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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 15, 1992
Page
13
The Gazette announces its second annual Where Are They Now reunion directory to publish April 19. Submit contact details class year high school city reunion date and location and names of unlocated classmates by 5 p.m. April 3 typed double spaced to The Gazette Cedar Rapids.
Center Point schools plan to refinance their 1984 bond to cut interest costs. Superintendent Richard Whitehead says the eight year remaining term could save about 40 000 overall, roughly 5 000 per year. The move does not affect next year’s district reorganization.
Five Black Hawk County men were arrested in an undercover drug trafficking probe in the Waterloo area. Henry Greer, 28, Waterloo, sold crack cocaine and violated the Iowa Drug Tax Stamp, held on 16250 dollars bond. Cedar Falls residents Bradley Wagner, 22, and others faced marijuana and LSD charges and were released after promising to appear in court.
A fire at Quan Dahl Food Ranch in Waukon confined to the upstairs bathroom. No injuries occurred and patrons were evacuated as firefighters fought the blaze reported at 7:45 p.m. The cause is unknown and a state fire marshal investigated.
The Olympic opened in 1912 as a silent film house. The Cherry Sisters gave one of their final performances there and it later screened Czech films in the 1930s.
The former Strand, built in 1915 with 1300 seats, was the city’s grand theatre. It housed the Strand Players stock company, featured a $10000 Foto-Player organ, and later became a notable silent movie venue with rare vaudeville acts. A controversial 1917 play drew municipal scrutiny before the Strand's eventual decline.
The Iowa Campaign Finance Disclosure Commission ruled Cedar Rapids Community Schools indirectly used district funds to support an October 1990 instructional levy. It also said the Citizens Committee for the Support of the Instructional Levy listed unverifiable contributions. Superintendent Daeschner says the action was a request for more documentation, not a ruling against district or committee.
Cedar Rapids Community Schools and Davenport print shops, Linn-Mar brochures, and Solon district telephone use are alleged to have produced campaign materials and voter outreach funded by campaign committees. The law bars district phone use for political calls and long distance use is noted.
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