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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Nov 08, 2011
Page
1
Polls open seven to nine p.m. in Linn County and eight p.m. elsewhere in Eastern Iowa as Cedar Rapids voters choose among ten candidates for District 2 District 4 and an at large seat on the City Council.
Dan Harwood, 30, with Down syndrome, and about 200 others work at Options of Linn County a county program that offers sheltered workshops and supported employment. Parents fear a Congress proposal to require minimum wage for sheltered workshops could end his job and social life. Craig Harwood says his son brings home a small paycheck but values the work and social interaction.
Archaic term shelters workers with disabilities in the United States as they often receive sub minimum pay for basic tasks such as light assembly and packing. Craig Harwood calls it a pink slip for mentally handicapped workers while Options director Jim Nagel warns bids cannot rely on lower wages to compete. WAGES, PAGE 9A
Baron Stark of Stark Real Estate Holdings plans to restore the flood damaged A W Family Restaurant at 1132 Ellis Blvd NW Cedar Rapids. He will revive the carhop heritage and add an indoor dining area plus outdoor patio, after the city contemplated razing the site.
Congress weighs a new inflation gauge that would lower future Social Security boosts and reduce federal benefit growth. The shift would raise taxes by about 60 billion over ten years, with smaller benefit hikes for veterans and federal workers and fewer people eligible for Medicaid and other programs.
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