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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Nov 19, 1997
Page
11
A 10 year old girl Misty Racz alerted her mother to a fire at a nearby mobile home in Oakbrook Mobile Home Park Hiawatha about 845 PM. Fire officials said the blaze caused damage mainly to a bedroom with smoke damage overall and was confined after about ten minutes.
Cedar Rapids associate superintendent Steve Chambliss is in the running for two eastern Iowa superintendency roles. Decorah and West Branch boards interviewed Chambliss. no offer was made. Decorah crop includes Billings and Wittengl. retiring Ken Jensen had opened the Decorah post.
Brucemore mansion closes Thursday and Friday for holiday decorating with public hours resuming Saturday from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Holiday tours start Nov. 28 and run Tue through Sat 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. through Dec. 30 with extended Sunday and Monday hours and special open houses on Dec. 9 and 16. Brucemore is at 2160 Linden Dr. SE.
Six county residents were elected to join the seven person Planning and Zoning Commission. The board appoints non voting members to help draft the plan and a fifth member will be chosen by non metro cities in December. The new members are Dean Spina William May Tom Neenan and Al Frey representing various groups.
Summary of interactive civic poll prompts from CITYLINE with phone line options and category access. Includes yesterday's education satisfaction results 49 percent yes 51 percent no and today's poll on replacing paper money with coins. Also promotes Fylowa forum discussion and current topics on cruelty to animals illegal immigration Cyclone football coach Dan McCarney status.
City council and board meetings fill the day from Cedar Rapids to Marion and Hiawatha. street closings, Christmas Festival of Trees, charity auction, arts and music events, and recycling and leaf pickup schedules. also lottery numbers and local births and drunken driving and assault charges reported.
A Union Pacific and CRANDIC plan to build a 56 acre transfer yard with four track sets near Fairfax aims to improve service to ADM Corn Processing and IES plants. Residents fear noise and property value impacts, while officials promise buffers. The Fairfax Board of Adjustment meets at 7:30 p.m. tonight at Fairfax City Hall with a decision due by December 3.
Cedar Rapids schedules a public hearing on a private redevelopment agreement with 3001 Corp. for the Great America Building a $20 million eight story office project at First Street and Sixth Avenue SE. The city would grant 2.8 million tied to job targets with penalties to 2008 and finance via bonds and tax increment financing.
A 13 year old boy was killed when a minivan struck the back of his car. Four vehicles were involved in the 6:30 p.m. crash at Highway 30 and 26th Avenue about five miles north of Watkins. Six others were injured.
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