Homers Three Time Hero Steve McGuire Honored for Valor
Steve McGuire, a 50 year old University of Iowa art education professor, received the Lifesaving With Valor award from the governor and will be featured in Reader's Digest Heroes in September. He and three others rescued a woman and her two children from a car in the Iowa River in December, the latest in three such rescues since 1998.
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Steve McGuire
University of Iowa
McGuire
Reader’s Digest
Iowa River
Letters show Cedar Rapids debates on housing and disability care
A Cedar Rapids letter argues Discovery Living funding should aid independent living for disabled individuals, not expand administration. It calls for real homes and mentorship over a waiting list, criticizing bureaucracy and school district spending. The page also critiques the McCain campaign’s tactics echoing 2004 Bush methods amid national issues.
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Discovery Living
Cedar Rapids
Transition Center
Jerome Corsi
Dick Cheney
Mary Matalin
Karl Rove
McCain
Bush
Thomas Kueny Vinton
Cedar Rapids Cheyenne Off-Leash Park Reopen Plan Questioned
Readers weigh in on whether the flood damaged Cedar Rapids Cheyenne Off-Leash Dog Park should reopen at its current location or be moved to a new site, with opinions across multiple parks and a proposed new site.
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Rockwell Collins
Collins
Rockwellcollins.com
Bob Johnson
Monument
Donald Pospishil
Cedar Rapids
Des Moines
Denver
Pay equity and political vows dominate reader opinions
A reader poll asks should overweight workers pay higher health insurance costs while outlining Obama and McCain positions on pay equity. The letter links pay gaps to Obama’s legislative record and cites Lilly Ledbetter Act support before endorsing the candidate who fights for women’s pay equity.
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Iowa
Barack Obama
Illinois State Senate
Obama
John McCain
McCain
Lauren
Iowa City
Remembering Leroy Sievers A Courageous Nightline Journalist
A tribute to Leroy Sievers, veteran war correspondent and Nightline executive producer, who died of cancer on August 15. The writer recalls Sievers’s bravery, openness, humor, and daily blog that connected readers, and reflects on cancer, friendship, and the impact of his life and work.
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Leroy Sievers
Npr. Com
Leroy
Nightline
Budget pressures press volunteer fire departments hard
Diesel prices push by ing repairs training and new equipment delays at volunteer fire departments. Short term fixes threaten long term public safety as budget crunches complicate critical readiness.
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