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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 05, 2006
Page
4
The Gazette notes limited soda access in public school vending machines may help but argues the impact will be modest. It urges ongoing efforts by schools, parents, and health groups to reduce obesity through lessons on diet and exercise and by expanding healthier beverage options and activities.
In Cedar Rapids decades ago teens enjoyed Armour Dance and Dance Land as well as two drive-in theaters. The writer laments the loss of venues to meet, dance, and socialize, and argues TouchPlay machines should be allowed where minors are barred to fund education.
Cedar Rapids readers are urged to support local school productions. The Kennedy High School presentation of Cats wowed audiences with strong dancing singing and costumes and showed high school talent rivaling professionals.
Community concerns say moving the Cedar Bend market to downtown Cedar Rapids on the first Saturday monthly wastes funds meant to promote Cedar Bend projects. Critics question rain plans, senior parking access, and neglect of 16th Avenue stores like Pohlena's Meat Market and Sykora Bakery.
Barbara Tate of Hiawatha notes affection for the Riverside Roundhouse area markets and confirms Marion hosts a daily market with a Saturday morning event in a covered building. She has shopped for 47 years and prefers not to go downtown.
The author forecasts further extremist attacks in U S and foreign cities starting with New York cites how 9 11 reshaped security and readiness urges proactive mental health public education and closer cooperation with governments to counter the evolving threat. Osama bin Laden is referenced through a 2004 Al Jazeera broadcast image and later audiotape directing militants to Sudan.
A local invitation questions widening East Post Road in Cedar Rapids and Linn County. The writer urges residents to drive the corridor from Mount Vernon Road to 30th Street Drive, reflect at home, and reconsider the project amid reflections on local beauty.
Lea Myers reflects on catalogs as more than junk mail in a rural state noting the tall narrow shed with a crescent door moon and catalog pages that inspire dreams of better life yet serve a practical cleaning role if inflation rises.
A reader argues for balanced coverage of immigration, opposes amnesty and calls for stronger border enforcement. They reference social costs of illegal immigration, demand employer penalties, verification, and enforcement of existing laws, while supporting legal immigration and recalling family history.
A reader argues immigrants should enter only through legal channels, praising law and taxation while condemning illegal work and urging penalties for employers. The letter contends illegal residents lack constitutional rights and should be removed, urging protests be directed at home countries.
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