Get bullish on behavior not breeds in Cedar Rapids
The council weighs dog control over breed bans, citing Ohio's 1987 law requiring all pit bulls to be confined, leashed, insured, and handled by responsible adults. It argues that breed bans fail to curb aggression and urges strict ownership and registration rules for all dogs.
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Cedar Rapids
Dale Todd
Denver
United Kingdom
Aberdeen Royal Infirmary
Ohio
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Cedar Rapids Debate Over Pit Bull Ban After Dog Mauling
Jane Heck argues in Cedar Rapids that banning pit bulls could reduce animal and human danger, noting breeding and cruel training contribute to aggression. She cautions enforcement challenges and considers euthanasia for fighting dogs, while stressing broader social issues.
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Cedar Rapids
Jane Heck
Global Meltdown Warns About Warming Crisis
A reader urges media to take global warming seriously after years of skepticism. Observing retreating glaciers and fading snowcaps, they label the threat gigantic and call for accurate, strong coverage to reflect the unfolding meltdown.
A simple surgery for massive phone books Cedar Rapids residents receive oversized directories
Cedar Rapids households report new phone books on their porches look even larger than last year. Residents remark on the sheer bulk of the directories and the challenge of storing them.
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Cedar Rapids
Downsizing Phone Directories With A Do It Yourself Cut
A reader offers a home made method to split a combined phone book into separate home and yellow pages. By slicing the spine with a box cutter and separating sections, the bulky set shrinks from two inches to about three quarters, with further trimming possible by removing the coupon pages. The idea aims to fit both volumes into a more convenient two part arrangement.
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Voila
Sensible federal budget gains support from Iowa governor
Gov. Chet Culver endorsed Iowans for Sensible Priorities urging a rebalanced federal budget to fund education health care and the environment. He noted potential Iowa gains from cutting wasteful military spending and asked Iowans to join the Caucus for Priorities pledge. A unrelated family moment at Happy Joe's highlighted random acts of kindness from strangers.
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Chet Culver
Iowa
Culver
Linn
Johnson
Caucus For Priorities
Caucus4 Priorities
Happy Joe's
16Th Avenue
Operation Homecoming examines war through writers at war
A PBS film from the series America at a Crossroads follows soldiers who contributed essays and poems gathered by the NEA in collaboration with the DoD. Veterans Tobias Wolff and other writers provide context as amateurs' works reveal the human cost of Iraq and Afghanistan conflicts.
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Edward “Parker” Gyokeres
PBS
Iraq
America
Middle East
National Endowment For the Arts
Department of Defense
Afghanistan
NEA
Tobias Wolff
Vietnam
Wolff
Woolf
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