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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 30, 2002
Page
1
Cedar Rapids crews work to clean mud from streets after a Tuesday night thunderstorm. The report notes humid conditions and lingering muddy streets as residents respond to the storm impact.
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The Board of Regents will select an interim University of Iowa president at its Ames meeting June 19–20 as Mary Sue Coleman leaves Iowa City August 1 to become the University of Michigan's first female president. Coleman’s replacement process could take four months to a year with a national search, and her salary package at Michigan is expected to exceed $475,000 per year while Iowa's current salary is $250,000.
UI president Mary Sue Coleman departs amid funding concerns and staff turnover. University Hospitals nurse and UI Local 199 president Sarah Swisher notes funding failures, while former UI president Willard Boyd and others praise her leadership and call for continued university community focus. Chalmers Elliott, longtime Michigan alum and former UI athletic director, commends Coleman for coordinating with athletics.
Mildred Augustine Wirt Benson, Iowa native and author behind The Secret of the Old Clock, died Tuesday at 96 in Toledo Ohio. Writing as Carolyn Keene she penned 23 of the first 30 Nancy Drew books and spent 58 years as a Toledo newspaper reporter before retiring in January.
Sioux City businessman and gubernatorial candidate Vander Plaats highlights tax relief and decentralized government. He campaigns across Iowa in a motor home, drawing Reagan comparisons while stressing self reliance and local control amid a three-man GOP primary field.
Bob Vander Plants, 39, of Sioux City, Republican candidate for governor, is president and CEO of a nonprofit aiding disabled youths. He holds a bachelor’s from Northwestern College and advanced degrees from Drake University in education leadership. He is married to Daria and they have four children.
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