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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 15, 2001
Page
9
Police in Hiawatha search for a man who jumped from the Blairs Ferry Road overpass onto the median above I-380 just before 6 p.m. He was taken to St Luke's Hospital. The white male, late teens or early 20s, 5'9", brown hair and eyes, wore a Platinum Ice B T shirt, maroon shorts, gray fleece sweatpants, and silver athletic shoes. Call 393-1212 with information.
Gregory Moen 47 Susan Moen 46 and Christopher Moen 14 were hospitalized in fair condition after a Saturday crash near Lansing Iowa when Gregory Moen lost control along Highway 26. Joshua Moen 19 and Katheryn Moen 9 were treated and released.
Dale Lucas 32 of Calmar was arrested by Decorah police outside Wal-Mart for possession of precursors to manufacture methamphetamine. He was sought by the North East Iowa Drug Task Force for ties to an active meth lab near Calmar and is held in Winneshiek County Jail awaiting court.
Linn-Mar school board holds a work session at 5 p.m. in Marion to review a lobbying effort by the Iowa Association of School Boards for a statewide sales tax increase to fund school infrastructure. A formal meeting follows at 7.
In Eastern Iowa pumpkins yield poorly this year due to hot weather and late blossoms. John and Kaylene Kroul near Mount Vernon expanded plantings to 18 acres with eight varieties and staggered sowing to hedge against failure. Other growers report smaller crops though some, like Gary Knight near Springville, anticipate enough for the season.
Hauer of Iowa State Extension advises harvesting pumpkins before hard frost for best quality and color. Cut from the vine with a 3 to 5 inch stem, cure at 80 to 85 degrees then 50 to 55 degrees for storage. Carved pumpkins yield tasty seeds. clean, dry, roast at 250 degrees for 30 to 60 minutes until light brown.
Eliot Keller, 54, blends radio leadership with rail advocacy in Iowa City. As president of KZIA FM and past founder of KRNA, he earned the 2001 Iowa Broadcast Association Broadcaster of the Year honor. He chairs rail passenger initiatives, volunteers at the Mid-Continent Railway Historical Society, and pushes Amtrak service through Iowa.
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