Ballet Bonus and Baseball Milestone Highlight Iowa Events
Ballet Bonus reports the Joffrey Ballet performing in Cedar Rapids Iowa City Muscatine Des Moines and Council Bluffs as part of the University of Iowa Haneker Auditorium anniversary with free admission funded by private donations. Baseball Milestone notes Cedar Rapids Kernels attendance surpassing 1 million since 2002 at Veterans Memorial Stadium with strong average attendance and broader event use. First Step covers Kirkwood Community College moving toward a tobacco free campus with a partial ban outside most entrances and plan to extend to all areas after cessation training.
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Kirkwood
Mick Starcevich
What Bush's team can learn from Clinton's library vision
The piece compares presidential libraries and urges Bush planners to adopt a positive framing like Clinton's. It examines how Clinton's center highlights prosperity, Bosnia and Kosovo, budget shifts, and avoided scrutiny while suggesting Bush's should emphasize tax cuts, No Child Left Behind, and Medicare drug coverage as counterpoints to Iraq and deficits.
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California
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Nancy
Critics argue Bush's Libby clemency shows deeper political failings
A reader denounces George W. Bush for clemency in the Libby case, claims it betrays democracy, and accuses the president of treason and ineptitude. The letter criticizes media complicity, legal fairness, and the administration's Iraq policy, urging Americans to confront hard facts about national leadership.
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Valerie Plame
Plame
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Should Linn County elect supervisors at large or by district
Readers debate election method for Linn County supervisors with letters criticizing helmet laws and national politics. Contributors urge informed voting and reference Gazette coverage and candidate options. Names include Daniel Sitter Cedar Rapids and David Krouse Palo, with remarks on health care education and helmet use.
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Dick Cheney
Cheney
Band of Snakes
Bill Richardson
John Edwards
Daniel Sitter
Cedar Rapids
Court oversight and rising prices shake Iowa readers
A Cedar Rapids court marked Abdelilah Elmar doudi as a guilty plea in a Iowa documents case after a Michigan terrorism conviction, while Iowa sees a surge in metal theft and scrap trade. Beer prices rise as barley farmers shift to corn for ethanol, fueling concerns on consumer costs.
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