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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Nov 13, 2001
Page
7
A Cedar Rapids city bus pulled over on Indiana Street at 2:30 p.m. when a defective differential seal leaked oil onto a hot rear brake causing a minor fire. Seven passengers boarded another bus to finish the run. Firefighters extinguished the blaze and the bus was towed to the garage for repair.
Gov. Tom Vilsack will begin a series of Iowa town meetings today in Iowa City focusing on family security and recent Legislature session achievements. Additional sessions include Thursday at 7 p.m. in Sioux City Public Library and Friday community coffees in Onawa at 8:45 a.m. and Denison at 10 a.m.
Marion Independent school district reports personnel costs in three major areas cover 64.4 percent to 73.2 percent of budgets. The 2,044 students receive services as the district runs a $16.5 million total budget.
A Thanksgiving message asks readers how they will celebrate amid post 9 11 anxieties and anthrax scares, a shaky economy, and U S military commitments. The text invites submissions to Mary Sharp, Metro Iowa Editor, for possible sharing.
Cedar Rapids School District sketches boundary changes for Hiawatha Jackson and Nixon to include Gibson Elementary. Transportation safety committee urged to study hazardous crossings on Blairs Ferry and Center Point roads and consider busing options while preserving fifth graders’ school choices. Jackson and Hiawatha adjustments raise diversity worries and community input noted.
The Grant Wood Elementary in Cedar Rapids celebrates its 50th anniversary with a week of pie events. Judges taste 39 student and staff pies in three categories while reflecting on Wood’s ties to food and regional apple orchards.
Becky Zimmerman and her husband run Zimmerman Lawn Ornaments in Langworthy near Monticello. Their best sellers include a soldier and a firefighter, popular since the September 11 attacks, with the firefighter hose able to spray water. The article notes the family connection as Becky's son Beau joined the Army after the attacks. The process builds the figures from clay to fiberglass molds using concrete mix.
Cedar Rapids travelers at The Eastern Iowa Airport remained calm in the hours after a New York City jet crash. David Huffaker, en route to San Diego, and Jerry Naylor of Scotch Grove expressed little personal safety concern though they acknowledged the incident. Naylor’s flight left Fort Lauderdale 30 minutes before the crash. Security in Florida remained unrelated to the incident.
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