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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 31, 2005
Page
9
The College Community school board plans a fall election to fund facilities expansion after a $29.5 million bond for a grades 7-9 school narrowly failed. A land acquisition firm will seek parcel options near the campus and a marketing firm will survey residents to understand bond failure causes and plan the next election.
City Council approves rezoning on five acres at Wilson Avenue and Edgewood Road SW to level nine homes for a 24,000 square foot strip mall and a 6,400 square foot restaurant. Developers Hunter Parks and Gerry Ambrose plan closing a short section of 33rd Street SW to create access to existing businesses without the Wilson Avenue traffic signal.
Rich Patterson, director at Indian Creek Nature Center, reports earliest bloodroot flowering. Plants have bloomed between March 31 and May 3 in past years, with a few at the center blooming on Wednesday March 30. He links the early blossoms to four mild winters.
The Linn County Conservation Board will decide tonight whether to transfer 100 acres of donated land and possibly the Rock Island State Preserve to Cedar Rapids in exchange for 400000. If approved, the plan clears the way for a 100 million dollar project to extend Highway 100 seven miles to Highway 30. The five board members meet with Linn County supervisors at Wickiup Hill at 6 p.m. and face pressure as Cedar Rapids recently approved 200000 for environmental reviews.
Heather M. Hibbs a 17 year old Oxford resident died in a two vehicle crash on Tiffin east side at 1 10 PM as she drove south on Stephens Street stops at a stop sign and enters the path of a westbound pickup driven by Charles D Swenka 48 of Tiffin Swenka and a rear seat passenger wife suffered minor injuries The incident prompted cancellation of CC Amana school activities and availability of counselors and a crisis team for students and staff
Employers and schools remember teens affected by a Colorado crash. The article notes students needing help coping with a colleague’s death as investigators closed Highway 6 in Johnson County traffic was rerouted and later reopened before 3 30 p m. Author contact provided.
On the third day of testimony in a Linn County District Court civil trial, Olin and Wendy Andrews face questions over alleged animal neglect after deputies veterinarians and rescue workers removed more than 60 horses and many dogs cats and other livestock from their Palo farm on March 2. The county seeks rulings on the animals' care and custody.
Riverside learns appearances can mislead as Spike TV airs the first episode of Invasion Iowa a mock movie turned reality show. William Shatner and locals star in a prank praised for friendly bemusement though some outsiders view it as a trick. The column also notes government promo videos and criticizes airing without disclaimers.
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