School bus dilemma prompts calls for cautious district support
Cedar Rapids area parents urge broader busing as schools may close. State law limits free bus service to elementary students beyond two miles and high school students beyond three miles, with handicapped eligibility via an education plan. The district formed a Transportation Review Committee but faces budget limits. Car pooling and minimal district help, like ride boards, are proposed as cost effective solutions.
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Vast U.S. interstate network survives mostly intact
The piece notes 547 miles of routes may be deleted but the 47 mile Cedar Rapids to Waterloo segment will remain. It calls interstates the greatest public works, linking thousands of towns, despite criticisms of cost noise displacement and ecological impact.
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Cedar Rapids Eyes Library Upgrade With $2 Million Grant
Citizens face a Jan 27 special election on a $5.9 million bond to meet Hall Foundation conditions for a new Cedar Rapids library. The appeal praises Hall Foundation supporters Howard and Margaret Hall and urges a decisive yes to secure the project and future city growth.
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Call for Iowa to adopt community property laws
A writer urges Iowa to embrace community property rules to protect surviving spouses from inheritance tax burdens. The plea targets wives and notes past losses when husbands die, urging the League of Women Voters to press both parties and lawmakers to modernize Iowa law.
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Grandma’s House memories from the 1930s playtime
A nostalgic reminiscence recalls grandma's warm, apron clad presence and joyful activities with grandchildren. They played games, sang, dressed up, and shared simple joys, while unaware of wartime worries, hoping future grandkids remember such happiness for decades.
Linn-Mar Preschool Thanks Linn-Mar High Students
The Linn-Mar Preschool project, part of a child development program at Linn-Mar High School, ran six weeks three days weekly through November and December. Madelyn Olson led the teen volunteers and local merchants donated items to enhance the experience.
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Community library plan deserves patient study
The letter urges readers to attend library board meetings and review the Hall Foundation funded project. It notes a decade of citizen task force work, presents a downtown library exhibit with all plans, and invites volunteers to participate in shaping the space solution.
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City faces fifth library referendum amid budget worries
Reader condemns fifth library referendum and cites hidden costs and rising taxes. The letter criticizes incremental financing and fears the project will burden homeowners, seniors, and the disabled while national budget actions and salary increases for politicians worsen economic strain.
Watt The Wests Defender How Watt Sees Interior Role
George Will Watt argues preservation is only part of Interior and that development through free enterprise will govern. He frames the West as Sagebrush rebels resisting Washington while federal land ownership and water rights fuel conflicts and demand Cabinet unity with Reagan’s limited government agenda.
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