Memorial Day tribute and Parkersburg recovery update
Memorial Day notes honor Iowa service members with about 470 Guard members abroad and 71 Iowa deaths since 2003. Parkersburg marks a year after the tornado that destroyed 300 homes. three quarters of housing and most infrastructure are rebuilt and 13 of 15 destroyed businesses are reopening. Several hundred marched in Wellington Heights and Mound View to show concern for crime.
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Iowa Army National Guard
Air National Guard
Iraq
Afghanistan
Parkersburg
Walk For Community
Wellington Heights
Mound View
Iowa
Regent
Vandals Target Cedar Valley Trailhead Parking Lot
The Cedar Valley Nature trailhead parking lot on Boyson Road has seen three vandalism and theft incidents this spring, a rise noted by local police.
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Cedar Valley Nature Trailhead
Boyson Road
Remember Fenchel and veterans on Memorial Day tribute
An 18 year old Bruce Fenchel received his high school diploma in 1948 then joined the Army. He drove a Sherman tank at D Day and through Europe, survived the Battle of the Bulge, helped liberate Ohrdruf, studied at the University of Iowa, and practiced dentistry in Cedar Rapids before his death in October. A Marine veteran criticizes East Buchanan officials for denying a diploma in uniform and urges apologies.
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Bruce Fenchel
Strawberry Point High School
Army Induction Center
Fenchel
Omaha Beach
Normandy
France
Belgium
Germany
Ers
Ohrdruf
Buchenwald
University of Iowa
Cedar Rapids
East Buchanan
Pelosi stalemate blocks truth commission debate amid torture dispute
The piece argues Pelosi’s role as speaker stalls any truth commission or war crimes tribunal against CIA program use. It contends her knowledge and actions regarding enhanced interrogations are pivotal, while criticizing partisan double standards and leaks shaping the national security debate.
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Nancy Pelosi
CIA
Fox
Jim Angle
Pelosi
Porter Goss
R-Fla
Barack Obama
Leon Panetta
Bush White House
Pelosi & Co
George W. Bush
Teachers belong in one Cedar Rapids school
Kimber ly Dickey argues in a guest column that Grant Wood Elementary specials teachers should remain in one building. She warns that moving specialists to multiple schools will disrupt relationships, reduce arts and sciences support, raise turnover, and trim student opportunities.
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Cedar Rapids Community
Grant Wood Elementary
Grant Wood
Grant Wood Specials
Erskine
Monroe
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Chuck Peters
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Frontier Natural Products Co-op of
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