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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 23, 2005
Page
1
Gas prices rose to record levels in Cedar Rapids and Iowa City as wholesalers push higher costs to drivers. A Cedar Rapids mother reports paying 2.10 per gallon for self serve ethanol, about 4 more than usual, with many outlets up over 10 cents from Monday.
The Environmental Protection Agency explains how to estimate your yearly fuel costs using the fueleconomy.gov calculator. Users should click find and compare cars, enter make and model, then customize with gas prices and annual mileage for their vehicle.
Jeff Weise, 16, expelled for anti social behavior, used two pistols and a shotgun to kill nine, wound seven, and fatally shoot his grandfather and his grandfather's companion at Red Lake Reservation before assaulting Red Lake High School. He posted violent drawings and Nazi imagery online and inspired safety actions across school districts.
A statewide audit shows modest gains in access to public records after more than 20 training sessions over five years and online resources from Attorney General Tom Miller. Law enforcement has improved from five years ago, while some city and county offices declined.
Government agencies show improved public records access compared with five years ago, though some law enforcement records still feel hard to obtain. Iowa school districts now pass the records test, while cost varies widely with police reports priced from 25 cents to 15 dollars.
Iowa lawmakers debate House File 724 to allow redistributing unused transplant medications to low income residents. Supporters say it could vindicate nurses from University Hospitals Iowa City who faced discipline for distributing surplus drugs.
The support group Transplant Life of Cedar Rapids can be reached by email at crtransplantlife yahoo.com. Page 5A mentions drug related content.
Marion police officer Donna Finch distributes fliers to neighborhoods whenever a registered sex offender moves in. Since September 20 to 30 fliers have gone to homes of 38 offenders, as Marion remains among few departments to notify residents directly. Cedar Rapids conducts about two notices monthly. The state site Iowa sexoffender com provides offender data but is imperfect. A Gazette probe found nearly 25 percent of high risk offenders were not at listed addresses last year.
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