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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 14, 1996
Page
7
Firefighters from about eight departments battled a late night blaze at Joensy's On the Square in Sigourney. The Joens family cafe and upstairs apartments were evacuated with no injuries reported as crews remained on scene. The cafe sits opposite the Keokuk County courthouse and was closed at the time.
Center Point and Urbana residents vote on a 5.32 million bond to build an elementary school and add seven classrooms at Urbana Middle School. The two phase project would be funded if approved with polling at LJL Hall Center Point and Urbana City Hall from 7 a.m. to 8 p.m.
The Cedar Rapids school board approved a 3 percent salary increase for Superintendent Lew Finch. Finch will earn a $97,000 base salary this year plus a $13,835 tax sheltered annuity, with next year's base rising to $99,920. The board extended Finch's contract to June 30, 1999. They also set substitute teacher pay rates and announced a construction project delaying two lanes on First Avenue at Collins Road NE to widen the intersection for the Marion bypass, lasting until early September.
The Marion Independent School Board approved a public hearing at 7 p.m. May 28 to amend the current year budget by a net increase of 542,825. The change primarily funds 14 months of teacher salaries in the current year, aligning with GAAP. The district will amend total budget to 11,292,726.
A Linn County District Court suit seeks damages for the estates of eight residents from Robins Cedar Rapids and Marion killed when a motor home collided with a semi on Highway 218 near Crawfordsville. The claim targets Dart Transport of Illinois driver Joseph Gamble and motor home driver James Patton and seeks compensation for hospital bills and losses from the Midwest Old Settlers and Threshers Association members traveling to Mount Pleasant. The crash was attributed to icy roads and high wind gusts in a weather related accident.
Grant Wood Elementary fifth graders Meredith Humphrey and David Pace carry the torch on the first leg of the Spirit of the Olympics relay. Twenty one elementary schools participate in the relay, which runs through Wednesday. The theme winning is in the trying echoes the Olympic Creed.
U S Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas is set to give a 50 minute talk July 18 at Coe College Cedar Rapids for Linn County Bar Association members along with remarks from Iowa judges during a daylong event. Co coordinators call it a coup noting Thomas attends for the bar meeting and will join in after noon activities and a dinner.
Fourteen officers from Iowa will serve a three week security detail during the 1996 Atlanta Games. They will not be paid but receive transportation, meals, and lodging. The effort, organized via the Iowa Sheriffs and Deputies Association, aims to support Olympic security with volunteers from Washington and Dubuque counties.
A Chelsea scene shows boarded up homes and gas shutoffs as residents debate the town’s fate after the 1993 flood and ongoing repairs. Transformers of local life and a rise of wetlands versus tourist revival animate talk, amid movie hype and Olympic torch plans.
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