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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 15, 1997
Page
11
Shannon Estelle, executive chef at Collins Plaza Hotel, teaches fifth graders at Coolidge Elementary School cafeteria. She cuts and cooks fresh vegetables for pasta primavera and helps make an Alfredo sauce for lunch as National School Lunch Week continues through Friday.
Cedar Rapids street repairs top the agenda as Don Thomas seeks re election to the two term streets commissioner post against Tami Pahl. He urges shifting focus to streets despite past police and fire funding, citing Mount Vernon Road Johnson Avenue Edgewood Road and 40 miles of seal coated streets. He favors added city funding without tax increases and explains grant driven recreation trails.
Opponents in Cedar Rapids City Council races will face off at several events this week. A Gazette and KCRG forum runs 6 30 to 8 30 p m Tuesday Oct 28 at Cherry Auditorium Coe College. A League of Women Voters event is 7 to 8 30 p m Monday Oct 27 at Cherry Auditorium with written questions from the audience. Incumbents are sparse at the Citizens for Responsible Government forum 6 30 to 9 p m Tuesday Oct 21 Beem Auditorium downtown library. Breakfast gatherings today and Thursday sponsor candidate appearances at Ashley's Town Centre and Longbranch. Friday Civitan Club breakfast features Dale Todd and Dick Fredericks.
Community questions readers about school start times and tax plans. The page lists meetings, public forums on health coverage for uninsured Iowa children, cultural events at the University of Iowa and Cedar Rapids, plus local notices including obituaries and a medical examiner report. Public safety and recycling details accompany lottery results and city schedules.
The Iowa Department of Natural Resources approved 2.46 million in Resource Enhancement and Protection grants. Buchanan County receives 55,909 to acquire wetlands along Buffalo Creek, creating a 225 acre public natural area and a greenbelt from Newton Township to Buffalo Creek Park. Postville gets 25,427 to build a walking trail at Lulls Park Environmental Haven with plantings and an outdoor classroom plan. work to begin in 1998.
University of Iowa physicist Frank questions NASA denial of funding for his Cyclops proposal to place a $60 million Small Explorer satellite 600 miles above Earth. The plan would image ice comets bombarding the atmosphere and argues these comets held life's building blocks. Frank spoke from Pasadena during lectures at UCLA, saying interest is high but no reason was given yet.
Teletron proposed county savings of about 6 500 by eliminating collect calls and adopting a toll free 1 800 number via MCI. The board approved switching inter LATA long distance to MCI, while other options were paused for further study to verify feasibility.
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