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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 16, 2001
Page
1
Bruce Elkema leads locals opposing a plan to bring pavement closer to Marion homes. Other notes include 470 workers receiving bad news this week and music programs started by David Griffin at McKinley. Seattle advances to championship with a 3 1 win over Cleveland.
The feature follows young children from Strawberry Point as they tour an apple orchard. Staff guide the youngsters through picker activities and learning about fruit growth for a lively community pages moment.
A compact read of assorted notices and briefs across classifieds including deaths, legals, money, and puzzles. Reads like a quick scan of local items with brief mentions of names and places in the page sections.
An ABC News employee's seven month old infant tested positive for cutaneous anthrax, the third such case at a major media company this month. NBC News in New York and American Media Inc. in Florida were also exposed, with NYC police inspecting offices of AP, NY Daily News, NY Post, CBS, CNN, and Fox News. Mayor Giuliani urged calm as investigations continue. The child is being treated with antibiotics and expected to recover.
Worries over mail threats spread to Coralville Manchester and Cedar Rapids as three suspicious boxes were sent to Rockwell Collins and PMX Industries. A lab analysis followed while Capitol mail delivery paused briefly. University of Iowa issued a memo advising caution with foreign mail, and workers wore gloves.
Vigortone Ag Products will shutter its Cedar Rapids facility at 5264 Council St NE and its two other plants in Thomson Georgia and Marion Ohio by late year. About 90 of 290 total jobs will be cut, with 20 at the Cedar Rapids plant and 30 at the Cedar Rapids headquarters. SCA Nutrition Ltd. in Marion will keep operating.
Linn-Mar school district enacts a two week spending and hiring freeze to assess a 4.3 percent across the board state cut. The plan includes reviewing budgets, reporting to the board on Nov 5, and preparing for a 2002-03 budget with potential 5 percent reductions. District cites $734,422 potential loss.
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