A Gazette Reader's Mirthful Meander Through 1990s Oddities
Gus Schrader shares light anecdotes from 1990s pop culture and local memory. He notes the 32 cent postage rate, gun violence statistics, Harvard costs, and recalls Garth Brooks, Dribble, WKRP turkey drops, and one room schoolhouses near St Ansgar, weaving humor with civic reflections.
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Miami Dolphins
Dan Marino
al Gore
Don Shula
Cedar Rapids
Dan Quayle
Florida
Rascal Castro
Gazette
Rock No. 3
St. Ansgar
Garth Brooks
Postal Service
America
Northern Ireland
U.S
Vietnam
Harvard
George Nissen
Cornets
Iowa Theatre
First Avenue
Third Street
Nissen
WKRP
Cincinnati
Arthur Carlson
Carlson
Iowa
Pluggers Debuts on The Gazette Comics Page
Jeff MacNelly introduces Pluggers, a single panel comic about resilient everyday people, on The Gazette comics page 2C. The syndicated strip, based on MacNelly's experiences, will run Monday through Saturday, replacing The Far Side in this newspaper.
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Animal Kingdom
The
Gazette
Jeff MacNelly
MacNelly
Dave Barry
P.O. Box
Flint Hill
Jeff
Pluggers
Far Side
Susan Fineman
New Haven, Conn
Associated Press
Newspaper Association of America Foundation
Clinton arrives late to Life 101 seminar to start 1995
President Clinton began 1995 appearing tardy at a Renaissance Weekend seminar in Hilton Head Island. The panel had no speaking role for him. The first family, including Hillary and Chelsea, spent New Year’s Day at the retreat and planned to return to Arkansas.
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Hilton Head Island
S.C
Clinton
Ham Clinton
Chelsea
Arkansas
Real Jurassic Park Pine Discovered in Australian Forest
David Noble found living Wollemi Pines in Wollemia National Park Blue Mountains 125 miles from Sydney. Found 23 adults and 16 juveniles, seed samples taken to propagate them. Botanists call it a living fossil and one of the century's most significant botanical finds.
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Sydney
Australia
David Noble
Noble
The
Parks and Wildlife Service
Carrick Chambers
Royal Botanic Gardens
Ken Hill
Botanic Gardens
Wollemi National Park
Blue Mountains
Wollemi
Chris Hartcher
New South Wales
Barbara Briggs
Wollemi Pine Mystery Revealed In Australian Forest
Scientists uncover a new pine species in Wollemi National Park Australia found by accident in a remote rainforest preserve. The discovery sparks secrecy to protect the trees while researchers study their rare biology and potential threats.
Teaching doctors to have a heart in Harvard class
In a Harvard Medical School course, Dr. Lesley Heafitz shares testimony about fighting ovarian cancer to teach compassion. Students note the lesson goes beyond textbooks, with Paul Harriott saying doctors can offer hope even when skills seem limited, despite some labeling the class sensitivity training.
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Boston
Harvard Medical School
Lesley Heafitz
Heafitz
Paul Harriott
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Chia
Bob Knight
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the Gazette
Gary Larson
Mark Bowden
P.O
Hillary Rod
Iowa City
Aronson
Chevrolet
Penny Saver
Oro He Asot
Atito
Third Ave. S.ecedar Rapids
Australia Park
Jurassic Park
Bob Zimmerman Ford
Bremers
Carmike Cinemas
Ation
Clancy
Diet Center
Suzuki
First Trust & Saint Fleck Sales
Holley’s Men Sho Jungs
New Life Fit
New Image
Northtowne
Scho Skogman Realty
Smulekoff's
U.S. Postal
Ness Inn
Tae Kwon Do
West
East Rapa
Lovarage
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