Rowley Days Visit Highlights Small Town Hospitality
The Gazette editorial team visits Rowley in Buchanan County as part of Beyond City Limits. Residents praise friendliness and resilience while officials share pride in a new rural water system and updated roads. Community members seek to attract young families and new businesses ahead of future trips to Elkader and other eastern Iowa towns.
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Rowley
Cedar Rapids
West Liberty
Max Grover
Max
Prairie Town
Iowa
Elkader
Juneteenth celebration honors 150th end of slavery
Readers thank sponsors volunteers and guests for the 2015 Johnson County Iowa City area Juneteenth event marking 150 years since slavery ended. Thanks listed to City of Iowa City various departments Johnson County officials local partners and local businesses for support and participation.
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Iowa City
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Human Rights Commission
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Aero Rental
Johnson County Democrats
University of Iowa
University of Iowa Community Credit Union
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IC Balloons
Coralville
Technigraphics
Michael Stenerson
Pizza Ranch
Matt Falduto
Dreamwell Theatre
Harriette Pierce
Drury Street Productions
Echoes of tech foresight from Weiss to the Apple era
Lenore Skenazy recalls Advertising Age columnist E B Weiss who, in the 1960s, predicted instant communication and home information networks. He foresaw worldwide personal channels, converted media into energy bits, and home consoles enabling office tasks, while giants like Zenith RCA and Kodak missed the mark.
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Johnson
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RCA
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Ad Age
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Kodak
ADA landmark speech by Sen. Harkin praised at 1990 ADA passage
Judy Schmidt reflects on Tom Harkin delivering the first ASL speech in the Senate during the Americans with Disabilities Act passage. She notes ADA’s impact on employment, education, and accessibility, and cites statistics on disability prevalence and ongoing employment gaps. Schmidt, of Dubuque, chairs Iowa Democrats' Disability Caucus.
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Linn County
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Northeast Iowa Community College
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Judy Schmidt
Dubuque
Iowa
Democrats’ Disability Caucus
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