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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 01, 2002
Page
4
City officials relax yard waste rules, permitting craft paper bags at curbs through April 26 alongside Yardy Carts. Afterward carts resume, with fall back to bags on designated days. Some residents argue for flexible options given heavy autumn leaf volumes and aging containers.
The obituary celebrates Billy Wilder born in Austria who died at 95 and built a 52 year career as writer director and producer. It cites classics such as Double Indemnity The Lost Weekend Sunset Boulevard Stalag 17 The Apartment and Some Like It Hot highlighting awards and API rankings.
The Dallas Fort Worth area case of 16 year old honor student Taylor Hess, expelled for a year after a bread knife was found in a box in his pickup bed, leads to reduced discipline and a wider critique of zero tolerance. The 6th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Dusty Seal vs Knox County Board of Education urged rational, case by case assessments. The piece calls for proportional discipline and notes Texas districts reconsidering expulsion rules.
The Gazette accepts letters and guest columns on public business with editing rights. Writers must include full name, signature, address, and daytime phone. anonymous submissions are not accepted. Limit is 300 words per letter and one letter per writer per 30 days.
A March 20 plan pledges 1 percent per pupil growth for 2002 03, but critics call it a 3 percent decline after a promised 4 percent increase and a $157 million net school cut. Opponents say further cuts loom with $30 million from salaries and $13 million from staff development, totaling $287 million in six months.
Margaret Speers states Aid to Women is a pregnancy information provider not a reproductive clinic. Counselors observe tests, offer information based on results and client choice, and physicians on its referral list conduct medical exams. ATW emphasizes Christian perspective and invites visitors to 701 Center Point Road NE Cedar Rapids.
James Larkin and I on Coe College faculty question AP lead paragraph clarity. We discuss whether highway funds aid pork barrel projects or go to states, and critique misused terms like incidence versus incidents in reporting.
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