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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 28, 1999
Page
11
Cityline readers are invited to vote on a proposed constitutional amendment banning flag desecration. The poll offers YES or NO options with results from yesterday’s question and instructions to call CITYLINE to participate.
Community meetings listed for Cedar Rapids Linn County Marion and Walker areas. Lottery results show Illinois Powerball and Iowa Cash 4 Life draws with jackpots and numbers. no Powerball winner. Freedom Fest schedule linked. no detailed event notes.
Mercy announces the birth of a son to Jennifer and Marty Hoeger at Mercy on June 27. St Luke's notes two more births on June 26 and 27 to Shannon Thompson, Anupama Ramu and Siva Sattanathan, Barbara Grasso, and Leticia Hadtrath. Linn County Cedar Rapids Fire Department reports a Saturday 4:50 p.m. house fire at 402 14th St SE with smoke damage to upper floors and two occupants treated.
Four 4 H members and other youths volunteer at the Sumner fairgrounds painting a historic log cabin and benches in a day of community service. Brenda Meyers 16 notes the work is dirty but rewarding while Matt McFarlane 16 and Jason King 17 prime benches with paint and Ryan Sparrgrove 17 sands wood. Babe, off work from Marquette Bank, joins the effort and calls the day enjoyable and educational for community minded youth.
Four Marion residents Vic Klopfenstein Marge Reynolds Anderson and Lois Foster inducted into the Marion Independent School District Foundation Hall of Fame. Reynolds a former teacher volunteers at Emerson Elementary Anderson longtime district secretary Foster public relations officer and volunteer coordinator.
Hundreds gathered in Coralville for the fifth annual Firefighter Memorial Ceremony honoring Iowa and regional firefighters who died in the line of duty. The program marked 86 names added since last year and 101 on the memorial wall, with wreaths laid and the bell struck five times.
Cedar Rapids four high schools could gain 141 300 in guaranteed commissions under a one year Brokaw Vending contract renewable up to nine years. Jefferson Kennedy Washington each receive 44 500 first year while Metro gets 7 800.
Iowa Attorney General’s Office appealed a district court ruling in October, delaying Knowles’s trial while the Iowa Supreme Court reviews. The court has accepted the case for review but has not set a hearing date. A judge previously required proof of specific intent to convict. prosecutors argue the gift law is a general intent crime.
Two fires Sunday in Central City and Atkins damaged homes and vehicles. In Central City a garage fire at 6:45 a.m. spread to the house. firefighters battled three hours and no cause was determined. In Atkins a mobile home court blaze at about 5:30 p.m. damaged a home with no injuries.
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