Letters to the Gazette highlight health care ethics and local event woes
A reader laments a Gazette piece on optics amid defending optometrists as essential clinicians. The letter also recalls a Walk America route disruption near 12th Avenue SE, urges route supervision, and praises Cedar Rapids for winning the Women’s International Bowling Congress bid with thanks to the Convention and Visitors Bureau and local supporters.
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Cedar Rapids
Hartford
Phyllis Newhouse
Cedar Rapids Bowling Association
Convention and Visitors Bureau
Elaine Miller-White
Diane O’connor
Alice Anderson
Jim Garrett
C.R. Area Convention and Visitors Bureau
First Ave
Local High School Completion Programs Highlight Regional Reach
In Area X a longstanding effort provides GED and adult high school diplomas across Cedar Rapids and seven counties. Metro High School and Kirkwood Community College serve hundreds weekly with nine centers and twelve GED sites. On May 29 the area celebrated about 800 graduates age 18 to 71, the largest Iowa program.
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Metro High School
Cedar Rapids
Kirkwood Community College
Veterans Memorial Coliseum
Kirkwood
Iowa
Community College
Area X
WalkAmerica charity walk brings Cedar Rapids communities together
Janet F. Webster recounts Cedar Rapids participants in the March of Dimes Walk America event on Sunday April 26. She notes 15 mile routes, family involvement, and spiritual and communal benefits, praising walkers of all ages and roles while describing personal pride and the sense of decency shown.
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Cedar Rapidians
America
Janet F. Webster
Park Towne
Animal Rights TV Program Debates Humane Treatment
A new program titled Animal Rights airs on Cedar Rapids channel 20 Mondays 7 to 8 PM and on Saturday mornings, with a 6 30 PM slot on Iowa City channel 26 Wednesdays. Tom Brokaw calls the movement the fastest growing in the U S A, as experts discuss topics from animal testing and biomedical use to fur, slaughter, veal, factory farming, and hunting. George DeMello Iowa City urges ending nonhuman slaughter and embracing a humane ethic granting all creatures the right to live fulfilled lives.
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Cedar Rapids
Iowa City
Tom Brokaw
NBC News
U.S.A
Dispute with O Hair over faith echoing at rally
Lori Rock of NB letters in response to an April 19 Gazette piece on atheism clashing with Christians. She argues O Hair’s disbelief does not negate God and asserts personal belief in Jesus, noting Bibles and prayer are challenged in schools but Christ remains in hearts.
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Lenscrafter
Dean Butler
Butler
O’hair
Madalyn Murray
God
Jesus
Christ
Lori Rock
Oakland Rd
Restoration at State Capitol Calls for Wiser Legislature
As a restoration project advances at the State Capitol observers urge accompanying reforms to raise the intelligence level of both legislative chambers. The column argues for sharper debate and wiser oversight to match refurbishment efforts.
Beneficiaries Urge Organ Donation After Transplants
A Cedar Rapids letter praises organ donation after two recipients including a son named Steve received a kidney from a donor family. The writer urges everyone to sign donor cards and obtain cards at the driver licensing station, highlighting how one donor can save multiple lives.
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Steve
Cedar Rapids
White House cocoon critique of national hardship
A writer accuses the White House of insulation while families starve and banks fail. The piece urges a 24 hour exploration of slum areas like the New York Bronx to expose the country’s suffering and condemns the president’s perceived detachment from the crises.
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America
White House
New York Bronx
Artist defends front page portrayal of Winged Magnificence
In a letter to The Gazette the artist explains the April 22 piece misrepresented her view of the attention to her work. She details travels to seven invitational shows, teaching at Illinois State University, wildlife artist services, estate issues after her parents died, and relocation to Anamosa for the Grant Wood festivities.
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Gazette
Howard Rogers
Anamosa
Illinois State University
Alaska
Canada
Grant Wood
Iowa
Sales tax silence in a political ad debate
The Gazette notes a political ad hides a bill to raise the state sales tax. Gov Branstad vows to veto any hike. The writer argues sales tax hits lower incomes harder and calls for tax fairness across all groups.
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Iowa
Terry Branstad
Cedar Rapids Writer Elisabeth Young Publishes Travel Book
Elisabeth Young of Cedar Rapids, born in San Francisco, has lived in Iowa since 1948 and authored the travel book Family Afoot. Her work documents journeys and family explorations across places and paths.
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Cedar Rapids
San Francisco
Iowa
Basque fueros influence on U S nuclear policy debate
An essay links Basque regional autonomy to American federalism in nuclear power governance. It criticizes NRC rule changes post Three Mile Island and Chernobyl proposals for emergency plans and waste disposal. Governors Cuomo Dukakis Kunin Branstad Celeste are cited supporting states rights to protect citizens.
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Guernica
Spain
France
Ferdinand
Isabella
Three Mile Island
NRC
Seabrook
Shoreham
Cuomo
New York
Dukakis
Massachusetts
Union of
Public Service Co
New Hampshire
Congress
Branstad
Kunin
Vermont
Celeste
Ohio
Righting Punctuation in Write Right Columns
Carl Kane argues against semicolon and apostrophe misuse with examples from his junior high lessons and daily life. The piece notes readers can obtain the author’s popular columns in booklet form for $2.95 and mail order with a $4 mailing fee.
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Carl Kane
The
Gazette
Cedar Rapids
Iowa
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