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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Nov 23, 2002
Page
14
Slumberland donated 10 twin and 10 full size beds to Four Oaks for families served in Cedar Rapids. The nonprofit provides services for children and families. Since 1995 the program has given away over 5,500 beds in Iowa. The donation event is at 8:30 a.m. on December 4 at 215 Collins Rd SE.
The Spirit of the Season program honors charitable efforts by Eastern Iowa groups and organizations during the holidays. Readers are invited to submit information via fax, email, or mail to The Gazette Newsroom in Cedar Rapids or The Iowa City Gazette Newsroom.
Kimberly Black aged 40 of Villisca faces Nebraska charges for plotting to kill a federal drug agent. She is charged with attempted murder of a federal officer and using an interstate facility to arrange murder for hire. If convicted, she could face life in prison and fines up to 250000.
Des Moines AP reports state officials balance hog producers and neighbors as they draft a master matrix for livestock confinement siting. The scoring grid weighs water and air quality and community concerns with a 50 percent threshold. critics want at least 65 percent. Public comment ends December 6.
DES MOINES AP The union representing state social service and science workers proposed a unified pay plan and enhanced health coverage. UE Local 893 Iowa United Professionals represents about 2,500 workers on three pay plans. The proposal would place all workers on the highest plan, about a 5 percent raise for top plan workers.
The union proposes all workers join the highest pay plan with about a 5 percent raise at the top. Social service professionals are underpaid versus peers with college degrees by roughly 7,000 to 8,000 dollars annually. The union asks the state to cover 100 percent of health premiums and extend coverage to early retirees. Current early retirees pay full premium. The proposal would open the collective bargaining agreement to two-year terms starting July 1. The state must respond by December 6.
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