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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 17, 1997
Page
9
Daily notebook notes a TELUS poll asking Cedar Rapids residents whether the next Iowa Legislature should debate reinstating the death penalty. It lists phone numbers and an 8 p.m. deadline and references yesterday's airport-name poll showing Cedar Rapids favored Cedar Rapids 97 percent.
The online discussion asks how to address filthy households that threaten health and whether to end the 77 year Miss America Pageant. It also covers aiding a child coping with a parent's death and invites user input on these issues.
A dense schedule lists meetings in Linn County and Cedar Rapids including the Bluestem Solid Waste Agency Executive Committee at 7:45 a.m. and multiple sessions of the Linn County Board of Supervisors, City Council discussions, a Fire Code Board of Appeals, and the Metro Electrical Board. Also on tap are music, volunteer fairs, art talks, theater by Old Creamery, genealogical and history lectures, farmers markets, recycling sites, and Iowa and Illinois lottery numbers.
Vital statistics list births for Mercy and St Luke's hospitals with multiple families including the Lees, Akiens, Woodward, Sims, Rodman, Selick, Pickering, Cheruk, Philipp, Carr, and Hoffon. The Log notes drunken driving arrests for Norvelsas, Bruce, and Ward with times and locations, plus an assault accusation against Leo Hospodarsky in Mount Vernon.
Centerville native Simon Estes received a standing ovation before a 2500 strong crowd in Iowa City. He cut the recital after voice strain during Verdi’s Simon Boccanegra, apologizing and promising to return. Pianist Veronica Scully accompanied him as he staged a trio of student performances for the finale.
The Cedar Rapids Freedom Festival raised a record 10.3 million for the local economy over 11 midsummer days. Attendance fell to 310000 from 341000 last year while out-of-town visitors rose about 5 percent and spending on food lodging and shopping increased. A Millennium Fund was created to cover future expenses and opportunities. Bill Prowell was named board president for 1998.
Libbey, captain since May 1996 of the Trump Casino, sails the Lake Michigan liner from Buffington Harbor. He once delivered the Miss Marquette from Jennings Louisiana to Marquette and piloted a Greenpeace research vessel on the Great Lakes in 1988. He hosted an Iowa Arts Council workshop at Des Moines and later a Smithsonian exhibit, drawing 1,256,000 visitors in two weeks. He aims to obtain an Ocean Master license.
Stefani expressed devastation over his relapse and frailty as Judge Bennett imposes two months in a community corrections center with no work release, followed by a third month with release, three years on probation, a $13,291 total fine and fees, 100 hours of community service annually, and a ban on representing defendants in drug or firearm cases. Stefani, his wife Michelle, and their young son are noted as context in the sentencing remarks.
A storm system knocked out power to much of Cedar Rapids southeast side as 11 000 SES customers lost electricity. A driver hit a pole after apparently accelerating at a light. two occupants were taken away by ambulance with non life threatening injuries.
Connie J. Binder 44 of Cedar Rapids had unlawful possession of a sawed off shotgun dismissed after pleading guilty to possession of marijuana with deferred judgment. Tisha C. Turner 23 of Cedar Rapids pleaded guilty to crack cocaine delivery with deferred judgment and probation. Julie L. Corkery 35 of Plantation Florida was fined $1000 and given a five year suspended sentence with probation for oxycodone and hydromorphone in 1995.
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