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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Nov 14, 2002
Page
9
The Alburnett school board unanimously approved selling Toddville Elementary School and 3.1 surrounding acres. Sealed bids due by 1 p.m. January 20, with opening that evening. Toddville closed after the 2001-02 year. students moved to Alburnett which added a six-room extension this year.
Local and state business leaders broke ground Wednesday on Scott Meadows a low income senior housing project at 2511 Highway 13 in Marion The facility will offer 20 one bedroom and 12 two bedroom units for residents aged 55 and older Completion is expected in spring 2004 The project is a joint venture of the Marion Churches Senior Living Community Foundation Heartland Properties a subsidiary of Alliant Energy and Newbury Development Company
Jordan A. Debow 14 of 6600 Kent Dr NE faces first degree arson charges for setting toilet paper ablaze in a Linn-Mar High School restroom. The blaze halted classes about 45 minutes, no injuries, damage about 300 dollars. Two Marion residents depart to assist tornado victims in Knoxville Tennessee.
The Linn County Sheriffs Department front entrance will be closed for about two weeks while workers construct a new sidewalk. The public should use the West entrance door.
Des Moines announces the departure of Department of Revenue and Finance Director Gerald Bair after 37 years. Gov. Tom Vilsack appoints Don Cooper of Adel as interim director, with Cooper bringing 30 years of agency experience.
The AFSCME Council 61 opening offer seeks a two year contract from July 1 boosting wages by 5 percent annually at a cost of 34.1 million dollars per year and increasing the state's share of health care costs by 10 million. The package could shape budget discussions amid a weak economy with bargaining set to continue through next spring.
Janet Borholm reports Cedar Rapids area volunteers form the district’s largest base with parents at 64 percent of volunteers in 2001-02. Non parents 27 percent, seniors 4 percent, youths 5 percent. The district logged 6 347 volunteers contributing 140 356 hours, a 6 percent drop from the prior year.
In Cedar Rapids, a $2.5 million dispute over a 425 acre Hennessy property and Bluestem Solid Waste Agency continues with no trial date for at least six months. The Linn County case involves damages for temporary occupation and ownership disputes, with a new trial setting not planned until May 7.
Karla Brown, 39, of McPherson Kansas, walked 6000 miles across the United States and back to raise money for epilepsy groups after brain surgery in Seattle 21 years ago stopped her seizures. She travels about 15 miles daily, camping along the way, and has sent funds to the Epilepsy Foundation of Kansas as she gathers donations.
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