Letters to the Gazette Criticizes downtown parking plan
A Cedar Rapids small business owner denounces the City Council parking scheme as harming small shops. He cites one hour limits and bagged meters, urges public first come, first served parking, and laments loss of hourly workers and big business influence.
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Eighth Avenue
First Street
Robert Armstrong
Herb Killian
Abraham Smulekoff
Steve Camp
Camp Bros
Cedar Rapids
Community letter urges Cedar Rapids ice arena support
A resident urges locals to back SKATE Inc as it seeks 2.25 million dollars to build an indoor ice arena in Cedar Rapids. The letter touts benefits for youth, cites broad ice time demand, and invites input on the site while noting a prior Minnesota plowing opinion.
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Cedar Rapids
Minnesota
Skate Inc
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Environmental concerns are voiced by David A. Peters of Cedar Rapids about resource depletion and human impact on wildlife. He contrasts human consumption with wildlife resilience and laments industrial progress.
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David A. Peters
Cedar Rapids
Gazette invites letters with contact details for publication
The Cedar Rapids Gazette invites readers to submit letters or guest columns addressing public business. Include full name, signature, street address, and daytime phone number. addresses are not published. Letters limited to 300 words, one per writer every 30 days, with editorial edits possible.
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the Gazette
Cedar Rapids
Building Bridges for All Iowa Children Banquet Success
The African American Heritage Foundation thanks The Gazette sponsors and guests for a successful banquet with Martin Luther King III. The event funds Iowa's first African American Historical Museum and Cultural Center and boosted community awareness of cultural diversity. Banquet co chairs Shirley Cutchlow and David Reiners salute Wyndham Five Seasons Hotel for service.
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Gazette
African American Heritage Foundation
Martin Luther King III
AAHF
Iowa
Wyndham Five Seasons
Shirley Cutchlow
David Reiners
Teacher's views on guns spark concern in Montezuma
John W. Treakle of Montezuma criticizes Rhiannon Chastain Hall's February guest column on gun ownership, arguing she misrepresents the Second Amendment and may influence students. He advocates NRA Eddie Eagle safety education.
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Rhiannon Chastain Hall
Iowans For
Handgun Control Inc
The
Gazette
NRA
Hall
John W. Treakle
Montezuma
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