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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 09, 1994
Page
4
Dale Larson serves as Vice President and General Manager while Jerry Elsen is Editor of Editorial Pages and Editorial Board Chairman Mark Bowden holds the position of Managing Editor.
The Gazette outlines Lark McLeod's push to reshape U.S. schooling through McLeod Academy in Marion. It notes aims to replace seat time with demonstrable learning, teacher pay shifts, and year round calendars while weighing public funding, unions, and partnerships amid resistance from educators and administrators.
A Sunday Wellington Showcase drew families and visitors to Redmond Park with booths selling geodes art and crafts. Performers and politicians entertained as neighbors shared conversation and laughter amid orange Wellington Showcase 94 shirts and community pride.
The column recalls Robert Kennedy's skeptical stance toward government programs and public schools, noting how Bill Clinton's welfare stance and reinvention of government may squander a potent political moment. It contrasts past critiques with current Democratic pressures amid a 1994 political outlook.
The piece reviews CBO projections on uninsured totals and examines major reform bills. It argues universal coverage is achievable with bipartisan effort this term, but warns of gaps, costs, and the need for local implementation and federal leadership to reduce the deficit.
A letter compares Eastern Iowa police tactics at the Tauke domestic dispute near Cascade to the Waco raid on the Koresh group. The writer warns that surround and threaten approaches risk fatal outcomes, urging calmer, dialogue first and invoking Sheriff Andy Taylor’s advice.
The writer defends religious belief against evolution and creation debates in Letters to The Gazette. He mocks an Iowa City critic, argues God’s greatness resists definition, and suggests religious voices should be left to grow up while nature settles the issues. Bob Ferguson Cedar Rapids.
Frankie Brown of Cedar Rapids denounces anti abortion protesters for violent acts at clinics and accuses them of hypocrisy citing alleged killings and arson in the name of God while asserting women’s bodily autonomy and choice.
The notice requires writers to include full legal name and signature, full street address, and daytime phone number in letters. Addresses are not published. A 300 word limit applies to each letter, with one letter per writer every 30 days. Column length should be 700 words or fewer. Send letters to Cedar Rapids Gazette Box 511 Cedar Rapids Iowa 52406. Fax is 398-5846.
Bicyclists observed a disjointed mess of patched repairs on South Mentzer Council Street as Mayor and council members were unavailable to hear RAGBRAI remarks. Marcia Sherman Robins.
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