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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 14, 2000
Page
7
Marion Mayor Vic Klopfenstein says a major quality of life announcement will open the 4 p.m. work session at City Hall. He gave no details about the announcement. For updates call CITYLINE at 363-7000 or 337-7000, category 2551.
Cedar Rapids hosts a community forum at United Way of East Central Iowa on Fifth Avenue SE. Cindy Needles Fletcher of Iowa State University will discuss findings from a three year study of welfare programs in seven Iowa communities including Cedar Rapids. The event runs 3 to 4 30 p m and is open to the public.
Sen. Charles Grassley will visit HyVee Food Store 1843 Johnson Ave NW at 10 15 a m Thursday to urge participation in this year census He warns that every uncounted person costs Iowa its fair share Grassley plans stops at HyVee locations in seven Iowa cities during the week.
Two people died when a tanker trailer broke loose from a semi on Interstate 80 near Newton. Scott Janata 32 of Warrenville Ill. was driving a westbound freightliner. the tanker struck a van and a pickup causing the fatal crash. Kemp 47 of Kalamazoo Mich. drove the van. pickup driver unnamed. Janata was charged with towing an unsafe vehicle.
Local group argues Cedar Rapids area fares exceed similar hubs and that a business coalition can cut costs. Fourteen firms including University of Iowa and chambers of commerce joined. a Philadelphia firm handles buying power. goal is airline agreement within months and lower airfares per ticket.
Cedar Rapids school board debated five crowding solutions for Jackson Elementary. One plan would move about 104 kindergartners to Coolidge or Wright, with first graders returning to Jackson, while permitting current permit and open enrollment students to stay. Other tweaks relocate home school aid and day care programs, freeing classrooms, and would reassign Jackson students to Pierce with kindergarten kept at Jackson for some. The board delayed a decision to April 11.
Cedar Rapids planners tackle at least five contentious cases including a third bid for a SuperTarget on Blairs Ferry Road. The 3 p.m. session in City Hall will allow public comment with no per item time limits as opponents gather.
The eastern Iowa Camp Fire program kicks off its fourth annual Absolutely Incredible Kid Day letter writing drive in Cedar Rapids and Lindale Mall. Hundreds of thousands of letters travel by mail and are left in lunch boxes and backpacks as a reminder to praise kids in handwritten form. A free carnival at Regis Middle School in Cedar Rapids Friday offers a letter writing kiosk and game tickets.
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