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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 12, 2001
Page
16
The fall curbside leaf pickup runs from Monday through December 14 weather permitting. Residents should place only leaves in the street and use yard waste containers where possible. Route schedules appear in The Gazette Daily Notebook and weekend editions, or by calling CITYLINE or the Street Department.
Northeast Iowa frost and rain dim fall colors while southeast parks near peak within a week. Backbone State Park manager Mary Shea notes yellow and rust colors with oaks not yet turning. Pikes Peak manager Matt Tschirgi says color remains strong though maples brown and leaves fall. Peak expected at Lacey Keosauqua in Van Buren County by Sunday.
Luther College President Richard L. Torgerson will present Luther Distinguished Service Awards to 16 alumni during homecoming weekend. Recipients include Karen Angell, Roger Bang, Donald Blockhus, Marilyn Bohl, R. Eric Carlson, David Dettmann, Terence Fretheim, Elva Lovell, John Gatziaff, Michael Hicks, Miri Kay Peterson Mattson and Robert Mattson, Duane Oyen, Luther D. Peterson, Rebecca Shaw, Mary Steinberg, and Reulan Walter-Levin.
Adolph Bud Herseth the retired Chicago Symphony principal trumpet will perform with Luther College Concert Band at 1 30 p m Sunday during homecoming. The Luther graduate will lead Trumpeter's Lullaby by Leroy Anderson as the concert celebrates the band symphony orchestra and Nordic Choir at the Luther Center for Faith and Life. He gained international renown with the CSO and was praised by the New York Times as a dazzling trumpet player.
Coe College in Cedar Rapids will unveil two renamed streets College Drive and Coe Road NE as part of a Homecoming weekend dedication. The East Campus Project adds 13.3 acres, Nassif Admission House, two Georgian style apartments, with future apartments and an administration building planned. Alumni events include dances, a parade, football game vs Wartburg, and an athletic hall of fame ceremony.
Linn County Emergency Management director James Wright urges that funds reach the local level as Sen. Tom Harkin backs a bioterror plan. Officials note overtime pay and lack of worker compensation limit training and readiness across Iowa counties. Wright cites a $450 000 budget and obstacles to covering overtime and volunteer stipends.
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