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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 29, 2006
Page
4
The piece salutes Memorial Day efforts like cemetery flags and buglers. It notes Iowa’s Avenue of the Saints final Iowa segment opened Tuesday linking St Louis to St Paul with 7.5 miles in Lee County and Missouri remaining. June 16 to 18 will host a regional celebration.
The note emphasizes honoring Americans by decorating graves and flying flags on Memorial Day. It urges participation in observances and thanks those who fought and died for freedoms, signed by Doris Larson in Cedar Rapids.
A Wellington Heights resident rejects the view of the neighborhood as crime ridden and notes a small troubled zone. She points to a cedar rapids divide near 19th Street SE and argues the area’s problems affect the metro area, urging a shift in perception.
The speaker argues for a policy of asset seizure akin to smuggler punishment. They suggest seizing money and corporate assets tied to hiring illegal immigrants, to fund enforcement efforts. The aim is to mirror the penalties imposed on smugglers and use proceeds to support tighter controls.
A reader urges timely letters to The Gazette for the June 6 primary and discusses funding for the Border Patrol. The piece criticizes Katharine Parker and political correctness, mentions the Duke lacrosse case and suggests liberal targets, while calling for oversight in Johnson County mental health funding and urging voters to elect new county supervisors who will allocate resources properly.
On May 14, Charles Hesse, chairman of the Board of Directors for the Community Mental Health Center, warned Johnson County faces a minimum $1.5 million shortfall this fiscal year due to reduced state funding with no county offset. He also noted that unused year end funds will cost $753,418 of state allocation for mental health and developmental disabilities services.
Fallon, veteran Iowa legislator in his seventh term, advocates a Main Street economic program over corporate funded schemes, an AAA style universal healthcare plan for all Iowans, and a push for Clean Elections modeled on states like Arizona and Maine. He seeks the governorship to advance reform and reduce political influence.
North Liberty's wastewater plant exceeded discharge limits 26 times since November 2004 triggering a Department of Natural Resources violation and bacteria tainting Muddy Creek. Officials say corrective steps are underway.
Dave Storey recalls his father Colin Deforest Storey of Rochester New York, a B 17 pilot who flew 35 missions with the 8th Air Force during World War II. The son reflects on reunions, family memories, and the Greatest Generation as they toured the memorial in Washington.
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