Winter in Iowa Turns Songwriters Snowbound
Sandy Pape, fifth grade teacher at Erskine Elementary in Cedar Rapids, laments misread winter fantasies. He notes October to May mood shifts, cites 30 inch drifts on I 380, plows, frostbite fears, and school dismissals as reality. He observes stuck traffic, stranded travelers, and winter weariness amid inevitable seasonal chaos.
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Edmund Hillary
Highway Patrol
Oprah
Miami
Chicago
Sandy Pape
Erskine Elementary
Cedar Rapids
Doubtful Double-Click Echoes In Language Debate
A New Yorker memo cites the phrase a number of and questions if double-click becomes a verb for emphasize. Stanford linguist Geoffrey Nunberg notes new words spill from tech into everyday speech and laments overused style norms.
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Moses
Dean Witter
Robert M. Gardner
Richman
Geoffrey Nunberg
Stanford University
Xerox Palo
News Syndicate
Nunberg
Rule of 85 could keep Iowa teachers from leaving
A letter argues for adopting the Rule of 85 to let teachers retire earlier or stay longer to boost pay. The writer cites Iowa IPERS support and mentions Sen. Gronstal and Rep. Schrader, urging readers to contact lawmakers to pass the plan.
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Iowa
Wisconsin
Mike Gronstal
Council Bluffs
Dave Schrader
D-Monroe
Parents questioned over returning kids gifts for cash
Dorothy Krivanek of Cedar Rapids questions store return policies after witnessing large post Christmas returns of unopened children’s toys. She suggests allowing refunds only as store gift cards to curb cash payouts and encourages giving kids gift cards for future purchases.
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Wal-Mart
Nashville
Dorothy Krivanek
Cedar Rapids
New specter haunts the right on airwaves
Edith L. Raus Manchester reports on conservative broadcasters like Rush Limbaugh using freedom of speech to attack President Clinton as his presidency nears its end. The piece contemplates future targets in politics and hints at Hillary Clinton’s growing prominence and influence.
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Rush Limbaugh
Clinton
Bill Clinton
George W. Bush
Supreme Court
New York
Hillary Clinton
Edith L. Raus
Manchester
Rural road plowing delays spark tax payer anger
Deanne K Tadlock of West Branch laments unsafe winter travel after Christmas in rural Linn County. She notes unplowed Buffalo Ridge Road E28 and unplowed roads across Cedar Johnson and Jones counties. She urges state representatives to address road supervisor inaction and protect rural lives.
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Grandma
Cedar
Johnson and Jones
Buffalo Ridge
Linn County
Jones-Linn
Deanne K. Tadlock
Monkeys Wards memory of Iowa harvest years
In the early 1950s a wind storm wrecked Iowa corn during harvest forcing Terris School closures and local youths to hire out to farmers. One narrator recalls earning eight or nine dollars at age ten, spent on Christmas gifts from the "Monkey Wards" catalog, a cherished memory of a family’s winter season.
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Iowa
Which court erred in Florida election dispute debate
A guest columnist attacks the U.S. Supreme Court for its Florida election intervention while critiquing Florida Supreme Court actions. He cites upheavals to recount deadlines and procedures, accuses Florida jurists of partisan bias, and argues the GOP should accept electoral realities and pursue national harmony. Cedar Rapids readers weigh in on Gore, Bush, and electors.
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Donald van Huizen
U.S. Supreme Court
Florida
Florida Supreme Court
High Court
Andrew Sullivan
The
New Republic
Florida Court
al Gore
Joseph Stalin
George W. Bush
GOP
Supreme Court
White House
Gore
America
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