Durant speech spotlights mothers while noting absent fathers
Kevin Durant the NBA Most Valuable Player honors his mother Wanda Pratt in a tearful acceptance speech. The piece highlights his father’s absence, notes his single-parent upbringing, and discusses broader social patterns of father absence and their effects on children and society.
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Kevin Durant
Durant
NBA
Oklahoma City Thunder
Wanda
Pratt
Wayne Pratt
Russell Westbrook
Scott Brooks
Kevin
Washington Post
Primary Election Letters Endorsement for Vernon and Others
A reader endorses Monica Vernon for the 1st District in the June 3 primary, praising her leadership and background. The letter also laments a marijuana prosecution case involving Dana Saforek and urges votes for John Zimmerman and Mike Carberry, plus Gary Anhalt for House District 65.
Andrea Jackson for Linn County Supervisors
Kathy Good endorses Andrea Jackson for the Linn County Board of Supervisors citing her teaching career at Regis Middle School Cedar Rapids and her prepared platform. She highlights Jacksons education and community engagement as qualifications.
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Andrea Jackson
Linn County Board of Supervisors
Regis Middle School
Cedar Rapids
AndreaJackson
Kathy
Foster seeks Iowa Senate District 33 as write-in candidate
Rose Eaton recommends Harry Foster a veteran who served over 30 years in the Army and Marines as a write-in candidate for Iowa Senate District 33. She notes his leadership, honesty, and family life and urges voting in the June 3 primary and to darken the oval for Foster.
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Mike Carberry
Johnson County
Dooley
Newport Road
Newport
Harry Foster
Iowa State Senate
Foster
Iowa
Senate
Rose Eaton
Cedar Rapids
Veterans Honor Flight reception and community reflections
A heartfelt note thanks participants and organizers of the April 22 Honor Flight, with gratitude to guardians and Dorothy Campbell. The piece also praises a piano ensemble at the Campbell Steele Gallery in Marion, and comments on local traffic planning on Blairs Ferry Road NE. It ends with views on Cedar Rapids casino debates and local politics.
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Dorothy Campbell
Cedar Rapids
Campbell Steele
Marion
Blairs Ferry Road
Edgewood Road
Waterhouse Lane
Ron Corbett
Also Mentioned on This Page
Bill Leonard Pitts JR
Vernon
Monica Vernon
Congress
Washington, D.C
Dana Saforek
Janet Lyness
Saforek
Kirkwood Community College
Laforek
John Zimmerman
Carberry
North Corridor
Anhalt
Gary Anhalt
Jackson
Aristotle
Natalie Brown
Richard Wager
Rhyan Phelan
Luke Viertel
Jon Wilson
Blairs Ferry
Ats
Affa 45 Medical Center
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