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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 29, 1997
Page
9
Daily notebook invites readers to vote via CITYLINE numbers or online at fylowa dot com. It lists yesterday results on teen smoking influences and asks if the Jay Shaw assault charge should be dropped. Discussions cover public health, Miss America pageant future, and child grief support.
Local government sessions include Linn County Board of Supervisors work meeting and Planning Commission in the Administrative Office Building. A Cedar Rapids City Council candidate forum is hosted by ECO at Kirkwood College. Also listed are a museum print sale, Afro-Peruvian singer Susana Baca concert, Poetry Alive theater, and two farmers markets. Lottery results and recent births announced. crime and police calls reported.
Joe Koncel 33 and his brother Brian 28 face first degree kidnapping and murder charges in the March 6 death of Marty Budde of rural Bellevue. Budde was found in a remote wooded area after an investigation at a farmhouse. the trial will be in Maquoketa with expanded media access and jurors numbered over 160.
A rural Decorah man, William J. Wikan, 46, was killed Saturday when his tractor rolled on a steep hillside while he was removing tree tops for firewood on the Roger Halverson farm 60 miles northeast of Decorah. He was alone when the accident occurred and was found by his father about two hours later. He lived near Decorah and worked recently for a Decorah company after commuting to Prairie du Chien, Wisconsin. He was a member of St. Benedict's Church. survivors include his wife and five children. Funeral services were set for St. Benedict's Church.
Sorensen learned the business from scratch, joined SCI Financial Group as in house counsel for pensions in 1989, became president of SCI Pension Services, and soon headed the Firstar Bank trust department after a call from Steve Caves. She balances work with movies tennis and daily walks and values Cedar Rapids Iowa City friendships.
Cedar Rapids native Steve Anders is appointed interim vice president for academic affairs and dean of faculty at Graceland College. He takes a one year assignment starting August 1, will teach one class per semester, and will help lead academic programs and governance while a permanent VP is chosen. He is a Graceland alum with a 1973 degree and earned a 1978 master's and 1988 doctorate from Kansas State University.
Nine Iowa cities will host public forums to gather opinions on expanding health coverage for uninsured children. The meetings, set by Gov. Branstad, align with new funding under the federal Balanced Budget Act of 1997. Discussions focus on expanding Medicaid or creating a new program using federal funds over the next decade.
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