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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 24, 2009
Page
4
Iowa City firefighters battled a blaze at Mark Twain Elementary School on Deforest Avenue around 2:30 p.m. Contractors were working on the roof when the fire started. A 4 by 2 foot area around an exhaust fan was damaged. About $10,000 in damage. Cause under investigation.
James Erwin from Cedar Rapids beat the reigning champion on Jeopardy in an episode taped in Los Angeles. The 35 year old Jefferson High School graduate earned 6999 dollars and will appear again on Wednesday. He is a Des Moines freelance writer working on a second encyclopedia and funded his own trip.
Cedar Rapids officials consider alternate side parking with a winter only or year round period. Possible scope includes citywide or in targeted areas to aid emergency access and improve street sweeping and snow plowing. Residents invited to email feedback to traffic cedar-rapids.org through July.
A thunderstorm dampened attendance as about 200 people visited a five seasons Crown Plaza open house to discuss Cedar Rapids flood risk city buildings. Attendees debated veteran memorial building city hall relocation options and the cost gap between renovations and new construction while library officials push for a flood resistant downtown library.
About 160 paddlers including 130 volunteers in Project AWARE navigated Big Creek in Linn County on a 10 mile paddle. They altered plans to avoid unsafe Cedar River routes and collected trash while discovering rare plants and a methamphetamine lab remains.
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