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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 17, 2002
Page
13
A Riverside Festival Stage seat at City Park was vandalized a month after installation. Volunteers found one of 470 seats kicked and covers torn from outlets. Riverside will hold an open house from 1 to 3 p.m. Sunday to celebrate the installation.
Cedar Rapids Toyota management and Hiawatha city officials are negotiating over moving the dealership from Marion to a site at Boyson Road and I 380. A best case would place an opening next spring, though many details remain unsettled. The offer includes attractive landscaping, extra tree plantings, self imposed setbacks, and lighting aligned with upcoming city rules.
Cedar Rapids students build homes in two real projects with open houses this month. One home from Cedar Rapids schools and another from Linn-Mar and Marion students. The building and trades classes provide practical experience for those considering carpentry careers.
Open houses list two Iowa addresses with details. At 920 Ashford Dr Cedar Rapids, Saturday and Sunday May 25 and 26 from 1 to 5 p.m., five bedrooms, three baths, gas fireplace, 2368 sq ft, three-stall garage, asking price 209900. At 2490 Daleview Dr Marion Warior, Saturday and Sunday 3 to 6 p.m., ranch style four bedrooms two baths, gas fireplace, 2375 sq ft, two-stall garage, asking about 170000.
Luke Helder 21 of Pine Island Minnesota accused of placing pipe bombs in 18 mailboxes across five states injuring four letter carriers and two Iowa women May 3 to 6 asks court to waive the May 22 preliminary hearing. His attorney says they may be pursuing a deal while noting the hearing is procedural and would move him toward a grand jury indictment.
Joe Corbin died at 34 in a canoe accident on a Minnesota boundary waters trip. His parents, Sara and Paul Corbin, used life insurance to create $20,000 in scholarship funds in his name for educating local children. His ashes were scattered in northeast Iowa creeks. He loved pizza, made new friends, and supported others. His sister Carolyn Merritt is expecting a child in September. Joe would have loved being an uncle and would be training for track and cross country.
A kitchen refrigerator door in Mount Vernon displays a photo montage of Joe Corbin who died in a Minnesota fishing accident nearly a year ago. His parents Sara and Paul Corbin used part of his life insurance to fund scholarships for the children of his friends through the Greater Cedar Rapids Foundation.
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