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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 24, 2003
Page
11
Iowa State Patrol and area agencies run extra shifts through June 2 to ticket violators of child restraint and seat belt laws. Fines total 47.50 dollars. In 2001, 173 unrestrained people died in Iowa crashes, a cited context for the crackdown.
A Cedar Rapids woman was struck on the head and robbed while unlocking her apartment at 11 a.m. Thursday. Two men stole $800 in cash. she did not require medical treatment and could not clearly identify the suspects.
Chicago man Middleton Bernard Staley 30 indicted in USS for 1996 to 2001 counterfeit check cashing ring. He allegedly recruited users and cashed phony payroll checks at Hy-Vee and EconoFoods in Algona Cedar Falls Cedar Rapids Charles City Clear Lake Mason City and Waterloo. Counts carry up to five to ten years and fines up to 250000 per count.
Ronald Ducharme of Cedar Rapids was sentenced in U S District Court to 15 months for distributing cocaine. He pleaded guilty November 18 and was arrested October 7 in a controlled buy. Ducharme, 47, met the buyer in prison where he served nine years for bank robbery and firearms convictions. He must pay a 100 dollar fine and 100 dollars restitution to the Iowa Division of Narcotics Enforcement. He is ordered to be released after the term.
McKinley Middle School students will decide next week how to honor Meagan Hollingshead 14 who died after an electric car she drove crashed into a sidewalk railing during a Kennedy High School science project demonstration Investigators found no mechanical fault and police expect no charges The crash occurred around 840 am with about 40 eighth graders as witnesses Meagan lived with her mother and Laura Taylor in Cedar Rapids and her father John Hollingshead in Wyoming Iowa
Faith communities in Dubuque and Cedar Rapids join No Dice a coalition of business civic and social groups to oppose gambling focusing on economic and social ills. Clergy warn gambling shifts from recreation to vice noting cycles of acceptance and family harm.
Nancy Schuler of Evansdale will hand family members the worn red bracelet bearing the name of Sgt. 1st Class Robert C. O’Hara. The bracelet, long worn by families and others for MIAs and POWs, ties Schuler to a man she never met. Chuck O’Hara died in Vietnam on February 6, 1969, near Quang Tri with six crew members.
Graduation shoppers favor practical presents over plush bears. Iowa grads advise cash or gift cards for flexibility, while personal touches like a laptop or room decor create lasting meaning. One alum recalls a book gifted early, linking thoughtfulness to usefulness.
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