Gazette leadership and executive team listed
The Gazette names its leadership and executive team including Mark Bowden as Executive Editor Jerry Elsen as Editor of Editorial Pages and Editorial Board Chairman Dave Storey as Editorial Board Chairman Scott Swenson as Vice President Advertising Peg Schmitz as Circulation Director Joe Hladky as Chairman and Publisher Chuck Peters as President and COO Ken Slaughter as EVP and CFO
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Bush Should Lift Ban on Stem Cell Research Now
Editorial argues stem cell research is largely inevitable and urges President Bush to remove the federal funding ban. It contrasts pro and anti positions, notes embryo sources and ethical questions, and cites officials like Tommy Thompson and Orrin Hatch, urging renewed public participation in policy.
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Canada
Final annexation showdown looms in Monroe Township dispute
Jim Schmickley reports on Hiawatha Iowa push for involuntary annexation of Monroe Township land, Cedar Rapids opposition, and a July 19 public hearing at Xavier High School to consider competing involuntary plans amid a long battle over annexation methods and property rights.
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Cedar Rapids
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Tom Patterson
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Rural residents urged to sign LOST petition for another vote
Linn County Farm Bureau led appeal urges unincorporated area residents to back a one year 1 cent local option sales tax. They argue urban shoppers fund roads and pools, while unincorporated areas lose nearly 4.75 million without benefit. Petition deadline Thursday.
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Historic pregnancy headline and a quirky grammar note
A reader cites Newsweek errors and a Crown Princess headline about a Japan pregnancy. The Gazette notes the correct use of a versus an before words with consonant or vowel sounds. Another amusing ad offers a "One bedroom apartment" with "Free head utilities and garbage."
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Local tax revote urged after defeat of sales levy
A Cedar Rapids Marion resident criticizes repeated local option sales taxes and urges a revote arguing the new levy mirrors past increases and hits taxpayers harder, with millions flowing from pockets penny by penny.
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Cedar Rapids
Marion
Demand higher fuel efficiency standards for vehicles
A letter urges U S lawmakers to pass higher CAFE standards in the energy package. It argues updated rules will keep demand steady for vehicles, protect jobs, clean the air, and reduce oil dependency, while noting past GOP delays on Transportation Department studies. It singles out SUVs as wasteful.
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Gazette letter policy and contact options
The Gazette invites letters up to 300 words. Include name street address and daytime phone. Only name and hometown appear in print. One letter per writer per 30 days. All letters may be edited. Address Box 511 Cedar Rapids IA 52406 Fax 319 398 5846 Email gazedit fyiowa com.
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