Gazette leadership and editorial staff list
The Gazette issued a formal listing of its leadership and editorial team. Mark Bowden serves as Editor, Doug Neumann edits Opinion, with Dave Storey as Editorial Board Chairman and Scott Swenson as Circulation Director. Peg Schmitz oversees Print Operations, while Joe Hladky chairs Gazette Communications as Publisher and Chuck Peters is President and COO.
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Mark Bowden
Doug Neumann
Dave Storey
Scott Swenson
Peg Schmitz
Signs and kiosks could ease Cedar Rapids travel maze
Editorial argues Cedar Rapids needs clearer routes markers and trailside kiosks along the Cedar Valley Nature Trail to guide cyclists and motorists to Czech Village. It cites Wisconsin trail kiosks as a model and urges city crews and local businesses to partner on color coded signs, route links, and welcoming features.
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Czech Village
Cedar Rapids
Cedar Lake
Tait Cummins
National Czech & Slovak Museum & Library
River Run
38Rd Avenue
Fifth Avenue
Diagonal Drive
First Street
16Th Avenue
First Avenue
Cedar Valley Nature Trail
Waterloo
Wisconsin
Elroy-Sparta
LaCrosse River
Jim Moorhead
DNR
Kendall
Wis
The Legend of Bighoa and the Bigfoot Hoax
The Chicago editorial laments Ray Wallace who died at 84 and reveals his Bigfoot hoax. Wallace and relatives staged grainy photos and life-size scenes with a suit and wooden footprints. Experts debate the mystery as readers weigh belief and humor.
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Chicago Tribune
Ray Wallace
Wallace
Bigfoot
Humboldt County
Calif
Michael
Elna
Wilbur
Dale Lee Wallace
Associated Press
Robert Galatzer-Levy
University of Chicago
Ray
Public Schools and the Constant Need for Improvement
In this reflection by Marion Independent Schools Superintendent William C. Jacobson, the author argues that change drives school improvement akin to home remodeling. He warns redecorating without measurable results wastes resources and urges data driven plans, staff preparation, and ongoing effort to advance student learning.
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Dalai Lama
William C. Jacobson
Marion Independent Schools
The Gazette Letter Writing Guidelines
The Gazette invites public letters and guest columns but limits to 300 words per writer every 30 days and suggests 650 words or fewer for columns. Submissions require the writer’s full name signature full street address and daytime phone number with contact details for editors.
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Cedar Rapids
Editorial
Gazettecommunications.com
Letters to The Gazette on U S backing of dictators
The letter catalogues dictators and regimes supported by the United States, listing Chaing Kai-shek Franco Banzer Zia Doe Rabuka Rios Montt Lucas Garcia Noriega Abacha Pinochet Saddam Amin Selassie Hassan II Fahd Marcos Ozal Botha Smith Pahlavi Mobutu Suharto Chun Park Cedras Duvalier Pot Pol Pot Stroessner Trujillo Papadopoulos. It argues such actions caused poverty and war and labels U S policy as imperial and anti democratic.
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Hugo Banzer
Bolivia
Mohammed Zia Al-Haq
Pakistan
Samuel Doe
Liberia
Sitiveni Rabuka
Fiji
Efran Rios Montt
Romeo Lucas Garcia
Guatemala
Manuel Noriega
Panama
Sani Abacha
Nigeria
Augusto Pinochet
Chile
Saddam Hussein
Iraq
Idi Amin
Uganda
Emperor Halie Selassie
Ethiopia
King Hassan II
Morocco
King Fahd
Saudi Arabia
Ferdinand
Police choppers defend Cedar Rapids, not just joy rides
A reader defends the Cedar Rapids Police helicopter fleet amid calls for cuts. They argue pilots constantly monitor crime, aid ground units faster, and that noise compares with city traffic. The letter urges support for police, fire, canine and narcotics units and suggests cuts elsewhere.
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Cedar Rapids
Racial Preferences in College Admissions Debate
A reader argues against affirmative action in college admissions, citing the Michigan case of a white female applicant rejected while minority students with lower scores were admitted. The writer calls for the Supreme Court to rule affirmative action unconstitutional and criticizes the point system and its impact on merit and minority reputation.
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University of Michigan
Michigan
Gazette Readers Letters Policy Stated
The Gazette notes it does not vouch for the accuracy of reader opinions or imply judgments about the views offered in letters to the editor. The policy emphasizes neutrality toward the content of submitted letters.
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Bighoa
Heraclitus
B.C
Norman Luxenburg
U.S
United States
Washington
Chaing Kai-shek
Taiwan
Francisco Franco
Spain
Marcos
Philippines
Turgut Ozal
Turkey
P.W. Botha
South Africa
Ian Smith
Rhodesia
Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi
Iran
Mobuto Sese Seko
Zaire
Gen. Suharto
Indonesia
Chun Doo Hwan
Park Chung Hee
South Korea
Raoul Cedras
Papa Doc
Baby Doc Duvalier
Haiti
Pol Pot
Cambodia
Alfredo Stroessner
Paraguay
Rafael Leonidas Trujillo
Dominican
Republic
CLA
George Papadopoulos
Greece
America
Cedar Rapidians
U.S. Supreme Court
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