Notes From Cedar Rapids and Beyond
A columnist reviews return from travel noting oddities in the comics and local events. Comments include a snow sculpture contest in Iowa, Miss Minnesota contest controversy, evolving ideas on Miss America versus Miss Universe, a 92 000 year evolution finding, the film Miles From Home, and Iowa State basketball facing Kansas State with talk of the Big Eight sportsmanship trophy.
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Iowa State
Kansas State
Johnny Orr
Schools cautioned on living wills by Iowa AG opinion
Iowa school districts are urged to require a court order before withholding life sustaining care from ill students. The opinion, prompted by Julie Crawford’s case in Cedar Rapids, clarifies that living wills do not apply to minors or schools. It recommends consultation with medical and legal authorities and notes districts may keep a child home or seek home bound instruction.
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Kurt Rogahn
Judy Daubenmier
Lowa
Iowa Attorney General’s Office
Cedar Rapids
Julie Crawford
Taylor
Steve
Cindi Crawford
Marion
Julie
Crawfords
Mrs. Crawford
Osenbaugh
Kathy Collins
Iowa
Beth Hatch
Grant Wood Area
Foot found in soybean load linked to Oregon boy accident
A human foot was discovered in a soybean shipment at Muscatine from Portland Iowa. Authorities link the remains to 11 year old Chris Wyatt whose leg was severed in a Jan 25 auger accident at North Iowa Cooperative Elevator in Portland. The foot is analyzed by the state medical examiner as part of the investigation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Linda Cruise
Muscatine
Agri Industries
Portland
Iowa
North Iowa
Cerro Gordo County
Lawrence M. Mason
Chris Wyatt
The
Cerro Gordo
Sheriff's de
Ex-C R woman stable after heart lung transplant
A former Cedar Rapids woman, Nancy Quinn Fox 34 of Modesto California, is in critical but stable condition after an eight hour heart lung transplant at the University of Arizona Medical Center Tucson. She received a heart and lungs from a 15 year old male donor and is the seventh such transplant recipient there to survive. Fox waited seven months, was flown to Tucson, and underwent surgery from 3 30 am to 11 30 am. Her husband Steve and parents report cautious optimism with several weeks in hospital and months of follow up care ahead.
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Cedar Rapids
University of Arizona Medical Center
Tucson
Nancy Quinn Fox
Modesto
Calif
Fox
Charles
Marjorie Quinn
Broadview Dr
Regis High School
Iowa State University
Steve
Santa Clara
Iowa State
Iowa
Quinn
Marion
Attorney seeks withdrawal from Cedar Rapids heroin case
Tom Riley asks to withdraw as counsel for John Richmond who is charged with heroin possession after the Linn County DA dismissed the child endangerment counts against his wife. Riley cites time constraints with four jury trials and notes James Bennett can take over with Richmond's consent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tom Riley
Cedar Rapids
John
Karen Richmond
Richmonds
Michael
Riley
Linn County
John Richmond
Richmond
U.S. District Court
James Bennett
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Mike Deupree
Mary Worth
Ms. Worth
Minnesota
Texas
Gazette Company
Third Avenue
U.S. Territories
Associated Press
AP News
Cedar Rapids Gazette, Inc
P.O
Cone la
Westdale Mall
Health Fair
St. Luke’s and
Mercy Hospital
Wilson Avenue
Highway 151
Edgewood Road
Elizabeth M. Osenbaugh
Hatch
Crawford
John LeMar
Partment
Thomas Bennett
Greg Lauser
Cargill Inc
Minneapolis
Agri Grain Marketing
Lauser
C.R
Ralph Palmer
V.P
Ar-ray Building Products, Inc
JAX Cafes
Council Street
Yette
U OF I
University of Iowa
Iowa Today
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