NCAA cost cuts spark satire on college sports spending
The column mocks NCAA efforts to trim football and basketball budgets after a $2 million convention. It argues such cuts risk revenue and wonders if fans would abandon games, while proposing a budget-based handicap to reward frugal programs and poke fun at spending wars.
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National Collegiate Athletic Association
NCAA
America
Roy Marble
Quinn
Hayden
Labador
Honest
Campy
Hilton
Special Players
Lobador
Valiants
Iowa City janitor wins pay after painting school sign
Blair Klinefelter, a Horace Mann Elementary night custodian, settled with the Iowa City Community School District for slightly over 100 dollars to cover two days of lost pay after he painted the school sign on his own time without district approval. The case followed a three day suspension for insubordination and lack of conformity during his final week on the job.
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Iowa City
Blair Klinefelter
Klinefelter
Horace Mann
Mick Moore
Cedar Rapids Gazette Establishment and mailing details
The Cedar Rapids Gazette established in 1883 by The Gazette Company operates daily and Sunday from 500 Third Avenue SE Cedar Rapids Iowa 52406. Subscriptions by carrier $2.60 weekly. by mail Morning Editions and Sunday seven issues monthly rates $11.80 for 4 weeks $128.20 for 52 weeks. other states and territories $161.00 for 52 weeks. No mail subscriptions in areas with Gazette carrier service. Postmaster address Cedar Rapids Gazette Box 511 Cedar Rapids IA 52406.
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Cedar Rapids
The
Gazette Company
Third Avenue SE
Iowa
U.S
Associated Press
AP News
Cedar Rapids Gazette, Inc
Cedar
Rapids
Paroled killer letter spurs Iowa petitions to block Earley
Donna Lee Olson reports from Brooklyn where Dawn and Dan Kriegel's families press a petition drive to deny parole for Gordon Earley, the 1981 life-sentenced gunman in the 1979 Grinnell Bank burglary and murders. Earley writes from a Memphis prison seeking forgiveness and release in 1988, prompting fear and renewed grief among relatives and the town.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Donna Lee Olson
Iowa
Brooklyn
Dawn
Daniel Kriegel
Gordon Bacon
Earley
Memphis, Tenn
Dawn Kriegel
Kriegels
Whisenand
Jim
Carmen Kriegel
Dan Kriegel
Whisen
God
Barb
Carol
Warrensburg
Grinnell State Bank
Merle Bennett
Bennett
Dan
Avco Financial Services
Poweshiek
Earley and
Kriegers
Second pit bull attack wounds elderly Walker woman
Lenora Simanek, in her early 80s, says a pit bull attacked her collie for the second time, this time causing a fall and leg cuts. The incident spurred scrutiny of owner Rich Jacob and Walker’s muzzled leash ordinance from 14% years ago. Simanek did not seek charges but calls for action. the dog was evaluated at a Cedar Rapids clinic and cleared.
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Walker
Lenora Simanek
Rich Jacou
Jacob
Simanek
Linn County
Darrell Gear
Everett Moore
Moore
Jacou
Robert Wells
Grant and
Green Streets
Frey Animal Clinic
Cedar Rapids
Pat Hubbard
Linn County Humane Society
Benton County
Hubbard
St. Luke’s Hospital
Records Reveal Secret 1787 Convention Papers Uncovered
Yale University Press releases over 150 new documents from the Constitutional Convention including Baldwin’s notes on Washington’s doubts and Franklin’s stance on slavery. The collection, unearthed by Hutson and Rapport, traces secrecy rules and private reflections from delegates in Philadelphia.
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New York
George Washington
Philadelphia
Georgia
Abraham Baldwin
Washington
Baldwin
Yale University Press
James Madison
Benjamin Franklin
James Hutson
Library of Congress
Leonard Rapport
National Archives
United States
Northumberland
England
Hutson
Max Farrand
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Mike Deupree
Notre Dame
Northwestern
Kansas State
Nebraska
Michigan
United Way
Justice
Barbara Whisenand
Blairs Ferry Rd
Council St
Jim Hemphill
New York Times
Maj
William Jackson
Maj. Jackson
Jackson
FO Empire
Uly
Charlies ON the
Donutland
1St Avenue SE
Garden Court Banclana
McDonald’s
2Nd Street
Ffer’s
Carvery
1St Avenue
Dee’s Ice Cream & More
3Rd Street
Gringo’s
Marc’s
BIG Boy
2Nd Avenue SE
Angelee
3Rd Avenue SE
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