Cedar Rapids basketball hoops overlook needs and youth
The Gazette urges reordering city recreation priorities toward youth basketball and argues six city hoops are insufficient. It notes aging playgrounds funded by past bonds, recommends expanding hoops beyond schools, and emphasizes wholesome youth activity over golf and softball. It condemns neglect in dense, low income neighborhoods.
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Cedar Rapids
Gazette
Rick Smith
Controversy Over Klein Anonymous Book Author
Critics call for Joe Klein to be fired after revelations he wrote the Anonymous memoir Primary Colors. Opinion columns defend his journalism, noting the secrecy and lying accusations while acknowledging the book’s impact on readers and media.
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Clinton
Washington Cognoscenti
Hillary Clinton
Joe Klein
Iowa Sesquicentennial Aids Youth History Learning
Iowa moves to engage youth in state heritage through the Iowa Voices curriculum and The Goldfinch magazine. The Sesquicentennial Commission funds and partners with Pella Corp and Coca Cola Bottlers of Iowa to provide free materials to fifth graders and classrooms across the state.
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Iowa
Prairie Voices
State Historical Society of
Iowa Sesquicentennial Commission
Coca-Cola Bottlers of
Teaching Iowa history at home and in communities
The piece urges parents and communities to involve children in Iowa history through walking tours cemeteries libraries and family archives. It cites Mary Bennett and Amy Ruth and emphasizes local stories and interviews to connect past and future, benefiting youth beyond the Sesquicentennial year.
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Iowa
Mary Bennett
State Historical Society of Iowa
The unthinkable threat of weapons of mass destruction
Trudy Rubin argues America faces a new era of terrorism with WMD risk. She notes past attacks show complacency, cites plans to fund local defense, and urges Congress to back a U S WMD preparedness program including training for firefighters and rapid-response units.
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Tokyo
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Montana
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Kevin Thomas Duffy
Congress
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P. Lamont Ewell
International Association of Fire Chiefs
Richard Lugar
R-Ind
Sam Nunn
D-Ga
Pete Domenici
R-N.m
U.S
House
Nunn
Lugar Long
Russia
Long Island
Lugar
Live and let live letter supports same sex rights
Donnette Howser of North Liberty argues in favor of allowing same sex marriages and urges the Iowa Democratic Party to uphold equal rights, sharing personal history and a “live and let live” stance. She notes past fights for civil rights and hopes her children may marry regardless of orientation.
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Iowa
Democratic Party
Learn about new river plan presented to public
A Cedar River Corridor Master Plan presentation will run noon to 3 p.m. on July 30 in the Cedar Rapids City Council chambers. The public is urged to attend, hear the plan, and offer opinions or risks of not participating.
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