. no injuries reported. Suspects described as black men about 6 feet tall.
Residents describe evacuation and personal losses after a fire at Pheasant Run. Donna Rottocil 60 lived 18 years at the complex and plans to move July 1 with belongings damaged. Kelly Goldsmith 21 attended Kirkwood Community College and faces uninsured losses.
Fire protection engineer Mark Mejeur says structures with 16 or more units must have sprinklers and fire walls. A 1 4 inch fire wall with sheet rock each side can slow spread about an hour, and inner crawl spaces get sheet rock panels to block drafts. Retrofit of older buildings is difficult and not previously required.
Mark Ochu presents George Gershwin's Rhapsody in Blue in a fundraising concert to benefit the planned African American Historical Museum and Cultural Center of Iowa. The July 7 9 p.m. event at Ballantyne Auditorium Kirkwood Community College costs 20 dollars at the door and via the museum in Westdale Mall.
Linn District Court actions list multiple Cedar Rapids defendants pleading guilty to varied charges from 1999 and 2000. Coe faced third-degree burglary theft and conspiracy with fines up to 750 and up to five years. Renken admitted to one count of third-offense possession with others dismissed. Visek, Wolfe Jr., Holliday, McAllister, Hutchings, Galbreath, Williams, ONeal, Johnson and Sacy received deferred judgments, probation, or fines for theft, forgery, fraudulent practices, possession and domestic abuse.
State health official Dr. Cort Lohff says vaccines target only West Delaware students and Manchester children within the disease risk pool. Some parents express anger as officials emphasize the effort is not to immunize every child but to address fear and protect the remaining eligible group.
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