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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 26, 2000
Page
13
A citywide poll asks whether to ban dogs from large Cedar Rapids and Marion gatherings. TELUS reports a non scientific sample with results from yesterday 71 percent against and 29 percent for a baseball stadium bond.
A detailed schedule for June 26 2000 includes meetings of the Eastern Iowa Airport Commission Linn County Board Cedar Rapids school board Lisbon Springville Walford and Walker councils plus the Great Eastern Iowa Tractorcade events from Dyersville to Center Junction to Maquoketa. Also listed are farmers markets Cedar Rapids Free Medical Clinic and Iowa Illinois lotteries and Powerball results.
Vital Statistics records list multiple birth announcements on June 23 and June 24 from Mercy and St Luke's. Names include Kristen, Nia, Casey, Amy, Jill, Angela, Tammy, Stephanie, Karla, Linda, DeAnna and others with various Cedar Rapids and nearby addresses.
A small plane crashed near Sumner killing Kenneth Robert Mott 63 of Dubuque. Bremer County Sheriff says he was the only occupant and investigators offered no verdict on weather or storms. Also police seek missing Cedar Rapids man Robert Fletcher 68 last seen Friday near Lake Macbride State Park. The Gazette invites Fourth of July ceremony notices by noon today for June 30 Weekend calendar.
Weather service issued a tornado watch in the southern half of Iowa that downgraded to a severe thunderstorm watch in several counties. Flood warnings were posted for the Iowa River at Wapello and rising crests on the Des Moines and Wapsipinicon rivers. Shelby County reported marble hail and low visibility as officials urged drivers to avoid waterlogged roads and barricades.
EDAR RAPIDS crowds at the Great Cardboard Boat Regatta near Ellis Park on Sunday set a record for the Freedom Festival. Organizer Nancy Hedges Wendler called the move to Robbins Lake a success and said it will be permanent. Awards went to boat captains from Cedar Rapids and Marion in three classes, with special honors for best dressed and team spirit.
Pigfoot Barbeque of West Salem Ohio repeated at the Cedar Rapids event winning People’s Choice and Best Park BBQ and Best BBQ Ribs with $2,250 prizes in both categories. Squealers Q of Indianapolis tied for Best BBQ Sauce with Johnson’s BBQ of Chesapeake and split $1,000. Event sponsors included The Gazette KCRG TV9 and AEGON.
Sundragon Comics formed in 1996 by Eastern Iowa entrepreneurs led by David Arnold and partners John Olson Steven Jones and Brian Bowers. After launching Scales of the Dragon in 1997 and Wolverstone and Davis, the firm ran out of funding by October 1997 and entered a hiatus as founders seek private or local investors to fund leasing of characters and future issues.
Iowa City Green Party members gathered to watch the national convention and support Ralph Nader as the Green Party presidential candidate. They seek 1,200 signatures to qualify for the Iowa ballot and promote ecological wisdom grassroots democracy and social justice as core goals.
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