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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 11, 1998
Page
11
In a daily notebook item the city asks readers to vote on renaming The Eastern Iowa Airport and to discuss an NHS eligibility controversy involving an unwed mother in Ohio. The piece promotes TELUS sampling and an online forum for opinions on local and national topics.
A dense schedule lists county and city meetings in Linn County including the Board of Supervisors work session at the Administrative Office Building and Medicaid Administrative Claiming at the Health Department. It notes public hearings in Marion and Cedar Rapids, a university concert by the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, a Titanic presentation at Roosevelt Middle School, and a farmers market in Collins Road.
Sunday Illinois Lottery draws report Pick 3 8 8 2 and Powerball 5 7 5 0 8 26 29 34 49 with Powerball 28. Jackpot 69.4 million, no winner. Wednesday jackpot 85 million. Iowa Super Cash Lotto 3 8 12 21 24 34. Cash 4 Life 18 2453 78. Cash Game 7 15 17 26 31. one $1.2 million winner in Super Cash. Wednesday jackpot 200,000. CityLine numbers 363-7000 or 337-7000, category 2900.
Birth notices from Mercy and St Luke's list May events. Zenobia Mala Beckley and Donald Beckley welcome a son at 1080 F Ave NW. Chantel Colburn brings a son. others include a daughter for Sherry Coleman and for Linda Regan and Regan partners. Additional births occur for Jackie Vangorp, Conal Kujanson, and Deborah O'Brien with families in Ely Marengo Belle Plaine Mount Vernon.
A Cedar Rapids federal jury found Ira J. Moore of Bloomingdale Georgia guilty of conspiracy to commit bank robbery, attempted bank robbery, and transporting a stolen vehicle. The 33 year old, along with Terry W. Fisher, allegedly tried to rob the Hardin County Savings Bank in New Providence on February 20 using an altered pellet gun resembling a sawed off shotgun.
Cedar Rapids district to recognize Gov Governor's Award winner Sue Stinson and three J C Penney awardees for Speak Up! and inclusion efforts at Nixon McKinley Erskine and Jefferson schools. Board to consider 600 Windows computers bids eleven bids received Entre Computer lowest at 712620 with Compaq DP200 model. hearing on 6 million tax anticipation warrants sale set for June 8. meeting runs 4 30 p m closed session expulsion then 7 30 p m regular session.
Mount Mercy College will hold its May 16 graduation at the Paramount Theatre with Attorney General Tom Miller delivering the keynote and receiving an honorary degree. The class of ’98 includes 238 graduates with awards, a nursing pinning, and an after graduation party expected to host 1,000 guests.
The Cedar Rapids Convention and Visitors Bureau presents a tour of Cedar Rapids attributes in Des Moines with exhibits named Entertainment Lane Hotel Highway Resource Road and Attractions Avenue at the University Park Holiday Inn. Nearly twenty Cedar Rapids businesses participate and guide visitors through the exhibit tour from 11 30 a m to 12 30 p m and follow with a trivia luncheon.
A Cedar Rapids man shot himself in the abdomen near Beverly railyards then returned to the Union Station tavern seeking help. He was taken to Mercy Medical Center with non life threatening injuries. Police say the zip gun was used and determine whether the act was intentional or accidental.
Duke Ellington's orchestra led by Paul Mercer Ellington wowed 1,000 at Cornell College King Chapel as part of the 100th May Music Festival. Soloists Chris Albert Thomas James Hassan Abdul Ash Shakur Mark Ivan Gross Brad Shigeta James Zollar Karen Callaway dazzled with Mood Indigo Caravan and You Name It encore.
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