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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 20, 2000
Page
4
Ken Slaughter earns the role of Vice President and Chief Financial Officer Dale Larson is named Vice President Newspaper and Magazine Publishing Jerry Elsen becomes Editor of Editorial with an Editorial Board led by Mark Bowden as Managing Editor
An editorial reflects on 1960s Cedar Rapids Marion metro area road maps found in old Gazette files. It notes proposed routes like the North South Expressway later becoming I 380, and discusses how East Post Road 47th Street and Mount Vernon Road might have extended to Highway 30 with a Cedar River bridge, suggesting plans could reappear as cycles of economic change influence long term transportation visions.
Helen Baumhoefener, 91, longtime Cedar Rapids gardener and local nursery founder, died recently. A University of Iowa alumna, she taught grade school briefly but built a regional legacy by cultivating flowers, shrubs, and trees across Eastern Iowa. Known as Mrs. B, she treated gardening as art and inspired neighbors with her hands in the soil after Sunday service. Spring was her joy and her rose beds flourished under her care.
Donald VanHuizen argues that University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics funds are diverted from patient care to university ventures through a profit sharing scheme with the College of Medicine. He cites auditor reports of 30 million moved over three years and 40 million paid to the college for services previously free, urging more transparency and front-page accountability.
A reader argues oxygenated fuels harm air quality, citing chemistry texts and reports. He references nitrogen oxides forming acids, brown city haze linked to gasoline vapors, and questions claims of reduced CO emissions from oxygenated fuels. He cites sources including Des Moines Register and GAO.
Cedar Rapids reader Bernece T Priebe argues that funding cuts hinder care for her handicapped son Joby and criticizes a proposed 200 million Iowa Child Project. She urges prioritizing disabled care over costly new centers.
The Gazette invites letters up to 300 words. Include name street address and daytime phone number. only name and hometown will be published. Send to The Gazette Box 511 Cedar Rapids IA 52406 or by fax 319 398 5846 or email gazedit fyiowa com.
Cedar Rapids Gazette reader Dennis M. Dvorak critiques PETA publicity and a guest columnist's proposed crow and goose control ideas. He argues against feeding geese and habitat modification due to cost, notes the risk of shifting problems, and warns that equating animal cruelty with spousal abuse signals societal trouble.
A columnist relays Ted Kubicek's reflections on proper grammar and wording. He argues that It is I sounds silly while It is me remains acceptable in speech and writing to some, notes Patricia T. O Connor from Woe Is I. He also weighs word choices from a funeral scene to a 7 x 24 hour open library and a barbecuing pun, praising deliberate homonyms.
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