Presidential Playing Cards at Hoover Library Exhibit
The Hoover Library hosts Presidential Playing Cards: The Art of Tination by Tina Mion through March 25. The self taught Arizona artist paints 42 presidents as playing cards in varied sizes and styles, including a Ballot box for voting.
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Abraham Lincoln
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Tina Mion
Arizona
Hoover Library
Mion
Herbert Hoover
National Portrait Gallery
Washington
Hoover Museum
George W. Bush
White House
Lou Henry Hoover
West Branch
Hoover Presidential Library Museum
Letters to the Gazette on Iowa teachers pay
A reader criticizes Iowa teachers for demanding higher pay claiming they cry and whine for more money. He argues Iowa cannot match other states and urges teachers seeking higher wages elsewhere to leave, suggesting a lack of common sense in state education funding.
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Webster’s
Iowa
Council row over agenda control and public comment limits
Cedar Rapids council faces criticism as it tightens meeting rules with a brief five minute public input period tied to the agenda. The author questions censorship and cites a veteran affairs clash with mayoral authority and a perceived suppression of citizen voices.
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Veterans Commission
Metro Veterans Council
Hennesseys
Cargill
China
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Veterans Action Committee
VAC
Remarriage of Jan and Robbie DeBoer Echoes Past Trauma
The report notes the couple plans to remarry echoing a famous child welfare case. It urges stable two parent homes and cites a controversial Iowa Legislature vote as a factor in fragile family outcomes.
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Jan
Robbie DeBoer
The Gazette Letters Policy Reminder
The Gazette outlines a 300 word limit for letters and requires name street address and daytime phone. Only name and hometown publish. Submissions may be sent by mail to Box 511 Cedar Rapids Iowa 52406 or by fax or email.
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the Gazette
Cedar Rapids
Iowa
Flat adverbs and reigns note readers quip
A discussion of flat adverbs such as right and slow, plus a reader quip about reigns versus reins. It cites Webster usage and reader headlines, including a correction on cargo ship crash phrasing and a quip about a parish consisting of people.
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U.S
Phyllis Lewis
Decorah
Phyllis
Associated Press
Mary Connelly
Anamosa
Student laments college discipline and teaching culture at Iowa
The writer condemns strict attendance and harsh grading while recounting six years of study and frustrations with lectures. They lament the focus on grades over genuine learning and call for teachers to surprise them with meaningful teaching rather than proofs of merit.
Clarifying Linda Tripp’s White House departure
A reader argues Linda Tripp was not fired by President Clinton but moved to a Pentagon role as a political appointee with a pay raise. The writer explains the pink slip concept, re application, and standard Washington practice for staff changes after a new administration.
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Clinton
Linda Tripp
Tripp
White House
Pentagon
Washington, D.C
Bush praised as visionary leader restoring American greatness
Paul S. Breitbach of Iowa City credits George W. Bush with bringing a fresh tone and a business mindset to Washington. He says Bush’s plan and vision restore humility and dignity to the presidency and empower Americans to pursue the American Dream.
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George W. Bush
Washington, D.C
Bush
America
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