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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 13, 1994
Page
14
Cedar Rapids will deploy community volunteers to enforce handicapped parking rules. The Film It program, approved in preliminary votes, uses volunteers to photograph illegally parked vehicles and issue $50 fines. A second phase would target permit misuse with $100 fines.
Linda Kerns's car rolled from her driveway in Waterloo at 9 33 p m and spiraled through the street for about 20 minutes. Multiple agencies including Waterloo police the State Patrol and Black Hawk County Sheriff were unable to stop the vehicle until an end leader from the street department intervened. The roam damaged the car front left and rear ends for about 3000 and other property for 500.
Marsha Beckelman of Lisbon and Hiawatha urges adding two seats to the agency board to include smaller communities. Linn County Supervisor Jean Oxley backs town input via subcommittees, while concerns about fees due process for associates and eminent domain stall the talks. Byalws committee revival eyed. non members face a $50 landfill rate through December 31 with access cut afterward.
Luther College will award its Distinguished Service Award to 14 living alumni and one late alumnus at the homecoming alumni dinner. Recipients are cited for service to the college and church, community work, and professional and personal achievements. Among honorees are David Miller of Cedar Rapids and J Gordon Christianson of Decorah with Francis Peterson also listed.
A community conference in Iowa City titled Priorities 95 will gather Iowa and regional attendees to shape the U S position for the Beijing UN conference on women. Workshops address poverty education health violence and economic participation with emphasis on global interconnections and male involvement.
Jam packed Cedar Rapids schedule with meetings at Linn County DHR and City Hall. Arts and theatre listings include Eleanore Mast exhibit and Old Creamery Theatre shows. plus farmers market, clinics, recycling, and a Powerball update. Lottery numbers provided.
Mercy birth notices list Sherri Voss Solon a son Krista and Troy Martens Hiawatha 148 Mango Dr Oct 12 Lori Boyer Greentree Ct NW a daughter Gina Kaufman Woodland Dr SE a daughter Stephanie Viner Eighth St Marion a son Hanley Walford a son St Luke s births feature Karen Conrad Pinehurst Dr NE and Tracey Gunderson Greene Ave NE plus Henrys and Hernandez families. Marriage licenses show Cedar Rapids Marion and other area couples linking two dozen names across several towns. Data includes electrical utility statistics and a note on degree days from Oct 11 1994.
The Log records drunken driving arrests in Linn County with time and place. Patricia Winslow, 41, 2407 Second St SW, 7:53 p.m. Tuesday second offense. Eric Thomas, 20, Fairfax, 12:42 a.m. Wednesday 1500 block of 16th Ave SW. Jason Christian, 23, Des Moines, 1 a.m. Wednesday Walford Road east of Cherry Valley. Robert Schiadetzky Jr., 36, 2335 C Ave NE, second degree fraud $1,195 Job Service benefits Oct 9 to Nov 6, 1993. Chris Caldwell, 30, 1318 First St NW, assault causing bodily injury Friday at his First St NW address.
Theodore Webster recounts watching his Cedar Rapids house blow apart as a natural gas leak apparently ignited. Fire officials say flames were limited to the leaking pipe area while workers shut off gas and Red Cross aid began. A fund at Norwest Bank supports the Webster family recovering from the loss.
Steven Lamphier, 35, of Wadena, pleaded guilty on Oct. 3 to two counts of a lesser included offense of assault while participating in a felony not resulting in a serious injury. He earlier faced five counts of attempted murder and awaits sentencing Oct. 31. Lamphier remains jailed in Fayette County without bond.
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