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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 25, 2002
Page
9
Saturday is the last day to register for the November 5 election. County auditors offices open 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. to accommodate registrations. Forms appear in local phone books or on county sites. Linn County residents should update address with the auditor if moved within the county.
Cedar Rapids firefighters lowered an injured worker from a roof after a fall onto Muddy Waters bar at 415 First St SE. The man, not named, was removed by ladder basket and taken to a hospital with non life threatening injuries. A separate note reports a weekly Friday vigil by Women for Peace at First Ave and First St SE from 4 30 to 5 30 p m calling for end to US attacks.
Robins Sheriff Don Zeller and Community Savings Bank will host a public meet and greet with the new McGruff the Crime Dog outfit from 1 to 2 p.m. Today. The outfit supports outreach to Linn County children as Red Ribbon Drug Awareness Week runs. The Iowa Attorney General will review a Johnson County audit for possible criminal charges over falsified time cards. Assistant County Attorney Janet Lyness cited potential conflicts of interest. The State Auditor’s report found $458,954 in unallowable Mental Health disbursements at end of fiscal 2002 under the board and director Elaine Sweet.
Iowa Department of Public Health reports tobacco use dropped from 2000 to 2002 among youths. About 20 000 middle schoolers in 2000 then 13 600 in 2002. high school use fell 15 percent from 64 000 to 54 500. The Iowa Youth Tobacco Survey covered 25 middle and 27 high schools.
The Brooklyn Volunteer Fire Department honored Elwin M. Bush a 60 year veteran who died at 91 after a Monday illness. Services were held in Brooklyn with burial at Brooklyn Memorial Cemetery. Surviving children include Donna of Omaha Earl of Cedar Rapids and Elwin E. of Montezuma.
Kelly Reed, from Cedar Rapids, bought a MAHP built Oak Hill home after initial doubt, joining 12 MAHP homes sold in her neighborhood. Reed cites pride and reinvestment in the community as she supports a White House push to raise minority homeownership by 5.5 million by decade's end, per HUD Secretary Mel Martinez.
A memorial note recalls Hank Stoffer of Hazleton who ran an antique shop and preserved a historic altar from the Little Brown Church in the Vale, and Jack Kupka of Montour, a quadriplegic innovator who developed the Zone Cone to aid wheelchair access. Both died in October, reflecting on their lives and legacies in the community.
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