WIC Response and Bird Sanctuary Highlight Iowa Efforts
The Gazette praises rapid community action as WIC payments faced a shutdown and later partial reprieve. It also lauds Jon Stravers for securing Iowa’s first Globally Important Bird Area designation for Effigy Mounds Yellow River Forest, noting cerulean warblers. Apples rebound from last year’s damages with a bumper Iowa crop due to spring rain and summer drought.
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Jon Stravers
McGregor
Iowa
Audubon Society
Bird Conservation International
Effigy Mounds
Yellow River Forest
Iowa pests and shutdowns clash with public access news brief
Amid a federal government shutdown Iowa lawmakers have reduced public access as offices close and staff idle. Emerald ash borer is found in Mechanicsville signaling potential county spread and a regional firewood quarantine is being prepared. PED virus hits newborn pigs in eastern Iowa with no vaccine.
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Iowa
Mechanicsville
Mississippi River
U.S
Ending horse slaughter urged by Humane Society activist
Carol Griglione of the Humane Society of the United States urges U S senators and representatives to co sponsor the Safeguard American Food Exports Act to end horse slaughter. She cites cruelty, overbreeding, and 100 000 horses sent to slaughter yearly, calling for humane alternatives and a ban.
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Jeff Klinzman
United States
USDA
U.S
Carol Griglione
Iowa
The
Humane Society of the
Des Moines
Dispute Over Westdale Mall Redevelopment Plans
A reader comments on the Sept 12 piece about delays from a dispute with J C Penney, urging anchors to negotiate before redevelopment proceeds. The writer supports outdoor mall concepts but questions feasibility and timing for the outdoor facility.
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J.C. Penney
Westdale
Westdale Mall Future in Cedar Rapids Depends on Renovation
A Cedar Rapids reader argues for preserving Westdale Mall amid Iowa winter weather and competition from Lindale Mall. The letter urges strong leadership for renovation, noting shopper preference for location, layout, and a less crowded feel, and cites successful remodels elsewhere as a model.
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Iowa
Westdale
Cedar Rapids
Lindale Mall
Molly Heffernen
Obama’s ideologue stance fuels budget battles and shutdown rhetoric
Jonah Goldberg argues Obama uses government as a tool for ideological aims. He contends Obama heightens pain during sequestration and the debt fight, casts critics as ideologues, and blames Democrats for prolonging and worsening the shutdown while defending career political strategy.
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Barack Obama
Obama
America
China
Opening world to people with disabilities in community care
The rise of community based services over four decades transformed life for tens of thousands with intellectual disabilities. By Iowa 12 000 receive Home and Community Based Services through Medicaid Waiver. Bob Hebi of Discovery Living Inc. notes evolution toward inclusive communities and the role of advocacy and organizations like The ARC.
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Burton Blatt
Fred Kaplan
Kennedy
The
ARC
Iowa
Bob Hebi
Cedar Rapids
Discovery Living Inc
Linn County
Bhebi
Discoveryliving.org
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