Corridor candidate forum for Cedar Rapids runoff
Gazette sponsored forum features incumb ent Chuck Swore and challenger Chuck Wieneke from District 4. Event runs 7 to 8 p m Tuesday in the Coolidge Elementary School library 6225 First Ave SW enter via west door. Audience questions will be welcomed. Mark Bowden moderates. Runoff is December 4 with eligibility limited to District 4 residents.
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Chuck Swore
Chuck Wieneke
Coolidge Elementary School
First Ave
Gazette
Mark Bowden
Cedar Rapids
North Liberty Woman Arrested For Knife Incident In Taxi
Police arrested 18 year old Lynda Eagans of North Liberty after she admitted pulling a butterfly knife on a taxi driver and his brother around 10 18 p m Saturday. The intoxicated suspect claimed self defense and was held in Johnson County Jail on a 6500 cash bond.
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Lynda Eagans
Sugar Creek Lane
North Liberty
Eagans
Johnson County
Community Christmas Lights Suggestions Wanted
Readers are asked to submit favorite East Central Iowa holiday light stops with addresses and brief descriptions by December 7 for publication December 15. Include contact details and optional photos via mail email or phone numbers provided.
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Iawa
the Gazette
P.O
Cedar Rapids
Community
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GazetteOnline.com
Wellington Heights resource person helps residents find aid
Denise Schumacher, 49, works afternoons at the Wellington House in Cedar Rapids to connect Wellington Heights residents with programs and services. She coordinates with BRIGHTEN, VITA and others, maintains files, helps with bus passes and utility bills, and provides a safe listening space for neighbors in need.
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Denise Schumacher
Wellington House
Schumacher
Jim Slosiarek
The
Gazette
Cedar Rapids
Cathy Davila
Alicia Ebaugh
Gazette Edar Rapids
Wellington Heights
15Th St. SE
Iowa Department of Corrections
Mount Mercy College
Betty Sediacek
Fairfax
Brighten Neighborhood Project
Fred
Jackie
One Room School Memory Shaped by Eight Grade
Terry Van Gilder recalls the one room school days from 1939 to 1948 in Des Moines and the 1946 book The Building of Our Nation. He tests aging math questions and reflects on education then versus now, noting practical differences.
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ARION
Terry van Gilder
James Hargreaves
Terry
Hargreaves
Salina
Kan
Tare
Microsoft
Pigeon study grant survives after funding clash
UI psychology professor Ed Wasserman says a Texas congressman failed to block federal aid for his pigeon based research. The National Institute of Mental Health grant totaling 873,566 dollars continues, with parallel human experiments to compare brain responses in autism and other neural disorders.
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Diane Heldt
Gazette
E University of Iowa
Texas
National Institute of Mental Health
Ed Wasserman
Wasserman
Neugebauer Blocks Pigeon Vision Study Funding
In 2005 Texas Republican Rep Randy Neugebauer led a House effort to block federal funding for Ed Wasserman and Sandra Murray's pigeon vision research. He amended an appropriation bill to deny funds as not addressing serious mental illness. The measure stalled in the House Senate conference committee.
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Randy Neugebauer
Texas
House of Representatives
Ed Wasserman
Sandra Murray
Neugebauer
House
Senate
Newstrack from The Gazette follows up on events
The Gazette reports follow ups on newsmakers and events published on Mondays. Readers can contact News Gazette Communications at P O Box 511 Cedar Rapids Iowa 52406 or by phone and email for inquiries.
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Cedar Rapids
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One-Room School Student Reflects on Wartime Education
Terry Van Gilder of Marion recalls the eighth grade history book used at a one-room school near Des Moines in 1948. He mixes praise for the education with nuanced views of his World War II era schooling.
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Terry van Gilder
Marion
Des Moines
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