Curses! Card Thwarts Wedding Gift Thievery
Mike Deupree reflects on Mundane Mysteries of a wedding reception where every gift card is addressed to the couple. He asks why gift tags exist and muses on aiding the overwhelmed bride with practical, humorous notes from guests. He also notes Iowa racing commission politics and a dreary week with records of weather.
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Mike Deupree
Xanthippe
Socrates
Target
Milo
Katrinka Froblinger
Katrinka
Reader’s Digest
Man shoots at fellow driver on Interstate 235
DES MOINES AP Police sought a gunman who fired three shots at a driver on Interstate 235 Monday. No injuries were reported. Witnesses corroborated the incident as the suspect, who swapped seats with a passenger, aimed from a car window as they sped away.
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Interstate 235
D.M
Des Moines
Steve Overton
Overton
Woman pleads guilty in Le Mars child death case
Shelley An nette Van Grouw, 25, of Alton, pleaded guilty to involuntary manslaughter in the death of her 3-year-old son Kent in Plymouth County. The bogus murder charge was dismissed after a court psychologist found mental illness. Sentencing set for Nov. 10 with maximum five years and a $7,500 fine.
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LE Mars
Shelley Annette van Grouw
Alton
Kent
van Grouw
Matt Trotzig
James McDonald
Iowa leaders confront care, rights, and faith changes
Reported at a public meeting Advocates for Residents of Iowa Care Facilities highlights nursing home abuses. Bishop Maurice Dingman resigns due to ill health. The piece notes political shifts with right to work talk and upcoming state contests.
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Iowa
Metro
Iowans For Right To
Lowell Jenkins
U of I Cashing In On Software
University of Iowa researchers spun a cell movement tracking program into a commercial product. NASA bought the program to study Challenger debris, and firms Motion Analysis and Cambridge Instruments market it as the Dynamic Morphology Package. Soll Voss and the university earn about ten thousand dollars per unit sold.
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Mike Mrkvicka
Yvonioun County
Iowa City
University of Iowa
U of I
NASA
National Institutes of Health
David Soll
Soll
Ed Voss
Motion Analysis Corp
Santa Rosa
Calif
Cambridge Instruments
Cambridge
Mass
Motion Analysis
Bostonian urges equitable schooling for all
Jean McGuire, Boston school board member and desegregation leader, urges universal access to science and foreign language in schools. She warns against linking failure to poverty or race, calls for compulsory computer science and foreign language, and stresses sustained, organized action to improve education equity.
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Kurt Rogahn
Jean McGuire
Boston
McGuire
U.S
Boston School Board
Metropolitan Council For Educational Opportunities Inc
Black Coalition honors Cedar Rapids leaders at annual banquet
The Black Coalition of Cedar Rapids Inc held its yearly banquet at Washington High School. Awards honored students Nathan Brooks Jena Bias Marcus Irvin Eth el Brown Damon Robinson Rochelle Wright Koret ta Mayfield Grant Harris Bev Doss Van White Bethann Walker Eric Thompson Cheryl Clark Michael Ledford Erma Carr Frances Baker Carol Bernard Bernice Wright Styles and More Ruby Boswell Rev Elvis Pressley Ralph Plagman Robert Irwin Nina Bragg Robin Threatt and others from Washington McKinley Kennedy Jefferson Franklin groups.
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Black Coalition of Cedar Rapids Inc
Washington High School
Nathan Brooks
Washington
Jena Bias
Kennedy
Marcus Irvin
Ethel Brown
Jefferson
Damon Robinson
Rochelle Wright
Koretta Mayfield
Grant Harris
Bev Doss
van White
McKinley
Bethann Walker
Good Samaritan
Erma Carr
Frances Baker
Carol Bernard
Bernice Wright
Ruby Boswell
Elvis Pressley
Ralph Plagman
Robert Irwin
KOJC
Nina Bragg
Robin Threatt
Cedar Rapids Gazette publication and subscription details
The Cedar Rapids Gazette established in 1883 by The Gazette Company operates daily and Sunday from 500 Third Avenue SE Cedar Rapids IA 52406. Postmaster and AP usage notes, mailing addresses, and subscription rates for carrier and mail editions are listed.
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Gazette Company
Third Avenue SE
Iowa
U.S
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