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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Nov 15, 1995
Page
11
At Options of Linn County in Cedar Rapids an Action Night will discuss potential cuts to disability programs under Senate File 69. From 6 30 to 8 30 p m professionals volunteers and several people with disabilities will speak about the new managed care law and possible one million dollar reductions.
In Linn County Court this week Elise Gray testifies as defense frames her as a struggling mother while Matthew Lewis faces first degree murder charges in the Christmas time death of 2% year old Rylee Gray. The case centers on a shaken baby incident and timelines from December 22 to December 23.
The Old Creamery Theater Company may lose its 20 year old Young People’s touring program as NEA ends the grant. Thomas Johnson, producing director, says spring school performances will continue March through May with a $17,000 NEA grant last year being the sole direct NEA support. Ticket sales exceed 75 percent of the roughly $600,000 budget, with public and private funds making up the remainder.
Authorities search for a single suspect after two armed robberies near Muscatine one inside the city and another on Highway 22 east of town. Deputy Steve Lawrence said a car was taken in one incident and the suspect may be armed with a rifle and a Beretta pistol.
Winneshiek County declines criminal charges over seized gambling machines and cash from Decorah and area taverns. Civil forfeiture notices target VFW Silver Dollar Silvercrest Golf Club Country View McCabe's Elks Club Chatter Box Ridgeway Whiskey Grove Calmar Farr Side Spillville Bambinos Ossian Red Line Vending New Hampton Glen Little West Union leased units.
The North Liberty City Council awarded a 2.25 million contract to O F Paulson Construction of Cedar Rapids to build a 25 000 square foot two story community center on Cherry Street. It will include an indoor track weight room aerobics room game room lockers library and gymnasium funded by 1 28 million in bonds 680 000 in pledges and 600 000 in general obligations bonds.
Iowa State Men's Reformatory in Anamosa runs a growing recycling program that now handles 95 percent of Jones County’s recycling. Inmates operate machines processing plastic metal and paper with eight balers and a glass breaker. The operation adds two new buildings, one for warehousing and another for composting, funded by recycled proceeds.
Linn County reports Bluestem Solid Waste Agency advances an engineering study to expand the County Home Road dump southward to gain about two more years of capacity. The plan, spurred by erosion concerns from a DNA inspection, faces neighbor opposition and requires DNR approval with potential hearings for further expansion. Midwest Environmental of Marion will perform the study for 14 480 dollars.
Cedar Rapids Charter Commission nears completion of a strong mayor proposal. The group decided not to require citizen initiative and referendum nor mandate gender balance on boards, arguing broader anti discrimination aims suffice. Chair Dave Shay and Bev Mitchell weighed gender bias remarks amid discussion.
Luke R. Snyder a 15 year old of Cedar Rapids faces first degree murder charges for the death of Charles Serbousek 42. The preliminary hearing is set for November 22 at the Linn County Courthouse. Serbousek died after Snyder allegedly stole his pickup and dragged him by the window with Serbousek dying August 10 at St Luke's Hospital. Snyder is being tried as an adult and held on 500000 bond at Benton County Jail.
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