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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 15, 2006
Page
9
Cedar Rapids police seek two black male suspects about 30 years old and 5 feet 8 inches tall who robbed the Family Dollar at 2325 Mount Vernon Rd SE around 10:20 am. They fled on foot with an undetermined cash amount. One wore a brown shirt and jeans with a black hat. the other a black shirt, jeans and a black hat.
The College Community school board will hold a public hearing at the start of tonight's meeting on a proposal to alter this year's budget. The plan would allow spending nearly seven million dollars more than the original budget without raising taxes. The board will later discuss Achievement Level Test results and conduct sessions at 5 p.m. and about 6 p.m. at the district facilities. Tree debris from the April tornado is turned to mulch free at Public Works, which will stop accepting debris. residential disposal is free at the landfill while commercial charges apply. Parks crews will remove future tree stumps from public rights of way and reseed holes to aid germination. residents should keep seeded areas moist.
Tonya Hard, a 40 year old Cedar Rapids beautician and mother of four, balances hairSalon work at Fantastic Sams with racing a modified 1979 Chevrolet Monte Carlo in Hawkeye Downs and Jackson County Speedway events. She began racing six years ago after a friend invited her to try an alcohol fueled stock car in Monticello.
Tonya Hard, a 40 year old beautician from Hiawatha, drives stock cars for Williams Motor Sports while raising four children. She grew up with brothers and learned to work on cars, aiming for her first win and planning to involve her granddaughter in racing someday. Her son Anthony and daughter Jenna support her, Priscilla is more ambivalent, and Mark nears grandmother status.
Cedar Rapids resident Chuck Rutledge rereads a November 1922 Motor magazine noting a call for fuel conservation as oil supplies were seen lasting a century. The piece warned domestic oil deficits and future crises requiring economy and preparedness amid rising today’s gasoline prices.
University Hospitals in Iowa City invested about 625000 to upgrade its water system and run tests after two patients were diagnosed with Legionnaires' disease in 2004. One recovered, the second case confirmed in January 2005 and reportedly died though causation remains unclear. The measures ran Jan 4 2005 to Mar 7 2005 and included a new water treatment system, water testing, and providing bottled water and ice.
The Gazette notes University Hospitals spent over $328,000 by May 2005 to fix a water system after detecting Legionnaires' disease bacteria. A December 2004 patient survived while another US Hospitals patient died in January 2005.
The Gazette offers Newstrack updates on prominent local figures and events. Readers are directed to contact Cedar Rapids newsroom via mail, telephone, or email for inquiries and follow ups.
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