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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 12, 2002
Page
9
A Vinton firefighter broke a window at the Bob Fischer house on Second Avenue when flames were reported around 2 p.m. Monday. Fire damage was extensive and the cause remains undetermined. no injuries were reported.
The Duane Arnold Energy Center near Palo resumed full power at 5 a.m. after repairs to cooling systems. Iowa’s only nuclear plant had been shut since March 4 for the repairs. It provides electricity for about 432,000 homes and is owned by Alliant Energy Interstate Power and Light Co Central Iowa Power Cooperative and Corn Belt Power Cooperative.
Voters in the Western Dubuque school district cast ballots today from 7 a.m. to 8 p.m. on an instructional support program that would provide 968000 dollars yearly for five years. If approved, about 237000 dollars more yearly in state aid would follow, funded by a 4 percent state income tax surtax and a property tax levy. The extra funds would pay for new buses reduce textbook fees and cover private school textbook services.
Jeff M. Friis, 38, was arrested after methamphetamine precursors were found at his home on Skip Level Road. He was charged with possession of precursors with intent to manufacture meth and held in Clayton County Jail on $9,750 bond after a raid by the Special Operations Group with State Patrol support. Several items indicating manufacturing were found.
Architects compete to design an $80 million federal courthouse in Cedar Rapids with design proposals due April 2. The two stage competition targets a nine to twelve month selection with 10 to 12 designers. Funding already secured includes $9.8 million for property acquisition and preliminary design.
Dustin Smaby and Eric VanDenover presented Safe Walk at the regional In vent Iowa invention convention at the U S Cellular Center. The device adds a horn rearview mirror tail and head lights to aid elderly pedestrians. Winners from grades 3 through 8 advance to the April Iowa City state convention.
Linn County supervisors will act Wednesday on the next year’s county budget and a proposed 5 percent pay increase for elected officials. The $83.6 million general fund cannot be increased. salaries can be adjusted across the board. At a budget hearing 30 attended, only three were not county employees.
In Cedar Rapids a WWII era Japanese language booklet found by Ed Olmstead's family prompts a volunteer effort to return it to the owner's kin in Okinawa. Calls and help arrive from teachers and locals as the search gains momentum and a possible link to a Japanese family appears.
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