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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 17, 1997
Page
9
A single car crash two miles southwest of Anamosa killed 26 year old Michael J. Nelson of Cedar Rapids. Driver Troy L. Jones 27 and Ivory L. Gamble 38 were injured and treated at St Luke's Hospital. State Patrol said charges are pending.
Marion Independent School District residents face a small property tax decrease next year under the proposed 1997-98 budget of 12.25 million dollars, a 5.15 percent rise from this year. The tax rate would rise about seven cents per thousand, offset by a state rule lowering taxable value, with a sample $100,000 home dropping from 871 to 868 dollars in taxes.
The Cedar Rapids Solid Waste Management Department will resume yard waste collection today. Residents should use Kraft paper bags or 35-gallon containers marked with a bold Y and place them at the curb or alley before 7 am on collection day. Y markers containers available for $10 at 940 Fourth St SW.
Ten people, aged 18 to 24, were arrested after sheriff deputies raided a home at 9168 Military Rd south of Dubuque late Saturday. One resident Glen T. Flury, 19, was among those who fled and later charged with 11 offenses including eight counts of supplying alcohol to a minor.
Brian M. Rodrick, 28, of Oelwein, faces nine counts of felon in possession of firearms and one count of possession of a stolen firearm in two federal indictments filed last week in the Northern District of Iowa. U S attorney Stephen Rapp announced the charges.
Duane Fisher, ag teacher at Washington High School in Vinton, recalls enrollment shifts from the 1980s farm crisis to a current rise in local FFA members from 71 to 93 in two years. National FFA membership has grown to 450,000 as world markets expand, with ag education broadening to include horticulture and aquaculture for diverse students.
Jason Zabokrtsky, 22, of Troy Mills, went from interning in Washington to clerking for Rep. Jack Holveck at the Iowa State Capitol. He credits White House exposure with sparking his political interest and plans to attend the University of Iowa Law School this fall.
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