Kindergartners Teach a Teacher Much in Weeks
Ellen Johnson, a veteran teacher in Guttenberg Elementary, reflects on switching from third grade to kindergarten, discovering joy in small moments, spontaneous hugs, and a growing bond with five year olds. She notes initial doubts, labor days, and the shift to warm, close classroom connections.
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Trevor
Ellen Johnson
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Clayton Ridge
Genesis debate sparks defender and critique in Gazette letter
A reader attacks a Millsaps College professor’s view that Genesis is myth and argues the Fall is real, asserting biblical teaching that Eve originated from Adam and that leadership roles in church and marriage are divinely ordered, urging readers to seek true history and Bible teaching.
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Harkin plan would lift crop subsidy caps and boost income aid
The AP notes Harkin proposes unlimited crop subsidies plus up to 200000 more in two income-support programs, sparking criticism from rural groups who say this aids big farms and harms smaller operators. Critics call for the senator to face Iowa voters to hear an alternative spin on his leadership for the family farm.
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Washington
Tom Harkin
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Chuck Hasselbrook
Center For Rural Affairs
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Iowa
Vision Iowa Fight in Clayton County Pro and Con
A letter rebutts a Gazette editorial on Clayton County Vision Iowa, arguing the project is casino driven and funded by future gambling revenue. It links Isle of Capri Marquette to the grant, cites a $1.2 million federal lawsuit, and notes a 1995 casino initiated plan with a golf course hotel complex to boost visitor draws.
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Clayton County Vision
Iowa
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Marquette
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LaCrosse
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Timothy Mason McGregor
Clayton County Petition Targets 18-Hole Golf Course Plan
Patricia Huepher of Area Ecosystem leads a petition against Clayton County Vision Iowa Legacy Project proposing an 18-hole golf course. She argues the project risks local population decline and an endangered tax base, urging preservation of the agrarian lifestyle and seeking economic alternatives. D. E. Ferguson Elkader
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Patricia Huepher
Farm Family Advocacy
Clayton County
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D. E. Ferguson Elkader
Gazette Letters Policy Summary
The Gazette invites public letters and guest columns but not all can be printed. Submissions must include writer's full name signature full street address and daytime phone number. Address letters to The Gazette Box 511 Cedar Rapids Iowa 52406 or fax 3985846 or email gazedit fyiowa com.
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Explosive mattresses and a reader’s mixed notes
A collage of readers’ tidbits and quips about odd items in newspapers. Dave Parsons cites a St. Louis murder story, Lori Wyland notes a sentence about two people who never met, and Jack Walters recalls an “Explosive Mattress Sale” flyer. Ruth H. Larson mentions a Loan Tree Lone Tree joke and readers’ doubts about mailed items and obituaries.
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Coralville
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St. Louis
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Williamsburg
America the Beautiful
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Jack Walters
Cedar Rapids
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Jack
Ruth H. Larson
Iowa
John Doe
Loan Tree
Lone Tree
Ruth
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