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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 02, 2002
Page
9
Cedar Rapids voters panel OKs 99 year lease for 1 dollar for a 1.6 million museum on Cedar River site at 12th Avenue SE. Groundbreaking planned this month with a 3 30 pm kickoff at the National Czech and Slovak Museum. Police execute warrants in drug cases citywide.
Manchester city plans use of a federal grant totaling 413,636 for three housing activities. Nine families receive help through a Home Owner Assistance Program. five houses in the southwest area will be acquired and demolished. administration costs are 8,000. City to provide about 80,000 in funding match.
An adult deer entered the Wal-Mart Supercenter in Muscatine around 10:30 a.m. Tuesday through automatic doors. The animal passed the greeter and moved toward vegetables before slipping on the floor. Employees kept it down until animal control guided it outside.
Several eastern Iowa districts announced teacher layoffs to cope with budget cuts and shrinking enrollments. In Jones County four teachers were laid off with recall possible within two years. Statewide up to 500 to 1,000 teachers may lose jobs as districts terminate contracts. Davenport and Waterloo issued multiple layoff notices. Des Moines and Cedar Rapids also trimmed staff.
The Amana Colonies host Maifest with A Taste of the Amana Colonies Saturday 10 30 a m to 4 p m at Festhalle Barn featuring Amana eateries and local beverages. Sunday offers the first Mai fest Wine Walk 11 a m to 4 p m with seven wineries and punch card sampling.
Troy Smith of Wapello had a blood alcohol content of 0.232 percent after a March 20 crash on a curve near Wapello that killed four young people all from Wapello. Autopsies showed all had been drinking. Sheriff Brady said the victims were under the legal drinking age and subpoenas will be issued to obtain statements.
A fragment directs readers to reach writer Dick Hogan for more information with a partial phone handle and incomplete contact text.
The Grant Wood Area Education Agency board voted 7 to 2 to affirm Cedar Rapids school district’s denial of a parent group’s request for free busing to a new school. The decision follows a hearing and could lead to further appeals to the Iowa Department of Education.
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