Professor highlights religion and politics in Iran discussion
Patricia Shelly a Bethel College professor spoke at the Third Annual Peace Forum about using dialogue with Iran to reduce stereotypes. She described gifts of oil lamps as symbols of hope and noted past U S support for Saddam Hussein as a source of pain that must be bridged.
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the Gazette
Iowa City
Patricia Shelly
Shelly
Bethel College
Kansas
United States
First Mennonite
Saddam Hussein
Sharp to take vacation during Cedar Rapids council race
At large candidate Larry Sharp a commercial real estate broker will be on vacation Oct 21 to Nov 4 as voters begin focusing on the Nov 6 election. He and wife Claire own Meadowridge Golf and he is one of four candidates along with Nancy Bruner P Thomas Larson and incumbent Tom Podzimek.
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NAI/Iowa Realty Commercial
Claire
California
Meadowridge
16Th Ave
Nancy Bruner
P. Thomas Larson
Tom Podzimek
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Cedar Rapids Area
Linn-Mar to hear appeal over fifth grade book in library
Linn-Mar school board will hear an appeal at 7 p.m. about keeping the Sue Corbett novel 12 Again in elementary libraries. The book 227 pages long with a 5.7 grade level is available for checkout and has drawn objections over language and supernatural elements. A 5 p.m. work session precedes the meetings at the Educational Services Center boardroom.
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Lowa
Marion Linn-Mar
Sue Corbett
Linn-Mar
Educational Services Center
10Th St
Man jailed in domestic assault case
An Iowa City man, Jerald Sims 31, is jailed in Johnson County on a $5,000 cash bond on suspicion of violating parole and a second offense domestic abuse assault dating to August. A complaint filed Aug 7 alleges Sims grabbed the woman's arm pulled her from her car and threw her to the ground. The woman was pregnant with Sims' child and had a visible elbow cut. Sims was convicted of simple domestic abuse in 1997.
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the Gazette
Coralville
Iowa City
Jerald Sims
Davis St
Johnson County
Sims
Prairie board weighs upgrades for new middle school site
Cedar Rapids Prairie district trustees meet to discuss adding a track tennis court and walking trail to the under construction 224000 square foot Prairie Point Middle School and Ninth Grade Academy south of 76th Avenue SW on Kirkwood Boulevard. They will tour the site at 5 p m and hold a regular meeting at 7 30 p m at the Educational Service Center.
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Cedar Rapids
College Community
Prairie
Prairie Point Middle School
76Th Avenue
Kirkwood Boulevard
Educational Service Center
76Th Ave
Dick Whitehead
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