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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 30, 2011
Page
1
The Gazette reports rising poverty among Iowa students affects daily school life from footwear and meals to field trips. Experts say the achievement gap widens as economic hardship grows, with more kids lacking food and health insurance. Professor Peter Hlebowitsh notes schools inherit the gap.
In a Cedar Rapids public forum ten candidates for three City Council seats debated flood protection. Nine favored building a Cedar River flood defense protecting both city sides. incumbent Monica Vernon supports the City Council approved plan, with others calling for refresh. Westside candidate Steve Rhodes questions funding for west side protection. Robby Robinson also backed the plan but has questions.
In the metro area residents narrowly voted down a proposal to extend the 1 percent local option sales tax for 20 years to fund flood protection street repair and property tax relief. City Council candidates split on the issue with Vernon Poe Olson and Robinson for a 10 year extension and Wasson Nelson Larson and Cortez against. Rhodes declined to state and Leaf did not vote.
In Grand Forks North Carolina a 2009 flood shows two women on an earthen levee beside a removable floor wall. Cedar Rapids council backs a flood protection approach with levees and both permanent and removable flood walls to guard against the Cedar River. Candidates clash on system type and funding as Cedar River swells past mile width.
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