Osgood Shepherd 150th in Cedar Rapids Plans Run Amok
A columnist proposes a grand tourist promotion around Osgood Shepherd the area’s 1838 settler and alleged horse thief. Ideas include a trading post bed and breakfast riding stable and revival meetings to celebrate Cedar Rapids sesquicentennial with a cheeky frontier theme and cross state intrigue. Marlyce Heidt resigns as executive director to start her own marketing firm.
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Osgood Shepherd
Cedar Rapids
Osgood
Wisconsin
Rapids City
May’s Island
George Greene
Marlyce Heidt
Cedar Rapids Area
Road safety laws driven by emotion not fact
A columnist from Iowa argues lawmakers set speed rules by emotion, noting 65 mph allowances could be abused and contrasting with data claiming 55 mph saves hundreds of Iowa lives, while seat belt mandates remain in force.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Congress
Three goofs in Iowa City education column
A columnist critiqued a piece praising Iowa City as the most educated metro area in the nation. She noted three goofs: reknowed should be renowned, highly-educated should be highly educated without a hyphen, and populous should be populace or populace.
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Iowa City
Populous
New York
U.S
Debate over speed limit and seat belt rules in Iowa
Former Cedar Rapids mayor Robert M L Johnson questions lawmakers' push on a 55 mph limit and belt laws. He argues for keeping 55 mph, repealing or restricting belt mandates, and cites emotion over fact in policy choices while noting gun control lobby influences.
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Robert M.L. Johnson
Cedar Rapids
Linn County
Iowa House
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