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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 31, 2000
Page
9
Cedar Rapids baseball stadium planners will host a 4:30 news conference in the Cedar Rapids Chamber of Commerce board room at 424 First Ave NE to announce a large foundation grant. City officials have not disclosed the amount. the Hall Perrine Foundation is believed to be the donor for the $14 million project pitched by City Council assistant Doug Neumann.
The National Transportation Safety Board ruled that Kenneth Stubbe failed to maintain flying speed during a fly-in breakfast at Traer airport, causing the experimental home built plane to stall after a misfiring engine was addressed by cleaning a spark plug. Donald Stubbe, 82, of Marshalltown, died as a passenger.
Paul E. Welch, 32, of Moulton, was arrested at his home and charged with 25 counts of second-degree and 25 counts of third-degree sexual abuse, felonies. Investigators say he abused a 15-year-old girl at least 25 times over three months beginning in August and a girl under 12 at least 25 times over the past year. Welch is jailed in Up County with bail set at 1,137,500. Moulton lies about 25 miles southwest of Ottumwa.
Iowa State Patrol reports Ricky Comer 54 of Bloomfield and Monte Leroy Comer 31 of Eldon died at the scene when two eastbound pickups on County Road J-15 near Floris left a curve, collided, and rolled. The 1:50 p.m. crash occurred as one truck spun into a tree and the other driver was ejected. Floris sits about 10 miles southeast of Ottumwa.
About 20 attendees voiced concerns on racial profiling, inmate population, and minority student dropout rates at a Cedar Rapids Library hearing. Topics echoed statewide as the Iowa Commission on the Status of African Americans gathers input for its 2001 agenda.
Iowa DOT pilot allows select trucks to bypass scales using PrePass. Mike Wilson of Midland Transportation was among drivers not stopped on Monday as the system, new to the Tipton weigh station, scans windshield data and signals ready trucks to pass. About 150000 trucking firms part of PrePass nationwide with 20 passes in one hour at Tipton.
Cedar Rapids officials will hear an annexation plan involving six properties tied to a family farm partnership. The City Council’s monthly night meeting starts at 7 p.m. in council chambers on the fourth floor of City Hall.
Kruse Farm Partnership requests annexation of 190 acres south of 42nd Street along Seminole Valley Road adjacent to six neighboring landowners. Richard Kruse of Iowa City says no known opposition to annexation or development of over 200 homes, with city plans showing residential zoning though land now sits agriculturally. Opponents have begun signaling concerns about the rolling hills and future impact.
Jean Perkins of Cedar Rapids wins the Ramblin' Ghost Contest with a story about Ivan’s tree, a magical garden, and a haunted Cedar Rapids bungalow. The house sells in a week after a buyer moves in, but the tree’s fate scares them away and the cycle of sale repeats over 20 years with many owners and rumors.
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