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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 14, 1997
Page
4
Ken Slaughter is noted as Vice President and Mark Bowden as Treasurer and Managing Editor. The brief lists key leadership roles within the publication, indicating an organizational structure. The names imply a governance and editorial team for the newspaper.
Editorial compares The Last Don six hour miniseries on CBS with Ivanhoe on A and E cable. It notes The Last Don’s violent plot and questions its value beside Ivanhoe’s noble themes and moral lessons. The piece urges viewers to watch selectively during spring offerings.
A Chicago Tribune feature notes cars are redesigned for aging Boomers with lumbar supports larger controls and clearer dashboards. It cites a cultural anthropologist riding with 60-something buyers and mentions Corvette updates and 2005 as pivotal as Boomers reach ages 50 to 74.
The writer critiques the term infrastructure as overused and vague, noting a Iowa legislator sought 25 to 50 million for a beef processing plant to be labeled as human infrastructure. They quote a Gazette reporter and compare old definitions to current broad usage.
A discussion of ADA guidelines on reasonable accommodation for disabled workers, including mental illness. It weighs cases of special treatment, hostile environments, and when employers may modify schedules or hire support to enable qualified employees, with examples and questions about practical limits and productivity.
Readers debate homosexuality, religion, and media coverage after Ellen's coming out and sponsor cancellations. Letters by Nina Bappe Marion Sandra McNorton and Janet Fallesen express pro and anti views, urging love, forgiveness, and adherence to biblical law.
The Gazette seeks letters and guest columns addressing public business suitable for publication. All material may be edited and cannot be returned. Writers must include full name signature address and daytime phone number with a 300 word limit per letter and at most one letter per writer every 30 days.
Reader questions why no pictures of the May 4 Cedar Rapids motorcycle awareness ride from the northeast to the southwest side. She asks if photos will appear later or be saved for next year and praises local riders in Cedar Rapids Hiawatha and Marion areas.
Cedar Rapids reader Sue M. Collins writes after Allen Farris of the Department of Natural Resources proposes new rules allowing all hunters to shoot does fawns and bucks for the first time since 1972. The letter condemns the harvest as slaughter and questions habitat destruction and the sanctity of nature.
In Cedar Rapids along West Boulevards and downtown, crab apple trees burst with white to dark pink blossoms. Local crew led by Dale Huddleston creates standout landscaping, echoing Parisian art with growing plantings and vibrant avenue color.
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