Iowa ICN praised as model despite flaws and costs
Editorial lauds the Iowa Communications Network as a national model after Phase 3 bids at 98 million. It notes 99 counties connected, 3000 miles of fiber, and 10 000 hours of classes at 124 sites while warning the birth process and politics were flawed.
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OWAN
Newsweek
Iowa
Waverly
Des Moines
Jefferson
Johnston
Elkader
Network World
Hyatt Hotels
State of Iowa
Terry Branstad
Harold Thompson
Iowa Communications Network
ICN
Iowa Distance Education Alliance
Washington, D.C
Robert Hardman
Center For Educational Technology
University of Northern Iowa
Clinton privatization plan eyed for air traffic control
The Clinton administration proposes a semipublic corporation to run the FAA air traffic control system in an effort to save 6.7 billion dollars for a middle class tax cut. Critics cite past privatization attempts like the postal service and Amtrak as lacking track records.
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Clinton
Washington
Federal Aviation Administration
U.S. Department of Transportation
Postal Service
Amtrak
Letters to the Gazette The Givers Sleep Better
A letter argues there are two types of people givers and takers. It cites Jesus teachings on charity and warns greed harms society. The writer urges acts of love for the needy in Africa and the Americas, ending with a call to give and signs off with Robert Paul Synacek Cedar Rapids.
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Jesus
Africa
Central America
Haiti
China
Russia
Bosnia
United States
Jesus Christ
Robert Paul Synacek
Cedar Rapids
Christmas light and the season of return
Ruth H Larson argues that Christmas aligns with the winter solstice and spiritual light. She notes Isaiah and John passages linking darkness to divine light, urging celebration of both physical daylight and the incarnation amid secularization.
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Immanuel
God
Jesus
Isaiah
Ruth H. Larson
Cedar Rapids
Word-use tips clarify jettison discomfit and more
A reader from Iowa City asks about discomfited versus discomfort and why discomfit is a verb while discomfort is mainly a noun. The piece clarifies uses of ascribe subscribe jettison jetsam flotsam and introduces lagan as a buoyed cargo term for confusing conversation prompts.
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Tiny Tim
Holiday Shopping Thrives in Iowa City Warmth
Jennifer Nathanson contrasts a frazzled Miami mall experience with a calmer Iowa City shopping scene. The piece highlights friendly shoppers, Salvation Army bells, cheerful cashiers, festive windows, and the cozy mall atmosphere that defines a benign holiday trip in Iowa.
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Iowa
America
Miami
Fla
Midwest
Santa Claus
Iowa Corps of the
Salvation Army
Jennifer Nathanson
Citi
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