Editorial calls for safety upgrades at Avenue of the Saints near Highland School
The Gazette urges IDOT to modify the Avenue of the Saints at the Highland Community School campus to reduce crash risk. It cites 80 to 100 daily student vehicles and eight buses, hilly terrain, and the high-speed rural four-lane layout as danger factors. An overpass is debated despite cost concerns. The editors stress urgency and advocate examining safer design options.
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Avenue of the Saints
Highland Community School
Riverside
Ainsworth
Iowa Department of Transportation
Highland School
IDOT
Catherine Dunn
Dubuque
Idot Commission
Highland
Saluting Backbone of Iowa parks system
The piece lauds Backbone State Park as Iowa’s oldest and a vital asset. It notes its opening in 1920, highlights a 2 p.m. rededication ceremony next Sunday at the park auditorium near Richmond Springs, and emphasizes the park’s lake, trout streams, trails, campgrounds, cabins, and CCC-era shelters.
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Backbone State Park
Iowa
Backbone
Civilian Conservation Corps
Richmond Springs
Parents debate Michael Jordan glare on No 45 jersey
A mother notes the chase for Jordan merchandise he wore No 23 in playoffs, while No 45 shirts flood the market. She contrasts Jordan’s on court genius with perceived greed and questions the celeb role model value for kids. Her column weighs retirement news, Nike ties, and the lure of fame.
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Washington
Mani
Michael Jordan
Chicago Bulls
Jordan
Louis Hoelman
Hoelman
Iowans urged to weigh medical waste incineration
In a letter to the Gazette readers urged to attend a Des Moines public hearing Tuesday at 1 p.m. or write to the Department of Natural Resources. The piece warns against permitting East and West Coast medical waste to be incinerated in Iowa and cites Eldon’s proposed plant burning about 17 280 tons yearly, stressing risks to groundwater and cancer. Readers urged to press for an objective study and oppose megaprofits from waste management.
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Iowa
Des Moines
Department of Natural Resources
Eldon
Wallace Building
Don Paulin
Readers letter guidelines for The Gazette column
The Gazette invites letters and guest columns but not all can be printed. Letters must address public business, be editable, and not be returned. Include writer’s full name signature full street address and daytime phone. no anonymous submissions. 300 word limit per letter, one per writer every 30 days. 3B column up to 700 words. Mailing address Cedar Rapids Gazette Box 511 Cedar Rapids Iowa 52406 Fax 319 398-5846 email addresses and online IDs provided. full name address and phone required. online names alone not enough.
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Love charity work but guard against scams by kids
A reader recounts a suspicious door to door fundraiser for a vague charity and a trickle of lessons from a grandmother who traced two dollar gifts to a neighbor’s kind act. The piece urges loving children while avoiding indiscriminate begging dressed as charity.
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Joe Hladky Jr
Ken Slaughter
Dale Larson
Kerry Elsen
Mark Bowden
Saluting ‘Backbone’ of Iowa Parks System
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Vic
Piheaek
Michael
No. 45
NBA
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Mike
Dream Team
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Muhammad Ali
Donna Britt
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