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Monday Morning Read: Bus routes change today, tornado can’t stop Pioneer Days, Forest View open house
Staff report
Jul. 31, 2017 8:48 am
TODAY'S WEATHER — Mostly sunny, pleasant. High 82, low 63.
BUS ROUTES CHANGE TODAY — Cedar Rapids Transit's biggest route restructuring in 15 years takes effect this morning. The changes are designed to increased frequency on the most-used routes. Read more: http://bit.ly/2hfkDKr
TORNADO CAN'T STOP PIONEER DAYS — Even in the aftermath of a tornado that hit the Historic Brown Farm in Central City earlier this summer, causing damage to the property, this year's 10th anniversary Pioneer Days festival proceeded as planned. The annual event showcases farm machinery and highlights how Iowa farm life has evolved over the past century. Read more: http://bit.ly/2hdLcQb
FOREST VIEW OPEN HOUSE — A local environmental advocacy nonprofit has planned an open house for those hoping to learn more about the controversial Forest View development at the intersection of Interstate 80 and North Dubuque Street — one of Iowa City's main entrances. Read more: http://bit.ly/2heHUfN
KERNELS' BUFF NEW OUTFIELDER — Jimmy Kerrigan is put together. The brand-new Cedar Rapids Kernels outfielder is 6-foot-1 and 215 pounds, with some large forearms and a chiseled physique. The guy has seen a weight room or two in his life. Read more: http://bit.ly/2vlqcNM
QUOTABLE — 'There's a side of me that listens to it and says 'Wow, what interesting wave forms.' ' But there's also a piece that just listens, and there's sort of an amazement at a certain level that the universe produces things that you recognize: birds, and in the background it sounds to me ... like crickets chirping.' UI professor Craig Kletzing, on listening to the radio waves that undulate around Earth
(from left) Hannah Wade and Ellen Anderson, both of Cedar Rapids) check the schedules for the new bus routes that start on Monday, July 31 at the Ground Transportation Center in downtown Cedar Rapids on Thursday, July 27, 2017. (Cliff Jette/The Gazette)