Editorial: Cedar Rapids library crisis tests public access to knowledge
The editorial laments FEMA’s denial of stopgap funding for a temporary Cedar Rapids Public Library location after the flood. It notes two years of budget cuts, the 85 000 square foot building damaged, and a proposed 34 000 square foot Big Lots site at 27 000 dollars a month. It argues literacy remains essential and urges FEMA to fund immediate access to information and recovery services.
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Benjamin Franklin
Cedar Rapids
FEMA
Westdale Mall
William Ecenbarger
Christian Science Monitor
Marion
Hiawatha
Library Foundation
City Hall flood vote ponders Veterans Memorial Building return
Readers debate rebuilding Cedar Rapids facilities and housing the poor while noting the Senate restaurant losses and limited menu changes. The letters urge integrity and compassion, warn against prideful grand schemes, and question May’s Island building plans.
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City Hall
Veterans Memorial
May's Island
Cedar Rapids heat rule draw vote on animal performances
Voters weigh in on a Cedar Rapids ordinance banning animals in shows when the heat index tops 85 degrees. The poll appears on GazetteOnline com with daily question updates and 788 ballots reported in.
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Cedar Rapids
GazetteOnline
Teen pregnancy as a TV series critique
The piece questions why teen pregnancy is used as entertainment from The Secret Life of the American Teenager to Knocked Up and Gloucester High. It cites Planned Parenthood and health data on teen pregnancies, contraception, and outcomes, urging responsible messaging and access to care.
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Iraq
John McCain
America
Canada
Ireland
England
Germany
France
Italy
Spain
Floyd Johannsen
Marion
Gloucester High
Hollywood
Dayle Steinberg
Planned Parenthood
Pennsylvania
ABC Family
Gloucester
Mass
Steinberg
Mount Mercy invites Townsend despite Catholic teaching concerns
A reader criticizes Mount Mercy College for inviting Kathleen Kennedy Townsend as commencement speaker citing pro choice stance and church-tolerance views. The college defends the choice, saying Townsend's value outweighs disagreements amid a broader family note praising Discovery Living and a waitlist growing from 50 to 150 over ten years.
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Mount Mercy
Kathleen Kennedy Townsend
National Abortion and Reproductive Rights Action League
Townsend
Christopher Blake
Tom
Discovery Living
Gloucester High School Teen Pregnancy Pact Report
A television report outside Gloucester High School on June 20 quotes school officials about a pregnancy pact among female students during the prior school year in Gloucester Massachusetts. The topic overlaps with the ABC Family series The Secret Life of the American Teenager.
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Secret Life
Philadelphia
Women’s Medical Fund
Susan Schewel
Gloucester High School
Gloucester
Mass
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