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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 04, 1998
Page
15
Daily notebook invites city residents to vote on evolution as fact or theory via CITYLINE lines 363-7000 or 337-7000, category 1111, until 8 p.m. It notes yesterday’s poll on driving speed with 81 responses 18 percent yes and 82 percent no. TELUS frames this as a non scientific sampling.
Your Two Cents forum at FYlowa hosts current topics on public safety gambling growth and disease framing. Readers weigh what changes are needed in the fire department and whether gambling expansion should be limited, debating whether social issues can be treated as illnesses.
May 4 schedule includes city council budget session Linn-Mar board work session Springville council and library board meetings. Concerts at Marion High School and Paramount Theatre feature orchestral pieces. Book readings at University of Iowa Library and national Czech museum lecture. Local lotteries, Mercy and St. Luke's births, and drunken driving charges listed.
Cheri Whittaker, 39, was sentenced in U.S. District Court to 2% years in prison for conspiring to distribute more than 500 grams of cocaine and five grams of crack in 1995 and 1996. She received four years of supervised release and must pay a $50 special assessment and $880 restitution.
The unlicensed Iowa City Free Radio resumed transmissions from various locations after a February FCC order to shut down. The latest test broadcast occurred Saturday from a mobile home at 1205 Laura Dr, running about 2 to 10 p.m. The group seeks legal help from Bruce Nestor and hopes to return to regular air by summer.
West Branch clerks report a $100000 Powerball ticket unclaimed since June 1997 among a dozen unclaimed Iowa prizes ranging from $5000 to $100000. Lottery officials urge players to check, as claims expire within months and unclaimed totals fund future prizes.
Shoppers flock to Earl May Nursery in Cedar Rapids as outdoor displays open. Growers highlight geraniums with new colors and popular patio plants and Posey Pouches. Customers say gardening is fun and relaxing, with buyers like Peg Prohaska buying pansies and dianthus for their landscape.
Alumni parents students and friends are invited to submit reflections up to 300 words by May 15 to Regis High School c/o Royalist 735 Prairie Dr NE Cedar Rapids IA 52402. Call Carol Schmidt 365-6991 for details.
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