18 May 2001
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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 18, 2001
Page
1
Paul Revere's Pizza in Mount Pleasant claims the Ultimate Party Pizza as the world's largest commercially available pizza. A community feature notes local dining achievement and regional spotlight.
A Mount Mercy student is set to join a local club group nicknamed the gang as they prepare for upcoming dragon boat races. The event highlights recreational paddling and community teamwork.
A compact listing notes Accent topics, a one page index, and bridge calendar items for a newspaper brief. Classified and comics follow in pages E and 3-4D.
President Bush tours the Iowa Energy Center Biomass Energy Conversion plant in Nevada and endorses ethanol blended fuel as part of a broader push for a diversified energy policy. He cites national security benefits and urges reducing dependence on foreign oil while stressing action to avoid blackouts and economic turmoil.
President Bush visited the Biomass Energy Conversion center in Nevada Iowa with about 400 attendees. He joked about mispronouncing Nevada, complimented Iowans, and noted Iowa State University officials’ reaction to Cyclone basketball remarks. Governor Tom Vilsack joined the tour and thanked him for the visit.
In Congress, Iowans show division over the president’s travel plans and the nation’s energy strategy. Eastern Iowa faces a power crunch as cold weather returns, prompting LOA actions and billing concerns across the region.
Gov. Vilsack says lawmakers should approve House File 577 in a summer special session to ease siting rules for electricity plants. He warns Iowa risks California like rolling blackouts and notes power shortages have already hit Eastern Iowa, urging action to expand generating capacity.
Census figures show Iowa female householders without husbands and with children under 18 grew 18.7 percent from 1990 to 2000. Brenda DeDecker, a divorced mother, notes personal resonance with the trend as she navigates single parenting and the evolving family landscape.
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