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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 29, 1997
Page
4
Joe Hladley is named as President and Publisher while Ken Slaughter serves as Vice President and Treasurer. Dale Larson is listed as Vice President and General Manager. Jerry Elsen is Editor of Editorial Pages and Editorial Board Chairman Mark Bowden serves as Managing Editor.
The DART program in Iowa, a joint venture of Alternative Services and Juvenile Court Services for the 6th Judicial District, shows progress by helping 100 youths in two years. Legislators approve funding to expand the $796,000 request by 20 percent, enabling 44 more youths to join day-treatment efforts that emphasize schoolwork, anger management, and life skills to avoid adult incarceration.
A column discusses Gov. Huckabee’s call to remove acts of God from disaster relief law arguing that attributing calamities to divine will raises moral questions. It cites critics and scholars, including Rep. Jim Luker, on whether God created natural forces like tornadoes and floods.
Lynn Schulte of Mount Vernon, former state representative, argues in a March Gazette column that government coercion to force attendance or alter personal choices shows dangerous overreach. She warns that a nation where people dictate government is free, while government dictating people is slavery.
A March 24 guest column argues for more gun laws only if current ones work, citing the Brady Bill and a 1994 assault weapons ban. It condemns IPGV lobbying as out of step with Iowa values, defends hunting needs, and frames gun ownership as a liberty issue.
The Cedar Rapids Gazette invites letters up to 300 words. Please include your name street address and daytime phone number. Only your name and hometown will be published. Send to Cedar Rapids Gazette Box 511 Cedar Rapids Iowa 52406 or fax 319 398 5846.
Alan J. Vorel of Cedar Rapids laments the rapid shift to new digital TV and other formats. He worries collections of record albums and VCR tapes will become obsolete as parts and skilled technicians vanish, robbing later generations of shared memories.
Evans Jacobson of Cedar Rapids argues against a $100,000 city study on bus use, contending buses cannot match cars for speed or convenience. He notes his own trip to Westdale Mall took 45 minutes by bus with transfers and high fares, while a car trip took minutes, and accuses officials of coercive tax plans to influence opinions.
Scott Wharton of Cedar Rapids writes to Streets Commissioner Don Thomas and Streets Director Scott Peppler about pea gravel contamination and repeated washing of the street. He urges heavy equipment and proper street maintenance to avoid potential lawsuits.
In Iowa City a spoof letter from Robert W. Ruark, president of IMJOS, playfully offers his strength to open all jars, replying to a March 25 cartoon critique. The note, signed in Oelwein, blends satire with regional jest about jar handling.
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