Presidents' Day debate over Washington and Lincoln roles
The piece questions the Presidents Day observance. It notes Washington's Feb 22 birth date moved to Feb 22 under the calendar switch and Lincoln's Feb 12 birthday merging with the holiday. It argues the plural presidents’ tag erases individual icons and calls for separate celebrations.
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George Washington
Congress
Washington
British Empire
Abraham Lincoln
United States
Lincoln
Teacher Nancy Miller gives 500000 to Marion Library bond
Second grade teacher Nancy Miller of St. Pius School donated 500000 to Marion Public Library after inheriting from her mother. She supports the library's proposed block south of City Square Park and ties her gift to a May bond issue and other funding. Miller, Cedar Rapids resident, says the project fosters reading and education.
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Nancy Miller
St. Pius School
Miller
Manitowoc
Wis
Marion Public Library
Marion Friends of the Library
Tom Fruehling
City Square Park
Marion
Cedar Rapids
High school battle over bottle deposit bills in Iowa
Cedar Rapids Washington High students led a push for bottle extension, backing HF 572 and a DNR version HSB 557. Despite campus campaigning and statewide survey support, both measures stalled in House and Senate committees amid opposition from grocers and beverage distributors. Students stress civic action and urge continued lobbying.
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Cedar Rapids
Washington High School
Des Moines
House Energy and Environmental Protection Committee
Washington High
Shad Issa
Brian Huber
Chad Kapler
Erin McCuskey
Cong Pham
Kristina Scott
Gary Goldstein
Ken Sullivan
the Gazette
Grocers Association of Iowa
House
Senate
Energy and Environmental Protection Committees
Department of Natural Resources
DNR
Iowa Environmental Protection Commission
House Committee
Robert Rafferty
Davenport
Energy and Environmental Protection Committee
Mary Lundby
Marion
David Osterberg
Mount Vernon
Ralph Rosenberg
D-Ames
Iowa
Incinerator opposition voiced in Iowa City letters
Citizens at a Feb 2 hearing urged against an incinerator citing hazardous emissions and toxic ash. The letter writer Steve Sedlacek argues incineration raises costs, hinders recycling, and offers no landfill reduction, urging readers to contact mayor and City Council.
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Environmental Protection Agency
Steve Sedlacek
Iowa City
There Is a Higher Standard in Tonya Harding Case
The piece argues the Harding Kerrigan affair reveals a collapse of spontaneity in decision making between law and morality. It claims legal verdicts lack finality and moral judgments complicate defenses, urging a higher standard beyond mere guilt or innocence.
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Harding-Kerrigan
Tonya Harding
Nancy Kerrigan
Harding
Gun rights advocate urges armed citizenry and school boot camps
BG Jackson of Marion argues against gun control and for concealed carry nationwide. He calls for arming police with magnum weapons, and for boot camps led by Army or Marine sergeants to teach youths the facts of life.
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Clinton
Arizona
Washington
Slick Willie
Nutty Reno
National Guard
Jackson
Politicking over deficits sparks partisan rhetoric in Iowa
Coralville resident Tom Gerhold voices strong opinion about federal spending. He debates Democrats, Republicans, and alleged hypocrisy in Congress while praising deficit reduction efforts by Rep. Jim Nussle. The letter targets national debt debates and media coverage of spending.
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Congress
Iowa
Democratic Party
Eric Tabor
Abcs
Tabor
Jim Nussle
Nussle
Capital Hill
Dave Nagle
Save our rivers Dale Kueter’s Feb 11 piece on river decline
A reader laments the Mississippi and other rivers turning into ditches due to barge traffic, rusting barges, and Corps of Engineers management. He recalls early 1900s fishing, warns bottlenecks can worsen, and cautions about silting, muck in backwaters, and loss of prime fishing spots.
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Dale Kueter
Marquette
New Albia
Army Corps of Engineers
Upper
Mississippi
Chicago
Sanitary and Ship Canal
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Martin Luther King
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New Orleans
Robert E. Lee
Jefferson Davis
Huey P. Long
Colossus
Edith Hollingsworth
Iowa Woman
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Americk
Tan
OM Mie
Bubba Clinton
Tom Gerhold
Coralville
Ohio River
Illinois
Missouri
Tennessee
Corps of Engineers
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