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Saturday, February 26, 20112A (USPS 95-680) Established January 10, 1883, and published daily at 500 Third Avenue SE, Cedar Rapids, Iowa 52401. Periodicals postage paid at Cedar Rapids, Iowa. The Gazette is a publication of Gazette Communications Inc. Subscription rates by Carrier $4.90 per week. Motor Route delivery $5.25 per week.

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RECYCLE CALENDAR WEATHER CEDAR RAPIDS Normal Normal low .......................................................20 Record high 68 in 1896 Record low -8 in 1950 High temp Low temp 24-hour high 24-hour low Thursday ........................................28 Precipitation to 8 p.m.....................................trace Official Thursday precipitation Official Thursday snowfall Total precipitation for 1.52” Normal precipitation for February 1.10” Normal precipitation through February 2.15” Total precipitation for 2011 1.88” (Precipitation totals at The Eastern Iowa Airport) Ames Burlington Council Bluffs Charles City Davenport Decorah Des Moines Dubuque Fort Dodge Marshalltown Mason City Monticello Newton Ottumwa Sioux City Spencer Washington Waterloo IOWA RIVER Marshalltown (18) 13.18 falling Belle Plaine (15) 11.84 falling Marengo (14) 12.29 falling Iowa City (22) 17.14 rising Lone Tree (15) 11.28 rising Columbus Jct (19) 17.80 rising Wapello (20) 19.40 rising CEDAR RIVER Waterloo (12) 8.57 falling Cedar Rapids (12) 8.31 falling Conesville (13) 12.82 rising WAPSIPINICON RIVER Independence (12) 7.71 falling Anamosa (14) 11.82 falling CORALVILLE POOL Above sea level 682.90 falling MISSISSIPPI RIVER La Crosse (12) 7.79 rising Lansing (18) 9.42 rising McGregor (16) 11.09 rising Guttenberg (15) 9.56 falling Dubuque (17) 11.15 falling Bellevue (17) 10.73 falling Quad Cities (15) 10.03 falling DAYLIGHT Sunset tonight 5:53 p.m. Sunrise 6:45 a.m. daylight .............................11 hrs. 06 min. IOWA CITY Normal Normal low .......................................................20 High temp Low temp 24-hour high 24-hour low Thursday ........................................30 Precipitation to 8 p.m...................................

0.07” Official Thursday precipitation Official Thursday snowfall Total precipitation for 1.25” Total precipitation for 2011 1.93” (Precipitation totals at Iowa City Municipal Airport) IOWA EAST IOWA RIVER LEVELS CEDAR CITY TODAY SUNDAY MONDAY TUESDAY Scattered snow showers Wind: 6-12 CEDAR RAPIDS High 26 Low 23 IOWA CITY High 27 Low 24 Highs are for today; lows are for tonight Wintry mix develops CEDAR RAPIDS High 36 Low 29 IOWA CITY High 37 Low 30 Snow early, windy CEDAR RAPIDS High 32 Low 25 IOWA CITY High 33 Low 26 Partly sunny CEDAR RAPIDS High 35 Low 24 IOWA CITY High 36 Low 25 Albuquerque Anchorage Atlanta Boise Boston Charlotte Chicago Cincinnati Cleveland Dallas Denver Detroit El Paso Fargo Honolulu Houston Indianapolis Kansas City Las Vegas Los Angeles Memphis Miami Milwaukee Minneapolis Nashville New Orleans New York Oklahoma City Omaha Orlando Philadelphia Phoenix Pittsburgh Portland OR Reno St. Louis Salt Lake City San Antonio San Diego San Francisco Seattle Sioux Falls Tampa Washington D.C. WEATHER cloudy, flurries, SAVE BORROW INVEST INSURE TRUST 20 11 Th az et te To submit items, go to www. thegazette.com/calendar, e-mail net or write to Community Calen- dar, The Gazette, 500 Third Ave. SE, Cedar Rapids, IA 52406.

Items are due 10 days before publication. For more listings of events, see the calendar at www.thegazette.com MUSIC Orchestra Iowa Chambers Concert, 7:30 p.m., Westminster Presbyterian Church, 1285 Third Ave. SE, Cedar Rapids. (319) 366-8203; www.orchestraiowa. org.

Home Sweet Home, 8 p.m., Brucemore, 2160 Linden Dr. SE, Cedar Rapids. $35 per person, $30 per Brucemore member. (319) 377-8028; www.redcedar. org.

Coe College Jazz Summit Grand Finale Concert, 8 p.m., Sinclair Auditorium, Coe College, 1220 First Ave. NE, Cedar Rapids, $10, $8 students and senior citizens. (319) 399-8600. OUT ABOUT Lego Rock, 3 to 6 p.m., The Music Market, 1029 Third St. SE, Cedar Rapids.

$5 recommended donation. (319) 350-4111; Johnson County Legislative Forum, 9:30 to 11:30 a.m., Coralville Public Library, 1401 Fifth St. THEATER Little Night 7:30 p.m., The Englert Theatre, 221 Washington Iowa City. (319) 688-2653; vwww.englert.org. FARMERS MARKETS Ely Winter Farmers Market, 8 a.m.

to noon, Ely Public Library, 1595 Dows St. Springville Farmers Market, 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Springville Community Center. INCOMPLETE INFORMATION The Cedar Rapids school Our curriculum is taught in both the elementary and middle schools.

This information was incomplete in newspaper because of an error. The Gazette welcomes comments about the accuracy, fairness and completeness of news articles, headlines and captions in the newspaper. When the content is found to be wrong or misleading, a correction or clarification will be published in this space. Please call (319) 398-8313 or 1-(800) 397-8212. CORRECTION Friday, Feb.

25 Iowa Lottery $100,000 Cash Game: 6-12-23-29-35 Lottery Pick 3 Midday: 8-6-7 Pick 3 Evening: 9-3-0 Pick 4 Midday: 4-8-2-1 Pick 4 Evening: 5-7-4-4 Illinois Lottery Little Lotto: 10-11-16-25-31 6-of-48 jackpot: $4.75 million Mega Millions 04-05-17-19-50 Mega Ball: 7 Jackpot: $76 million LOTTERIES By Mark Geary The Gazette Univer- sity of Iowa Law Profes- sor Angela Onwuachi- Willig made it farther than any other woman or minor- ity Iowa Supreme Court Appli- cant, but she make the final cut. Gov. Ter- ry Branstad this week chose Ap- peals Court Judge Ed- ward Mans- field, Attor- ney Thomas Waterman and Waterloo District Court Judge Bruce Zager to fill seats left vacant after voters chose not to retain three justices in November. As a result, the court now will be completely composed of men. Onwuachi-Willig said the lack of a female or minority could have an effect on percep- tion of the court.

think for some people, it would be easier to take in a judgment or decision if they saw peo- ple who were like them reflected on the she said. are all kinds of studies that show women and men may look at particular facts differ- ently. The law may be the same, but how people understand the facts may be Despite her disappoint- ment about not being cho- sen, she said the legal system is in good hands. think all the justices on the Supreme Court will be good jurists and they already are good ju- she said. Onwuachi-Willig said she is not ruling out ap- plying for a job on the bench the next time an opening.

predict the future. I never say never, but certainly open to any she said. Chief Justice Marsha Ternus was until recently the only female voice on the court, but she was one of the justices who was not retained. Comments: (319) 368-8610; mark.geary@sourcemedia.net UI law professor says system is in good hands By Gregg Hennigan The Gazette IOWA Iowa City police have made another arrest in the May theft of $50,000 worth of items from an Iowa City home. Kenny B.

Ardon- Hernandez, 18, of 2100 Scott Blvd. Lot 131, was booked into Johnson County Jail on Thursday on charges of first-degree theft and third-degree burglary. He and two other peo- ple are accused of going to a home on Langenberg Avenue in Iowa City on the night of May 8, know- ing the family who lived there was out of town, according to a criminal complaint. Police said Ardon- Hernandez and one of the other suspects entered the home and stole nu- merous items, mostly jewelry, worth $50,000. An informant led police to three of the sus- pects.

Wally Patheuangsin, 19, of Coralville, and Deonte D. Pierre, 19, of Iowa City, were arrested in December on the same charges. Luis O. Cardona, 19, of Iowa City has been charged with accessory to a felony for allegedly pawning some of the stolen prop- erty. Comments: (319) 339-3175; gregg.hennigan@sourcemedia.net Teen faces charges in May I.C.

heist By Gregg Hennigan The Gazette IOWA The federal government is seeking more information about a proposed Iowa City levee that has drawn criticism from residents whose homes would be behind it. The Department of Housing and Urban De- velopment has asked the city to gather additional information though an independent study of the effects of the levee, said David Purdy, the flood recovery specialist, on Friday. He said that request came after several resi- dents sent letters to Iowa Sen. Chuck office asking that the gov- ernment take back the $8 million grant it awarded the city last fall for the $10 million project. HUD has not rescinded the grant and has given no indication it will do so, he said.

Wally Taylor, a Cedar Rapids attorney repre- senting the owners of the nine homes left on Taft Speedway, called the re- view appropri- Purdy confirmed the application itself did not mention the homes left on Taft Speedway but said the city attached a petition signed by 10 Taft Speedway residents ob- jecting to the levee. The City Council in December approved the levee, which would be created by elevating Taft Speedway and No Name Road up to 10 feet. That would protect access to the Peninsula neighbor- hood and 92 condomini- um units in the Idyllwild neighborhood, which the city says have a property tax value of up to $22 mil- lion. It also would put on the river side of the levee the nine homes remaining on Taft Speedway. Owners were warned of that pos- sibility when the city first offered federal buyouts for the flood-damaged homes.

Four property owners took buyouts. Idyllwild residents were not eligible for buyouts. A University of Iowa model has shown that, with the levee in place, the water would be 4 inches lower in a 100-year flood and 6 inches lower in a 500-year flood at the midpoint on Taft Speedway. Purdy said the study will run that model again, consider whether any additional flood in- surance will be required of the residents because of the levee and try to determine possible flood damage to the homes with the levee in place. The study is estimated to cost up to $50,000, which the Iowa Depart- ment of Economic De- velopment has agreed to pay, he said.

A request for proposals will go out in the next few weeks. Taylor said pos- sible the residents would support another type of flood-protection system, but not the levee. There is no immediate plan to take legal action, but that option is always on the table, he said. Comments: (319) 339-3175; gregg.hennigan@sourcemedia.net Feds ask for more info on proposed Iowa City levee Angela Onwuachi- Willig University of Iowa College of Law Keep up on news in East Iowa daily in The Gazette 1825 29th St. NE, Suite A 286-8782 NANCY SICKELKA, AuD Doctor of Audiology MELISSA HEINRICY, AuD Doctor of Audiology We have a patient satisfaction rating in service and professionalism.

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Berns, 174 Collins Rd. NE, Cedar Rapids presents Doug Gabriel Sunday, March 6, 2011 3 p.m. 7 p.m. Performances Group of 30 or more, Tickets available through Theatre Cedar Rapids Box Office, 319-366-8591 or theatrecr.org Doug Gabriel Direct from Branson Reception Times: 2 p.m. 6 p.m.

(A variety of light snacks will be served. Cash bar available) Tickets $10 per person (with purchase of performance tickets) One Great SingerOne Incredible EntertainerOne Great Show Come Meet Greet Doug Gabriel All proceeds to Center Nutrition.