No-Cut Athletics Spirit Boosts Cedar Rapids Schools
Tom Ecker oversees a Cedar Rapids no-cut program that guarantees all 7,000 students a place in competitive sports across six junior high and three senior high schools. Over nine years participation has grown, with 2,000 annual events and more than $200,000 in non-tax funding raised to sustain expanded activities. The system reports top-three state finishes 68 times and 30 team titles across 10 sports, including last year’s five champions and multiple runner-ups.
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Cedar Rapids Community
Cedar Rapids
Eastern Iowan Letters Invite Thoughtful Public Views
Periodic observations from thoughtful Eastern Iowans invited to express themselves here. Topics are unlimited and views are theirs.
Shared monopoly folly hurts Kellogg and partners
Washington commentary argues the FTC's six year fight against Kellogg Kellogg General Foods and General Mills over a claimed shared monopoly in ready to eat cereals is overbroad costly and likely to fail. It warns the case could drag for years cost tens of millions and threaten broader industry competition if upheld.
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FTC
Kellogg
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Quaker Oats
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Supreme Court
Misusage in Language and Hyphenation Rules by Fountain
A NYT Syndicate column discusses English usage focusing on hyphenation of compound terms and pluralization rules. Emeritus professor Alvin Fountain cautions adjectives do not inflect for number, and notes hyphenation shifts as terms gain new meaning, with examples like rail road and football.
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Alvin M. Foun
Tain
North Carolina State University
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Noted prose on the Now Generation’s golf culture
A humorous comparison contrasts the Now Generation’s swaggering golf style with the 1950s view that golf carts were for the impaired or comely inactive. Carl Riblet Jr. is referenced in a wry assessment of modern golfers versus old norms.
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