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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 14, 2009
Page
3
Cedar Rapids PR team aims to recruit Katie Couric or WSJ NYT reporters to mark the Cedar River flood’s one year milestone. They push for national attention to the recovery effort and funding needs. The plan frames the anniversary as a pivotal storytelling moment for the city.
Cedar Rapids launches a national media kit to highlight billions in flood damage versus limited relief. The effort, organized by Cassie Willis and the public relations group, ships kits in Quaker oatmeal tubes to 50 outlets, aided by local donations and four community leaders.
The Bike to Work Week May or's Ride is moved to 5 30 p m from Chauncey Swan Park Iowa City to the Coralville New Pioneer Co op with food music and festivities. World of Bikes offers free bike lights as do Iowa City and Coralville police. Call 319 330 5587 for information.
Cedar Rapids City Council District 1 member Kris Gulick will hold his quarterly community meeting at 10 30 a m Saturday at the Parks Department 3601 42nd St NE Residents are urged to attend and discuss issues important to them. Cedar Rapids school district fifth grade students can register for summer instrumental music lessons at 6 30 p m Monday at the middle school they will attend during the 2009 10 school year Wilson McKinley Roosevelt Franklin Harding and Taft.
Fifth grade teacher Sue Taylor organized a birthday surprise for Tina Monroe with a gym table covered in 850 cans jars and boxes of food. The items will be donated to the Marion Food Pantry and Aid to Cedar Rapids, recognizing Monroe on her 50th birthday.
Tina Monroe, in her ninth year as principal, is surprised by a schoolwide effort led by Taylor challenging 17 home rooms to collect 50 items each. A fifth grade rally completed the goal after a shortfall, with 380 students singing Happy Birthday during a gym surprise and a video plus childhood photos shown.
University of Iowa Carver College of Medicine appoints Charles Brenner as head of Biochemistry effective July 1. Brenner, professor at Dartmouth Medical School and director of the Thoracic Oncology Program, succeeds interim head Madeline Shea who led since July 2008 after John Donelson stepped down.
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