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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 29, 2001
Page
1
Iowa City High basketball mentor Denny Thiessen, who led Bettendorf and Cedar Rapids Prairie to state titles, was laid to rest after an emotional funeral in Iowa City on Wednesday.
University of Iowa announces a five year extension for men’s basketball coach Steve Alford and athletics director Bob Bowlsby with a guaranteed annual salary of 900000 dollars. The agreement secures leadership through 2009 and marks a major commitment from the university to its basketball program.
Former Wisconsin basketball coach Brad Soderberg is a leading candidate to take over the University of Northern Iowa program after his dismissal at Wisconsin. The report notes UNI's need to rebuild amid challenges facing the team.
Stamy Industrial Park could host a new United Parcel Service sorting facility valued at about 2 million dollars. The project limits and community impact are explored as regional development details unfold.
Gov. Tom Vilsack asked Iowa lawmakers for 285 million in cuts and transfers to balance the 2001-02 budget. The plan targets 144 million in spending reductions and 120 million from the emergency surplus, risking higher college tuition and 400 to 600 state jobs losses. Some regents staff may also be affected while essential services aim to be preserved without tax increases. GOP leaders await analysis and question if the downturn justifies emergency reserves use.
The plan shows $285 million in cuts and transfers including $144 million cut, $120 million moved from an emergency fund, and 400 to 600 layoffs to save $4.3 million. It trims the 2001-2002 budget to $4.88 billion, shifts $16.4 million from road-use to the general fund, and reduces budgets at the University of Iowa and UNI. It also cuts funding for the Iowa Braille and Sight Saving School, the 6th Judicial District drug court, Anamosa Penitentiary, and Oakdale facilities, and leaves two state parks unstaffed cutting about $100,000.
UI Public Policy Center survey finds 43 percent of parents say their children's health is excellent after a year in the Healthy and Well Kids in Iowa program, up from 37 percent at enrollment. Dr. Pete Damiano says the improvement was an unexpected positive result.
The HAWK4 plan offers health vision dental and prescription insurance to uninsured children in families under twice the poverty level, about 34 000 for a family of four. A survey of 463 families shows access to care improved with coverage dropping from 27 percent to 6 percent lacking needed care after enrollment.
In Cedar Rapids, public drunkenness arrestees can no longer sleep it off at Mercy Medical Center, aligning with other Iowa cities. Suspects may take a $6 breath test at the jail to prove a blood alcohol below 0.10 percent. otherwise they must sleep it off in jail. Mercy leaders cite de-emphasizing inpatient treatment as the shift.
A Hong Kong study reported in the New England Journal of Medicine found a week of antibiotics can prevent aspirin related bleeding ulcers in heart patients. Antibiotics reduced ulcer risk similarly to acid reducers in aspirin users, but not in naproxen patients.
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