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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 25, 2005
Page
13
A cold front moves into Eastern Iowa bringing 1 to 2 inches of snow mainly on grass as rain turns to snow. Meteorologist Denny Frary of KCRG TV9 says roads will be wet and may have isolated slick spots. Temperatures rise to the upper 30s to low 40s by midmorning with possible occasional flurries.
The semiannual installment of property and mobile home taxes must be paid by March 31 to avoid incurring a penalty. Taxes unpaid on April 1 incur a 1.5 percent penalty. Payments postmarked March 31 are considered timely with no penalty. Property taxes may be paid at county treasurer offices, and Linn County accepts some credit card payments online via www.iowatreasurers.org.
The Deer Task Force urged the City Council to permit bow hunting on private and identified city property to reduce the deer population. Five supported the plan, two opposed, as officials seek another harvesting method after sharpshooter use since 1999, including last month.
Henry J. Rempt 42 of Coralville faces two counts of vehicular homicide for the Sept 5 crash that killed 91 year old Arthur Martin and seriously injured his son Randall. A plea and sentencing are planned May 13 as blood alcohol was 0.282.
Frank Gluck reports Johnson County sheriff Lonny Pulkrabek had Jonathan Memmer strapped with a belt delivering up to 50 000 volts by remote in 2002 courtroom to deter violence. Deputies say security needs outweigh defendant rights as jurors remain unaware of the device.
Pfizer and Coley Pharmaceutical Group announce a licensing agreement valued at 6.75 million for ProMune. UI professor Arthur Krieg and UI Research Foundation patents underpin the deal, with potential total payments up to 455 million. Pfizer will develop manufacture and commercialize the cancer immunotherapy.
Cedar Rapids Mayor Paul Pate faced pressure from John Herbert of Legion Arts to drop as host of the Good Friday Prayer Breakfast over the planned speaker Ken Hutcherson who opposes gay rights and calls homosexuality a sin. Pate declined, saying Herbert misses the prayer breakfast’s point and defending the invitation as the rights of the sponsoring group.
In Hopkinton Ramona Melchert 72 crochets three dimensional Easter eggs and miniature dresses and nests from her School Street farmhouse. Growing up in Buck Creek she learned sewing and crafting from family, later turning crochet into a yearly gift tradition with dozens of eggs headed to six children and relatives.
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