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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 02, 2001
Page
11
The Gazette lists hours for submitting death notices and obituaries and notes that deadlines are 7 p.m. daily. It explains what must be included for free notices and additional charged material, with separate rates for second-day funerals and out-of-town notices. It also provides contact details and a phone number for further information.
Marion Independent School District reports a solvency ratio of 3.97 percent for the 2000-01 year, up from 0.25 percent in 2000. Assistant Superintendent David Bradley explained the ratio, citing ending undesignated funds of 528 350 and general fund revenues of 13 301 392. Board re-elected Tom Thurman as president and Don Norton as vice president. Superintendent William Jacobson announced 2001-02 enrollment with K-5 classes between 17 and 23 pupils. District has nearly paid off 1 million of bonds from a 1997 7.97 million issue.
Cedar Rapids Public Library launches Visions Across Time a five part discussion series tonight at 6 30 p m in Beems Auditorium. Kirkwood College scholars Allison McNeese and Allison York lead lectures on Main Street The Open Cage Bailey s Cafe Fried Green Tomatoes. Registration is in person free and books are provided. Call (319) 398 5123 for details.
In a federal trial opening, Blaine Watts alleges age bias after losing his job as a radiation waste instructor at DAEC in 1997 during a company reorganization. Alliant Energy cites business reasons and asserts Watts was less qualified. Watts seeks back pay and damages. The two week trial proceeds with Watts’ case presented.
Results from Cedar Rapids Five Seasons and Iowa City Little Hawk events list winners by class. Ankeny tops 4A in both Cedar Rapids and Iowa City meets with Cedar Rapids Prairie and Clinton as runners up. Class 3A honors go to Independence and Snyder, with Keokuk and Norwalk following. Class 2A sees Cascade and Anamosa leading, PCM Monroe and Williamsburg also placing. Class 1A features Iowa Valley, Highland, Ankeny, Montezuma, and others across the two meets.
Newspaper style digest lists civic meetings in Cedar Rapids and surrounding counties for the day and week. Includes city councils in Cedar Rapids Marion and Lincoln, boards of supervisors in several counties, a public forum on immigration, workshop events, farmers markets, and a police blotter with multiple arrests and incidents.
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