Playground project at Cedar Rapids shelter advances
On a weekend before Thanksgiving, about 25 volunteers built a 1200 square foot playground at Willis Dady Emergency Shelter in Cedar Rapids to aid stress relief for kids without permanent homes. Grants funded the project with a spring opening planned. Governor Culver lifted a suspension on tax credits for approved film projects with tighter rules to protect the program and support Iowa’s film industry. Cell phones and the Internet ease daily life but also keep families connected across distances, benefiting soldiers overseas and others apart from home for the holidays.
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Willis Dady Emergency
Cedar Rapids
Culver
Harvest Woes and State Budget Gap Darken Iowa News
Harvest woes hit southeast Iowa farmers as a short liquid propane supply hinders grain drying amid cold wet conditions. A Legislative Service Agency analysis shows Iowa faces a 1.07 billion dollar revenue spending gap in 2011, with Medicaid, state employee pay, and K 12 education vulnerable in the coming session. Cedar Rapids moves to crack down on unpaid parking tickets by warning owners of tow risk for five or more delinquencies.
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Iowa
Nonpartisan
Legislative Service Agency
Cedar Rapids
Take Government Back From Corporations Unite Conservatives and Liberals
A call for unified action against corporate control of government urging conservatives and liberals to reclaim sovereignty, end wealth transfer, and curtail multinational power and offshore banks. It warns of a looming global financial dictatorship and seeks return of war powers and funds to Congress and the Treasury. Cort Stapleton Harvard analysis referenced.
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Congress
Federal Reserve
Cort Stapleton
Letters on health care and AIDS awareness prompt debate
A letter criticizes insurance driven care and calls for reduced bipartisanship while linking Harvard studies to potential death panels. It also highlights World AIDS Day events with free HIV rapid testing at Iowa City Public Library and notes HIV/AIDS data from Iowa and global figures. The writer urges Muslim communities to denounce terrorism and affirms support for soldiers.
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Iowa Center For Aids Resources and Education
ICARE
Johnson County Public Health
Iowa City Public Library
Iowa Department of Public Health
Iowa
Icareiowa
Kurt Pierick
Iowa City
Let it ride on health care and party division
The author argues against bipartisanship and supports letting health care reform proceed, warning of political risk and urging a stark choice for voters. He critiques both parties for lacking core convictions, predicts political gambles around Obamacare, and suggests a repeal pledge if Republicans win in 2010.
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Planned Parenthood
Robert Stickling
National Review
Ramesh Ponnuru
End of an era in Cedar Rapids steam generation
Alliant Energy marks the end of 117 years of Cedar Rapids steam service. The column notes the 2008 flood damage to the Sixth Street plant, the temporary heat system, and efforts with city and state partners to rebuild, while thanking customers and staff for decades of service.
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Cedar Rapids
Sixth Street
Alliant Energy
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