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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 15, 2000
Page
6
Dale Larson becomes Vice President of Newspaper and Magazine Publishing with Jerry Elsen as Editorial Pages Editor and Editorial Board Chairman and Mark Bowden serving as Managing Editor in the updated leadership team.
Editorial urges honoring King by serving others with acts like tutoring, home repairs, meals, and classroom painting. It notes poverty as a central issue alongside racism and highlights CNCS and the King Center as sponsors. The observance encourages year round civic action and volunteerism.
A winter traffic piece urges drivers to follow a rule of thumb for following distances, noting slick roads on I 380 prompted safer spacing. It criticizes daredevils who cut ahead for seconds, risking lives for tiny gains as accidents frequently occur.
Cedar Rapids resident David R. Chung argues to replace the teachers union with merit based pay and professional titles. He cites substitute shortages and calls for subject expert classrooms while praising his own title education engineer.
Douglas C. Elam, Cedar Rapids, a former Maryland recycling chief, argues Iowa must keep bottle bill to reduce roadside trash. He cites Maryland's litter costs and notes buy back centers miss plastics and glass, urging enforcement and cleaner towns to attract workers and firms.
The Rapids AIDS Project part of the Grant Wood Chapter Red Cross thanks the community for the 1999 Adopt A Client drive. Local groups donated gifts and delivered them to clients, highlighting HIV AIDS in the area and plans to continue in 2000.
A letter writer from Cedar Rapids argues against removing the Mallard comic from The Gazette. He notes Peanuts also was dropped and questions the decision, urging readers to participate in an upcoming comics section questionnaire to express support for Mallard.
A letter urges zero tolerance for speeding by vehicles over 10 000 pounds and asks for tripled enforcement, higher penalties for speed violations and evading devices, and opposition to higher speed limits, linking truck speed to fatal crashes and urging public input.
The Gazette invites readers to submit letters up to 300 words. Include name street address and daytime phone number. only name and hometown will be published. Mail to The Gazette Box 511 Cedar Rapids Iowa 52406 or use FAX 319 398 5846 or email gazedit fyiowa com.
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