Cedar Falls family’s deportation reprieve shows community care
The Mayahi family from Cedar Falls faced deportation to Iran as the parents, born there, seek to naturalize in the United States while their U S born children remain citizens. In Omaha a last minute reprieve granted six months to clear hurdles. Thousands lent support through petitions and letters, plus students and neighbors who rallied, underscoring local care for a family in need.
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Faud
Haiedeh Mayahi
Mayahis
Cedar Falls
United States
Iran
Omaha
Thanksgiving reflections on peace across nations and eras
An editorial recalls 1944 wartime Thanksgiving and the vanished turkey for troops, contrasts then and now with the fall of the Iron Curtain, South Africa’s reforms, and Iran’s limits on personal freedoms, urging peace abroad and at home for Gazette readers.
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Iran
Europe
Far East
Turkey
U.S
South Africa
Africa
Cedar Rapids Youth Leadership Program Builds Future Leaders
Gary Hinzman and Fred Mims describe a multiagency Cedar Rapids initiative that develops positive youth growth through a six year program. It includes a three day retreat, a 200 hour summer leadership course, weekly meetings, and community exposure. Partnerships with Cedar Rapids School District and University of Iowa athletics drive mentorship and service, with first year goals met by raising over 130000 in donations and maintaining a 90 percent retention rate. Participants, now in middle school, visit their elementary schools to share experiences.
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Gary Hinzman
Fred Mims
Cedar Rapids
University of Iowa
Hawkeye Area
Boy Scouts
Usher’s Ferry
Indian Creek Nature Center
Ohio State
Woody Hayes
Dave
Woodrow Wilson
William Howard Taft
Teddy Roosevelt
Mainstream conservatism's new face in 1994
The piece argues liberals misread time and political shift. It notes conservatives moved from a past-focused image to a dynamic, tech-savvy force led by baby boomers like Newt Gingrich. It contends liberalism became the status quo, while many boomers drifted toward conservatism and organized effectively against Democrats in 1994.
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Jefferson Davis
John F. Kennedy
Emerson
Party of Hope
Party of Memory
Bill Clinton
al Gore
Newt Gingrich
Pat Buchanan
Jesse Helms
Vista recall ends conservative school board rule
In Vista California voters replaced four of five seats on the city school board, ousting a conservative Christian majority to create a liberal centrist board. They rejected religiously oriented policies and any attempt to insert creationism or religiously influenced sex education into public classrooms, urging a focus on reading writing and arithmetic. The piece argues for keeping religion separate from government and notes the national implications of the local vote.
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Michael Gotlieb
Vista
New York City
Edmund Burke
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Dale Larson
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Mark Bowden
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Department of Correctional Services
Mainstream Conservatism
Jeff Greenfield
Universal Press Syndicate
Mr. Speaker
House
Republican Congress
Gingrich
Temple Judea
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Los Angeles Times
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