Flood recovery efforts unite Green Square Meals Witwer Center
June flood forces Green Square Meals and Witwer Senior Center into temporary quarters at 601/605 Second Ave SE to repair and relocate. Ecumenical Community Center Foundation joins in, with Witwer funding renovations and plans for a shared facility as December operations begin. City mowing rules spur volunteer drive aided by AmeriCorps to restore flood challenged lawns. University of Iowa faced flood damage to 20 buildings but opened fall classes on time after rapid repairs and space reallocation.
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Witwer
Second Avenue
University of Iowa
Letter Writers Clash Over Oil Politics And Georgia Clash
A Gazette reader disputes Todd Dorman on oil drilling and prices, arguing supply and demand basics, offshore drilling effects, and refinery needs. The letter questions Bush and McCain ties to oil, critiques U S energy policy, and comments on Georgia South Ossetia events. It ends with gas price concerns from Iowa readers urging shoppers to seek lower stations and delay nonessential travel.
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Dorman
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Alaska
India
China
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America
Ypur
Condoleezza Rice
John McCain
McCain
Georgia
Mikheil Saakashvili
Saakashvili
South Ossetia
Long-term strategy after floods guides city future
Comment on post flood plans urging decisive action. Recommend demolishing damaged blocks to create land for dikes and development and preserving heritage by rebuilding Czech architecture. Propose restoring skywalks, updating them, attracting a major retailer, removing flooded parking meters, and relocating city offices away from the river.
Cedar Rapids backs 25 officers to aid St Paul at RNC
Cedar Rapids votes to send 25 police to assist St Paul during the Republican National Convention as a reciprocity measure after Minnesota officers helped during the flood response.
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Cedar Rapids
St. Paul
Minnesota
Cedar Rapids votes on Crowne Plaza ownership proposal
A public poll shows 85.7 percent in favor and 14.3 percent against Cedar Rapids taking ownership of the Crowne Plaza Five Seasons Hotel. Voters cast 423 ballots as a daily Gazetter Online poll invites further input on the city’s future loan decisions and local governance.
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Cedar Rapids
GazetteOnline
Selk Murphy Tax Return Highlights Community Builders
Selk Murphy Tax and Financial Services announces its return to the building after a flood. They credit the community's youth along with carpenters, sheet rockers, electricians, carpet installers and city workers for the hard work that brought them back.
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Selk Murphy Tax and Financial Services
Learned helplessness in markets fuels consumer gloom
Dan Ariely argues that repeated unpredictable shocks create a yoked-dog mindset, draining confidence as headlines churn. He cites past bubbles and crises, urges clearer journalism, and calls for bold government action to regulate markets, restore order, and curb collective anxiety.
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Dan Ariely
Los Angeles Times
Federal Reserve Bank
Fed
Marvellous weather, ragweed rise, and Iowa school funding woes
The spell of warm, dry days increases ragweed pollen triggering allergies as residents close windows and use AC. Iowa faces enrollment declines in two thirds of its 362 districts, risking cuts, with about 60 districts on red budgets and possible consolidations if local taxpayers won’t bolster funding. Plus a Cedar Rapids attack case where Jerry Hurt was struck by a pipe on 14th Street SE, witnesses sparse and fear of snitching persist in Wellington Heights, with anonymous tip lines available.
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Iowa State Board of Education
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Cedar Rapids
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Wellington Heights
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