Minor league nicknames reflect local pride and modern branding
In Cedar Rapids and across Midwest League cities teams adopted local themed names like Kernels and River Bandits to boost sales. MLBP paused name changes as licenses lagged. The piece notes numerous examples from Iowa and beyond and ends with condolences to Herb Kudten, a longtime amateur skater organizer.
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Indians
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Clinton
Iowa
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Wisconsin Timber Rattlers
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Erie Seawolves
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Brevard County Manatees
Butte Copper Kings
Frederick Keys
Salt Lake City
Madison Hatters
Bellingham
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M’s
Seattle Mariners
Baby M’s
Herb Kudten
Vero Beach
Fla
Alaska teacher named national Teacher of the Year
Elaine Griffin, a teacher in remote Kodiak Island villages, describes building community in school as a path to responsibility and parental involvement. She and husband Ned Griffin teach all 37 students at Chiniak School, where they emphasize belonging and shared problems. Griffin received a crystal apple from President Clinton on April 28.
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Elaine Griffin
Griffin
Kodiak Island
Alaska
New York City
Clinton
White House
Ned
Chiniak School
Flagstaff
Ariz
Arizona
Chiniak
America
National Teacher of the Year Elaine Griffin facts
Elaine Griffin, a Kodiak Island Alaska teacher, joins a traveling speaker tour after fourteen years in Chiniak. Parents on the island raise funds, paint, provide supplies, and tutor, with Griffin praising shared trust and school partnership as key to education.
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Kodiak Island
Akhiok
Chiniak
Griffin
United States
Christian Coalition Prepares Own Contract With the American Family
The Christian right plans a Contract with the American Family to push school religious expression and ban dilation and extraction abortion. Supported by Frank Luntz polls, the agenda aims to influence a new GOP Congress with religious liberty provisions and prisoner reform. Leaders Reed Gramm and Dole signal possible backing.
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Christian Right
Christian Coalition
Frank Luntz
Congress
Ralph Reed
The
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GOP
America
Reed
U.S
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Christian Coalition Agenda
House
Newt Gingrich
Senate
Bob Dole
Stanley Henshaw
Alan Guttmacher Institute
Gazette backs sustainable printing and recycling program
The Gazette promotes future commitments to agriculture by using soybean ink and recycled newsprint. Readers are urged to recycle unwanted newspapers at City Carton on Sixth St SW or at their nearest recycling location.
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