Notable Cornell College graduate marks senior student success
Tami Garvin aged 40 earned top honors on graduation day at Cornell College Mount Vernon highlighting the trend of older non traditional students. The piece also notes local senior housing efforts by Marion churches, the Dr Martin Luther King Jr Memorial Bridge naming in Cedar Rapids, and Anthony Frey’s six month cross nation Prius trip promoting hybrid fuel efficiency achieving about 50 mpg across 12 000 miles
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Cornell
Tami Garvin
Cornell College
Mount Vernon
Martin Luther King JR
Cedar Rapids
Paul Pate
12Th Avenue
Anthony Frey
Iowa City
Bid document noncompliance costs contractor at airport project
Cedar Rapids Airport Commission enforced its bid rules when a contractor was disqualified from a $350000 runway drainage job after failing to complete a standard form. The alert underscores strict adherence to required procedures and equal treatment for all bidders.
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Cedar Rapids Airport
Lawmaker Urges Bush to Expand Embryonic Stem Cell Policy
Rep Jim Leach joins over 200 lawmakers urging expansion of federal stem cell funding beyond the initial 2001 policy. Advocates say more donated frozen embryos could speed cures. a poll shows broad public support for expansion.
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Jim Leach
Congress
Bush
Leach
Proper planning could lessen Iowa flood impact
The letter argues wetlands and buffer zones reduce floods and pollution. It cites 30 percent wetlands lowering flood levels by 80 percent and notes 97.5 percent of Iowa wetlands are lost. It urges restoring wetlands, expanding buffer areas, and integrating watershed planning into local land use. It also criticizes school officials for flag etiquette at a Jefferson High graduation and expresses patriotic concern for military sacrifices.
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Iowa
Oil for Food scandal calls for independent UN probe
Rep. Todd Akin urges full, independent investigation into the UN Oil for Food program amid evidence of Saddam era corruption. He notes vast revenues, alleged kickbacks, and ties between UN staff and Iraqi elites, urging US funding ties to reform and prosecutions.
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Iraq
Saddam Hussein
Saddam
U.N
New York Times
Heritage Foundation
Iraqi Oil Ministry
Kofi Annan
U.S
London Sunday Telegraph
Russia
Washington
Jacques Chirac
Bush
Baghdad
Congress
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
House International Relations Committee
U.S. Federal Reserve
Paul Volcker
United States
Security Council
State of the Union
America
Conservatives misuse Bush support say John Birch Society stance
A reader argues conservatives blindly back Bush and Iraq, cites John Birch Society against the war, accuses Bush and Clinton of pursuing a New World Order, claims Iraq linked to 9/11 is false, and urges others to visit jbs.org for “the truth.”
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al Gore
John Birch Society
Jbs.org
Bill Clinton
New World Order
Iraq
Osama bin Laden
Chris Tucker
Cedar Rapids
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