Win win with wind Home igged generator reduces bills
A home built wind powered generator cuts Iowa residents’ electric costs. The device uses compact turbine tech to supplement grid power, lowering monthly bills for households embracing small scale wind energy amid rising rates.
Miracle return caps high school graduation at North Fayette
Lindsay Thomas 18 arrived an hour late to North Fayette High School commencement after being trapped in a car for six days following a crash on I 35. She suffered a broken jaw, a broken wrist, and crushed legs thereafter amputated below the knee and remained hospitalized in Iowa City. Her family watched via closed circuit TV as 2,000 guests filled the gym while police kept media away at the door.
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Lindsay Thomas
North Fayette High School
Thomas
University Hospitals
Iowa City
Fayette County
Cedar Rapids
West Union
Wayne O’brien
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Tax bill hides AMT trap amid big cuts and hidden sunset
Washington analysis notes a large tax cut in the legislation while the Alternative Minimum Tax curbs the benefit for many filers. Relief for AMT begins in 2004 then ends, with the number affected expected to rise from 5.3 million to 13 million in 2005.
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Washington
Congress
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AMT
Joint Committee On Taxation
Chuck Grassley
Finance Committee
Memorial Day 2001 battle over relocating veterans park
Cedar Rapids veterans clash over plans to move All Veterans Memorial Park at Eighth Avenue and 12th Street SW. The 10 am ceremony honors wars past while some veterans, including 81-year-old Aaron Baer, oppose moving the site that features a fighter plane and eight granite monuments.
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Rick Smith
Uzette
Cedar Rapids
Aaron Baer
Eighth Avenue
12Th Street
Long
All Veterans Memorial Park
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National memorial plans clash with park move for stadium
The city shifts Veterans Memorial Stadium plans to free land for a new minor league park. Former official Lenway and rival Al Senway protest a line on 12th Street SW and the decision to build beyond the current outfield to save about 500000. Construction could start this season.
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Baer
Quail Ridge Dr
Veterans Memorial
Mission
12Th Street
Ball Club
Lenway
Northpointe Dr. NE
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