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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 16, 2005
Page
1
President Bush, in Jackson Square New Orleans, pledges government funding for most rebuild costs of the hurricane torn Gulf Coast, signaling a nearly 200 billion dollar price tag and admitting prior response failures. He orders a cabinet review to fix emergency response.
Highlights include worker recovery accounts up to 5000 for training education and child care as Katrina victims seek work. A Gulf Opportunity Zone in Louisiana Mississippi and Alabama would offer tax breaks to retain business. An Urban Homesteading Act would transfer surplus federal property to low income citizens via lottery to build homes with mortgages or charitable aid.
Larry Messerschmitt, 28, of Cedar Rapids, was arrested at Cedar Rapids Lumber Co. in a business burglary. Police recovered the stolen cell phone during the arrest after the owner called it. He faces fourth degree theft and third degree burglary charges and is held on 9750 bail in Linn County Jail.
Center Point Urbana High School students attend an after prom gathering at Tammy and Mark Roseberry’s garage on Roseberry Road. Teens in black and yellow Stormin Pointers gear share chili hot dogs chips and dessert bars while unwinding after home football games to enjoy a supervised social event.
Iowa farmers face higher harvest costs from diesel fuel and propane while grain prices fall due to a near record crop. Rising diesel and drying costs add to farmers’ burdens as port disruptions from Katrina tighten grain shipping options, squeezing margins for producers like Gordon Thomsen who seasons 1,000 acres near Olin.
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