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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 19, 2005
Page
1
Linn-Mar rallied to defeat Iowa City West 63-57 in the Class 4A semifinal, as Drew Olmsted outpaced Matt Heflin in a tense playoff showdown. The victory advances Linn-Mar to the finals in Friday’s tournament action.
The Hawkeyes cruised to a dominant victory to advance to the second round of the Women's National Invitation Tournament. Key players led scoring and rebounding as Iowa pulled away in the second half.
Marilynne Robinson, Iowa City writer, captured the National Book Critics Circle prize for fiction for Gilead a reflective novel told through the voice of John Ames a dying Iowa preacher. Robinson 61 teaches at the University of Iowa Writers Workshop and praised critics for embracing a quiet yet arcane work in concise prose.
After four years and 34.4 million dollars, the Figge Art Museum nears completion and plans for an August 6 opening. The city will still provide 753000 dollars annually, and the 2 million endowment must be matched. Ongoing upkeep, from lighting to window cleaning, poses steep expenses.
Terri Schiavo, brain damaged at 41, had her feeding tube removed by Florida doctors amid a fierce legal and political fight with Congress seeking to keep her alive. A judge rejected lawmakers demand to convene a hearing, while her condition could worsen over one to two weeks without the tube unless someone intervenes.
In Washington, Senator Tom Harkin frames Social Security as intensely personal due to his poverty plagued Iowa upbringing and his late mother. Senator Chuck Grassley urges colleagues to curb procrastination and demagoguery amid the debate, stressing duty over partisan rhetoric.
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