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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Nov 21, 2002
Page
11
Johnson County jury convicted Antonio Foster, 30, of second degree burglary for the Coralville motel incident on July 16, 2001. They could not reach a verdict on the second degree sex abuse charge after a prolonged deliberation.
The State Board of Education unanimously backed the South Tama County board’s decision to close Montour Elementary School at end of 2001 02. Reasons cited include declining enrollment and state funding cuts. a prior appeal argued improper protocol.
Iowa negotiators offered AFSCME Council 61 a 1 percent annual pay raise for two years with a bigger share of health insurance costs. The proposal includes 4 percent merit steps and 4.5 percent steps for regent employees, totaling roughly $21.4 million in wages and $10 million for health care, with arbitration looming after Feb. 8.
Keith Koosmann 19 of West Branch and Benjamin Novotny 17 of Iowa City died in a Friday night crash with Matthew Wageman 18 of West Branch. Koosmann attended West Branch High School and competed in football track and FFA. Services were held at Branch High School gym and Parkview Church with hundreds in attendance.
At Cedar Rapids event, an audience debated funding an envisioned RiverRun extreme sports park. A 95 year old urged support saying, I’ve got 40 more years before I become old, let’s have some fun with our kids as older young people.
Tonight at 7 PM the RiverRun proposal will be debated at the National Czech and Slovak Museum and Library. About 200 people attended the prior forum as 30 spoke. The city seeks a 25 million state grant from Vision Iowa to help fund the 154 million project, with the rest from private developers and local taxes. Local leaders favor a public vote on the issue.
Marion businessman Cliff Grother II says the city blocks his shop Jesse's Quality Used Appliances due to a troubled history with drugs and an old escape sentence. A public hearing is set on selling alley land behind his store to the leaseholder, a move Grother says could force him out.
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