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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 22, 1995
Page
9
Firefighters investigated a roof fire at PMX Industries in Cedar Rapids last night. Crews arrived shortly after 8 pm and cut power for safety as smoke filled a room. The blaze was contained by about 9 pm with no injuries reported and damage estimates unavailable.
The Cedar Rapids Parks Department opens garden plots in Robbins Lake Beverly and Squaw Creek areas. Signups begin April 3 for Robbins Lake April 4 for Beverly and April 5 for Squaw Creek with $5 per plot plus $1 lease and insurance. Registration at City Hall Armory basement Veterans Memorial Coliseum. Remaining plots available April 6 to 28 at City Parks Office third floor City Hall. no phone reservations. Plots 20 by 50 feet. family limits apply by site. no commercial sale of produce.
Weather permitting, crews will replace water mains on Bowler Street 10th to 13th avenues, Tenth Avenue 200 block to Blairs Ferry Road, 13th Avenue Blairs Ferry to Rainbow, 14th Avenue 100 block, and Rainbow Boulevard 14th to 1000 block. Mains about 30 years old cause frequent breaks. completion expected mid May.
Coralville’s Chris Cornelius is one of four Iowa students advancing to the national Math Counts competition April 28 in Washington DC after finishing fourth individually at Drake University in Des Moines. Teammates Kevin Marasinghe Ames Nick Gifford Waterloo and Jimmy Brito Cedar Falls also placed high. Northwest Junior High placed third in team standings behind Stillwell West Des Moines and Merrill Des Moines.
Steve Rankin of the Winnebago Council said audits of Independence Cub Scout Pack 75 finances may finish by week’s end as the group reconstitutes under Scott Ohrt. Former cubmaster Robert Reedy and his wife Regina resigned amid accusations of irregularities in Scout funds they managed.
Cedar Rapids officials push 9 percent water 8.8 percent solid waste 9.7 percent sanitary sewer and 17.6 percent storm sewer increases for fiscal 1996 with hearings set April 5. Taxpayers fear fixed incomes. project costs include a west side water plant opening this spring and a six year 48.9 million capital program.
Investigation ties Ricky Kindred of Washington Iowa to the March 1 Firstar Bank robbery in Richland with 71 two dollar bills exchanged and $3 100 taken. Four employees identified his voice on tape and a photo match supported by an FBI led case. Detention hearing occurred March 14 and the case advances to a federal grand jury.
A 25 person gathering at the Iowa City Public Library launched the Ralston Creek Watershed Partnership. The group plans an April 23 cleanup and will monitor water levels and sediment while exploring parks and trails near the creek and a nearby condo development.
Julie Semler, a 26 year old nurse on University Hospitals transplant floor, receives a kidney from her father Keith after a 12 hour operation. Semler, nearing return to work May 1, has battled kidney failure since childhood and has worked on the transplant floor for two decades while undergoing dialysis post shift.
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