What will happen to local pools now in Cedar Rapids
The city faces tough choices on aging wading pools after stricter public health rules. Cedar Rapids plans to hire a consultant to assess condition and costs, form a citizen committee, and decide on renovation or replacement amid aging facilities and potential funding gaps.
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Hite
Marietta
Cedar Rapids
Iowa Department of Public Health
Atlanta
Dale Todd
Todd
Bever
Noelridge
Jones Park
Parks Department
Julie Sina
Teachers of teachers on the wrong track in Massachusetts test fiasco
Philadelphia Daily News columnist W Russell G Byers critiques Massachusetts state actions after 60 percent of prospective public school teachers failed a certification exam. He cites John Silber and Public Agenda findings showing teachers of teachers prioritize process over outcomes and call for higher standards or closures for schools of education.
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W. Russell G. Byerst
Massachusetts
State Board of Education
John Silber
Boston University
New York Times
Silber
Booth
Jay Leno
America
Letter to the Gazette on gay rights and morality
Mary Lou McGrew questions Larry R. Johnson's July column, defending sodomy as moral wrong and arguing against expanding rights. She cites Cedar Rapids Pride and the city human rights ordinance, urging equal protection and non discrimination for LGBTQ individuals.
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Larry R. Johnson
Cedar Rapids
Aaron Rivera
Blairstown
Johnson
Greene Square Park
Mary Lou McGrew
Grassley defends bankruptcy bill amid bipartisan claims
Senator Grassley touts bipartisan support and White House backing for his bankruptcy bill while citing consumer groups. critics including the Clinton administration and National Consumer Law Center call the measure radical and harmful. Judges and academics warn insufficient study and higher costs without solving bankruptcy abuse.
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Charles Grassley
the Gazette
White House
National Consumer Law Center
Clinton
Congress
Eager vs anxious usage discussed in reader letters
A reader cites examples to argue eager should follow by to while anxious uses about or for. The piece traces early opposition from 1901 and notes oral vs written distinctions with guidance on correct usage. It also clarifies deer snow cover sentence confusion and suggests siting versus sitting.
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Harper’s
L.L.D
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Joe Hladky
Ken Slaughter
Dale Larson
Jerry Elsen
Mark Bowden
Edito
Noelridge Pool
Public
W. Russell G. Byers
The
Philadelphia Daily News
Knight Ridder Newspa
Ethene
Merding Darling
Pang “Tre Camelotte Cabherver
Grassley
Steven G. Klesner
Iowa City
Carl Kane
Free Lance
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