Ten Commandments monuments face court fate in public spaces
Editorial notes that bans on Ten Commandments tablets in Iowa and Indiana courts proceed as the Supreme Court declines to rule. The piece argues public display clashed with pluralism and faith, calling monument placement a sign of cultural dominance and warning of court-led removals.
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Order of Eagles
Cedar Rapids
May’s Island
Linn County
Iowa City
Congress
America
Wordplay and misused terms spark reader corrections
Readers share examples of homonym errors and misused phrases from a Cedar Rapids foster home report to illustrate how language slips. The letters discuss weightism hoard imminent and garden bed wording and remind that diplomas or degrees mark educational levels.
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Cedar Rapids
Department of Human Services
Pat Martin
Monona
Don DeBurkarte
Marion
Ruth H. Larson
Tribute to Art Taylor spans Cedar Rapids to Redding and lasting impact
Arthur D. Taylor 87 died May 10 in Redding after a life devoted to mentoring youth and civil rights work. From Coe College to The Gazette and Jane Boyd Community House he taught, coached, and led, later guiding Shasta College and a charter school. His funeral drew generations of students and community leaders thanking a man who changed one life at a time.
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Cedar Rapids
Redding
Calif
Mount Shasta
Art Taylor
Arthur D. Taylor
Art
Harrison
Roosevelt
Grant
Coe College
The
Gazette
Jane Boyd
Coe
Evansville
Ind
Lincoln Lions
U.S. Job Corps
Lancaster
Shasta College
Roberta
Mister Taylor
Iowa
Bureau misleads on water quality in eastern Iowa basins
A report contrasts Iowa Farm Bureau statements with USGS findings on nitrate levels in streams of the Skunk Cedar and Wapsipinicon basins. USGS data show high nitrate and phosphorus concentrations, with the South Fork Iowa River basin having higher averages and more hog operations than the Iowa River basin.
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Iowa Farm Bureau
U.S. Geological Survey
USGS
Craig Hill
Milo
Iowa Farm Bureau Federation District 8 Board
U.S. House Transportation Subcommittee On Water Resources and the Environment
Environmental Protection Agency
Ifbf.org
Iowa
Skunk
Cedar
Wapsipinicon
Farm Bureau
Corn Belt
Great Plains
South Fork
Iowa River
The Gazette Letters Policy Details
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Gazette
the Gazette
Following girls example on Boy Scouts in schools
Mary McMurrer argues about BSA in schools and ICCSD nondiscrimination policy. She notes meeting space alternatives exist and questions two supporter groups and their commitment to equality.
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BSA
ICCSD
Mary McMurrer
Iowa City
Bluestem Faces Waste Management in Local Landfill Battle
Don Cell of Mount Vernon argues Bluestem should invite private bidders for waste disposal and consider a local landfill or transfer station. He notes three nearby Illinois landfills would bid aggressively and questions the board’s preference for a public transfer approach over private competition.
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Bluestem Board
Inlinois
Illinois
Waste Management
Linn
Johnson Counties
Bluestem
Iowa
Linn County
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Tyiowa
Boy Scouts
PTO
Iowa City Community
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Mount Vernon
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