Paramount Theatre renovation lingers amid hot final Cedar Rapids concert
The Cedar Rapids Symphony ends its season at the Paramount with a Slavic Salute as the aging venue swelters. A $6 million renovation plan includes seating, carpeting, plaster, lighting, roofing, and HVAC upgrades, plus an added wing for restrooms and a multipurpose room. Renovation bids may be rebid this fall, with a completion hoped for late 2003. The Paramount Restoration Fund still seeks $460,000.
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Community baseball field battle leaves kids without home field
Cesar McCava argues a youth league's contract breach forced relocation from a Cedar Rapids area diamond. He says the field offered sport, lessons in sportsmanship and community pride, while city liability disputes led to abandonment of the ball field.
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Cedar Rapids
Bill Salier for U.S. Senate Primary in Iowa
A reader urges support for Bill Salier in the June 4 GOP primary to succeed Sen. Tom Harkin. Salier, an ex Marine and Iowa State graduate, is praised for understanding farmers' issues, protecting freedoms, and promising local control and fiscal conservatism.
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Iowa State University
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Community letter defends mail safety guidance in Cedar Rapids
Dee Gearhart argues against labeling readers and praises media guidance on safely opening mailboxes, noting reports that cautions were not foolproof but offered protection. She emphasizes that postal workers are human, not law enforcement, and urges cooperation to protect carriers and residents.
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Dee Gearhart
Cedar Rapids
Not just any metal roof will do aluminum is best for Old Capitol
A letter endorses aluminum metal roofing for the Old Capitol building, arguing aluminum resists rust and wear, costs little more than steel, and proves durable as seen on Tama County Courthouse clock tower. The writer notes asphalt roofs wear 10 to 12 years on normal roofs and cautions a dome roof requires proper material and one-time careful execution.
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Tama County
Toledo
Citizens seek personal accounts for Social Security funding
A reader argues for voluntary control of Social Security contributions, proposing a 5-10 percent personal account fed by mutual stock funds under government regulation, with means testing and caps. They cite potential higher returns, concerns over inflation, and a need to debate privatization at the Iowa District 2 Democratic Convention with references to Kaiser and Harvard surveys and insolvency projections.
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