Cedar Rapids Custody Fight Over Cougar Sparks Animal Aid Call
Linn District Judge Thomas Koehler ruled Cedar Rapids cannot keep the McMurrin cougar, returning it to its owner since no nuisance finding exists. The city faces possible 1866 dollars for confinement to trial and calls for an animal control ordinance. The letter also laments Emerald Knights no show, City support, and critiques Senator Harkin's populist labeling.
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Linn
Thomas Koehler
Cedar Rapids
Linda McMurrin
Koehler
The
Gazette
Iowa
Emerald Knights
Veto sparks talk on generic drug bill and pricing
Governor Branstad vetoed House File 315 which would have split up to half the savings from generic substitutions with pharmacists. A June 10 meeting at St. Matthew’s Church in Linn County, hosted by Senior Citizens for Community Improvement, will discuss the veto impact and drug pricing for seniors.
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Branstad
St. Matthew’s Catholic Church
Linn County
Senior Citizens For
Iowa
United States
Philomena Stevenson
Ninth St
Parental Critique of Los Angeles LaSalle High Language Climate
A parent recalls waiting for a report card at LaSalle High School on May 31 and recalls pervasive profanity among students including references to hookers. The letter questions administration for not enforcing conduct aligning with Christian values and asks why parents should pay for the school given these conditions.
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LaSalle High School
LaSalle
Gazette Letter Guidelines for Submissions
The Gazette outlines letter submission rules including a 400 word limit and required author name street address and signature. A non published telephone number helps authentication. Letters should focus on issues and events not individuals. no verse and only one letter per writer every 30 days.
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the Gazette
English Sneerers and the Cost of Bad Grammar
A friend recalls correcting his son’s English and the reply What difference does it make You mean what I say The piece argues language carelessness reduces clarity and that consistent abuse of language is disgraceful like picking one’s nose in public
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Hawkeyes
Jerome
Dougie
Why’s Why reflections shape Cedar Rapids past
Selections from Cedar Rapids citizens 60 years ago reveal varied views on civic unity, streets, industry, crime, water, pollution, and education. Notable names include Howard Green, Horace Hedges, Morris Sanford, C.B. Robbins, Samuel Armstrong, Kenneth Lindsay, Henry Ely, and Robert Armstrong.
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Harry M. Gage
Coe College
the Gazette
Cedar Rapidians
Ralph Clements
Cedar Rapids
Howard R. Green
Iowa
Horace Hedges
Morris Sanford
Fourth Street
Col. C.B. Robbins
Howard Cherry
Cherry Co
Samuel G. Armstrong
Kenneth Lindsay
William C. Crawford
Robert C. Armstrong
Fred Payneer
Unisex Hair House Experiment Ends In Mixed Reactions
A San Diego visit to a unisex salon with grandson Dougie yields a strange haircut by Jerome the beautician. The narrator endures odd dress, long process, and high charges, keeping a new part despite deeming the experience educational and planning to return to a traditional barber.
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Fred
Jerome
Cedar Rapids
Dougie
Eastern Iowans share views on wide range of topics
Robert E. Brouillard of Cedar Rapids, a former Penick and Ford vice president, now leads REBCO, Inc as its president. He joins regional writers and thinkers in presenting periodic observations from attentive eastern Iowans invited to express themselves on unlimited topics.
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Robert E. Brouillard
Cedar Rapids
Penick and
Ford
Rebco, Inc
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