Good compromise on Cedar Rapids brick streets and future crosswalks
The Cedar Rapids Wellington Heights neighborhood advocates preserving historic brick paving as a costly sewer project prompts street removal. City officials and the Coe Mount Vernon Block Grant group agree to restore bricks by Redmond Park, cutting costs with volunteer work and a contractor. A proposed compromise suggests extending bricks from the curb and creating brick crosswalks on asphalt streets to preserve neighborhood heritage while ensuring smooth traffic.
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America
Danville
Ill
Moberly
Purington
Peebles
Missouri
Milwaukee
Cedar Rapids
Wellington Heights
16Th Street
Ole Munson
Coe
Mount Vernon
CCBG
Redmond Park
D & R Masonry
Call to raise the nations maximum wage at Disney
The piece argues for increasing the top pay ceiling for executives like Michael Eisner from 43 300 dollars per hour to a higher rate. It suggests indexing the maximum to inflation or raising it to around 5 000 dollars an hour. It notes Democrats push for change.
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Disney Board
Michael Eisner
Congress
Eisner
Disney
Dave Barry
University Hospitals must cut profits not people's jobs
Donald Van Hulzen argues UIHC should downsize through cost control rather than firing long-term staff especially nurses in clinics. He cites Minnesota cuts and asks if profits can be reduced without harming patient care and urges ownership for employees, reviews of medical practice, and a partnership with managed care to control costs and profits.
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University of Iowa
UIHC
University of Minnesota
Minnesota
Iowa
Trails on old rail corridors could cut bicycle costs
Diane Handler of the Linn County Trails Association urges building trails on established rail and utility corridors to reduce land, bridge, and floodwall costs. She notes the Cedar Lake Trail requires heavy equipment access and argues corridors lessen expense and add miles for safe travel. Cedar Rapids.
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Linn County Trails Association
Cedar Lake
Diane Handler
Cedar Rapids
Iowa cemetery laws threaten Burr Oak grave upkeep
Rural Burr Oak Cemetery Association warns new Iowa laws devastate perpetual care funds. Irrevocable trusts cost 7 percent yearly, plus court filing fees and permit charges. With limited burial sales and aging lots, funds no longer cover mowing and maintenance, risking neglected graves.
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Iowa
Burr Oak
Burr Oak Cemetery Association
Regents question UI medical college plan prompts scrutiny
Regents debate the University of Iowa medical college project asking for more information and study time. The author criticizes past automatic approvals and questions the displaced workers’ reemployment prospects and the use of state funds. Bill Schlapkohl, Lone Tree voices concern over patronage and a “blank check” to Regents President Marvin Pomerantz from Gov. Terry Branstad.
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Board of Regents
University of Iowa Medical College
U of President
Regents
Marvin Pomerantz
Terry Branstad
What a waste on the Cedar River Tree in Cedar Rapids
Bonnie Tietge laments the Cedar Rapids art tree along the Cedar River, questioning how the funds could have fed a soup kitchen, housed the homeless, or supplied medicine for those aged by poverty, calling the tree a waste.
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Cedar River
Bonnie Tietge
Cedar Rapids
Wake Up Call to Moral Renewal from Cedar Rapids
Mary Fields of Cedar Rapids writes about returning to Christian values. She urges an end to red light districts and calls for parents to care for children together, restoring marriage vows and avoiding the juvenile justice system.
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Mary Fields
Cedar Rapids
Death Has No Encore in Obituary Language
Gilbert J. Maas critiques obituary style and tense usage, arguing that the word died conveys immediacy better than has died. He cites routine obituary leads for Adolf Galland and Edmund G. Brown and recalls newsroom practices adjusting leads for timeliness.
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Maas
Adolf Galland
Edmund G
Pat’ Brown
California
International News Service
INS
John Doe
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Ken Slaughter
Dale Larson
Jerry Elsen
Mark Bowden
Donald van Hulzen
Iowa City
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the Gazette
Bill Schlapkohl
Lone Tree
Henenne
Ake
Death
Gilbert J. Maas
Carl Kane
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