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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 09, 2003
Page
19
The Marion City Council approves a $284.4 million budget with a 1.9 percent residential tax rise about $13 yearly for a $100,000 home and maintains all 200 police officers. The city plans to spend $1 million on its police helicopter fleet while relying on state and federal grants and user fees for services.
About 500 church members took CPR training at Collins Plaza Hotel led by Ernie Cole man and sponsored by the Grant Wood Chapter of the American Red Cross. The Cedar Rapids session followed similar events in Iowa City with at least 60 attendees per session. The Red Cross aims to have at least one family member trained in CPR.
Red Cross CPR classes info is available in Cedar Rapids and Iowa City with phone numbers for contact. CPR helps maintain brain oxygen until responders arrive and requires consent and training limits. Coleman organized four ushers from his church to assist, with one ready to begin CPR if needed, and has previously helped save a life with a police officer.
Presidential hopeful Dennis Kucinich presses city councils nationwide to pass antiwar resolutions. He spoke in Iowa City promoting peace in Iraq and his bid for the White House, noting Des Moines already passed such a measure and urging assertive civic action. He set a June Cleveland campaign kickoff and framed war as avoidable.
Iowa Governor Tom Vilsack addressed about 75 educators at Iowa City’s City High School urging streamlined schooling to include preschool. He cited a 50 percent achievement gap before school and said higher education raises lifetime earnings, calling for stronger teacher collaboration across grades.
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