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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 25, 1997
Page
13
Daily notebook notes a poll asking if Iowa districts should lengthen the 180 day year. TELUS notes non scientific sampling with a split outcome from yesterday’s question showing 50 5 percent yes and 49 5 percent no.
Fylowa hosts Your Two Cents on www.fylowa.com debating public health on filthy households and threats to health. We ask if the Miss America Pageant should end after 77 years and how to support a child coping with a parent’s death.
Local calendar lists morning meetings at Five Seasons Center and Cedar Rapids facilities, followed by theater shows at Amana Colonies and Theatre Cedar Rapids. Exhibits include Parade of Homes and readings by Patricia Hampi, plus lectures at Coe College and mercy education center. Nearby events cover education bonds, neighborhood tours, farmers markets, clinics, and recycling programs across Cedar Rapids, Marion, and Coralville.
Various state lottery results listed including Powerball numbers and jackpots. No winner for the Super Cash drawing. the Illinois and Iowa games show mid and evening draws with multiple games and prize amounts. Jackpot for Saturday grows to 380000, with city hotline numbers provided.
Birth announcements list Serena Robertson and Justin Ward a daughter Sept 21 Kay and Arthur Johnson a daughter Sept 24 Bobbie Jo Johnson a son Dorcas and Chris Sather a son Samantha and Dave Rush a daughter Catherine and Jeffrey Krouse a son a daughter Holly and Scott Welsh a daughter. Medical Examiners report notes the death of Jeffrey A Rehnstrom 19 Marion ruled death by own action carbon monoxide poisoning Tuesday Linn County Examiner Percy Harris.
Dr. Alexandra Feinberg rides from Chicago to Iowa City to engage University of Iowa experts on stuttering and potential research collaborations. She promotes the Fluency Readiness Program at the Institute for Psychoanalysis and hopes to involve U of I clinicians in treatment approaches for children and adults. The visit highlights past Iowa work on stuttering by Wendell Johnson and current questions about therapy personalization and predictive traits.
Cedar Rapids City Council unanimously approves an ordinance amendment to permit bowhunting within city limits. The plan, endorsed earlier, allows up to 300 DNR deer licenses from Oct 1 to Jan 10 with requirements including a proficiency test and property owner permission. The measure aimed to reduce urban deer numbers amid public debate and opposition to other methods.
The Iowa City deer management committee voted to approve a six point plan and recommend sharpshooters as the primary lethal control method. The proposal moves to the City Council for hearings before going to the Iowa Department of Natural Resources Commission for review. DNR Director Larry Wilson noted the commission prefers bowhunting, while committee members argued sharpshooting is more humane.
Assistant Professor John Chaimor leads a four part Coe Thursday Forum series on October 2 9 16 and 23 in Hickok Hall Room 105. The lectures examine German American communities such as the Amana Colonies Frankenmuth Herman Fredericksburg and New Braunfels Texas and ask how hybrid ethnic identities are conceived and whether culture is displayed or staged for tourists. Coffee pastries start at 845 am with lectures to 1130 am followed by lunch in Gage Union. The cost is 25 and on site registration is available.
The Band of Blue will fly 315 members and staff to the Tournament of Roses Parade in California aboard a DC-10 departing Cedar Rapids December 26 and returning January 2. Tryouts select 265 instrumentalists plus color guards, drum majors and carriers for the January 1 parade.
In Clarke County District Court witnesses testified that flames erupted from the garage left side as the Keyes house burned, killing Sandra Keyes and their 2-year-old Joshua. Keyes and two other children escaped. the couple’s other children survived elsewhere.
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