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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 12, 2008
Page
9
The city hosts the Our Neighborhood Our City Housing Fair at the Armory in City Hall from 5 to 7 p.m. Thursday. Residents landlords and tenants can learn about city services including NEAT district policing housing rehabilitation lead paint abatement and housing vouchers. Call 319 286 5192 with questions.
City residents will be contacted 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. this month to join two focus groups on the look of Cedar Rapids. Sessions on June 7 and June 14 will include development and business representatives to inform the Planning Commission design guideline review. Meanwhile, the Cedar Rapids school board meets at 5 p.m. to consider contracts for ~1,350 teachers and nurses as the union shares ratification results.
Katy Pedersen, 22, manager at Celebrations Bridal Shoppe in Coralville, recalls a bride who chose a Paloma Blanca champagne gown despite initial doubts. She advises trying all styles, noting orders may arrive late and six months is the recommended deadline.
In a Cedar Rapids interview Don Hanson recalls being in a Grant Wood mural as a child and recounts connections to local figures. The piece sketches the Cherry Sisters vaudeville act from Marion with Effie Cherry’s 1923 autobiography and notes the sisters later faced slander suits and financial troubles.
Guttenberg resident Curtis Pierce age 45 faces first degree murder and homicide by vehicle in the December 25 2006 death of Terri Pettit 32. His trial has stalled as attorneys argue motions including a request to sever the murder and vehicular homicide charges. Judge John Bauercamper denied the severance in February and Pierce's team pressed a March 3 motion for reconsideration citing prior bad acts evidence to justify separate trials.
Terri Pettit 32 of Guttenberg died from injuries after being struck by Curtis Pierce’s pickup along Highway 52 south of Guttenberg shortly before 11 p.m. December 25, 2006. Sheriff Hamann says investigators believe the driver intended to strike Pettit. Pierce, intoxicated and staggering, drove about 10:50 p.m. and was later found with a damaged pickup.
The Gazette announces a Monday follow up on notable newsmakers and events. Readers are invited to submit inquiries to Newstrack via Cedar Rapids postal address, telephone, or email for timely coverage and updates.
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