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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Nov 15, 2002
Page
14
Dick Myers of Iowa City, re-elected Democratic minority leader, says 37 new representatives will bring fresh ideas to the 2003 session set to convene January 13. He expects independence of thought and diverse experiences to emerge after recent partisan gridlock.
House Republicans name Speaker Christopher Rants and Leader Chuck Gipp with pro tempore Danny Carroll and whip Libby Jacobs. Senate Republicans designate Iverson as Majority Leader and Kramer as President, Angelo as President Pro Tempore. Democrats announce Myers as House caucus leader and Gronstal in the Senate with a broad reform agenda.
Davenport AP reports associate district court judge James A. Weaver 49 of Muscatine was charged with first offense OWI after a 1 p.m. crash into a utility pole on a Scott County road near Blue Grass. Breath test showed 0.28 BAC. he refused blood and breath samples at Genesis Medical Center. Weaver posted bond and was released. arraignment set for Dec. 19. He will be out of court for weeks and his docket must be covered.
Great Museum officials begin a nine million dollar veterans addition at the Iowa veterans museum and research center to be named for the Sullivan brothers of Waterloo. The donor Melvin Joe Juel died at 86 leaving over two hundred thousand dollars, one of the largest gifts in the museum's history. A life size Lone Sailor statue will be erected as part of the project and the gift supports Navy and WW II and Korean War remembrance.
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