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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 28, 2003
Page
9
Seven of the citys 18 monkeys left Bever Park Tuesday for relocation to Dickinson Park Zoo in Springfield Missouri. Bozo the 38 year old primate was the oldest. The rest of the troop will follow next month as Bever Park plans demolition due to budget cuts and humane concerns.
Cedar Rapids police report two sisters Sharice Owens seventeen and Sasha Owens fourteen of 1502 Fourth Ave SE are in custody for first degree burglary after allegedly entering a home at 1517 Bever Ave SE around 3 p.m. Sunday. Sharice allegedly assaulted resident Jane Snell with a stick during the break-in.
Deputies hunt for 20 year old Heath Warner after he and a friend rafted on the Cedar River north of Highway 30 bridge. Warner’s companions separated. one fell in and reached shore, the other communicated by cell phone about nine p.m. before contact was lost."}
Police search for a white man in his early 20s who hid in bushes and waved a knife at a woman near Page and Webster streets about 12:30 a.m. He fled east on Page Street after forcing her to drop her purse. Call (319) 356-5274 with tips.
Cedar Rapids district will keep the Kennedy High School Cougar Electric Co. program, with changes likely to limit student driving. Eighth grader Meagan Hollingshead, 14, died after the car struck a curb and hit a railing, a traumatic brain injury cited by authorities. Police found no mechanical fault and no charges are planned. insurance covers the program. The board held a moment of silence for Meagan as officials await the police report before any internal review.
The 84 foot replica of the Statue of Liberty is relocated to the northern tip of May's Island in Cedar Rapids after 53 years on a pedestal in Greene Square Park. Workers from Ryan Companies USA Inc. used a forklift to lift the 290 pound statue once freed from its base, revealing a pole anchoring it to the concrete.
In Cedar Rapids Czech Village gains a boost as Bulliek’s tavern building is donated by Scott and Penny Olson to the National Czech and Slovak Museum and Library. The gift aims to aid expansion and RiverRun redevelopment efforts.
Decorah High School mourns 18 year old Kyle McCormick who died after a sudden illness. His death followed reports of a possible meningitis case in Allamakee County. McCormick had been transported from Winneshiek County Memorial Hospital to the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota. Local school events including the scholarship awards program, a baseball game, and girls soccer were postponed as family and community cope with the loss. A recent graduate of Lan sing Kee High School in Allamakee County was treated for a bacterial form of meningitis, with officials stating no link between cases.
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