Musings on reunions golf and a Beatle set in memory
Gus Schrader's Monday Gazette column blurs memory with pop culture notes from the Beatle era to golf lore. He muses on yearbook photos enhanced by technology, soft spikes versus steel, Gowdy’s sudden victory idea, Kikuyu grass, Fred Couples club politics, and Se Ri Pak preferring spaghetti over Korean fare.
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Se Ri Pak
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Gazette Adopts Reduced Hours For Labor Day
The Gazette operates on limited hours for Labor Day with offices in Cedar Rapids and Iowa City issuing contact numbers for missed papers and newsroom deliveries. Newsroom opens at 4 p.m. for obituaries and submissions with a 7 p.m. deadline, while advertising and offices reopen 8 a.m. Tuesday.
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Training key to Gen Xers staying in jobs
A Gallup survey shows employer sponsored training attracts Gen X job seekers and boosts retention. Training in computer skills, communications, and management helps Gen Xers advance, with 58 percent under 32 finding training useful for higher level roles.
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Yearly milestones cited for 1977 1979 and 1986
The passage lists three historic milestones: the 1977 Panama Canal treaties signed in Washington to transfer control to Panama, ESPN making its cable TV debut in 1979, and Desmond Tutu becoming the first black leader of the Anglican Church in southern Africa in 1986.
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Northwest pilots strike talks resume after mediation talks
Federal mediators sent Northwest Airlines pilots and the Air Line Pilots Association back to rethink positions after exploratory talks yielded no progress. Negotiators meet again in Minneapolis on Tuesday as 6,100 pilots seek a 14 percent raise over three years while Northwest offers 9 percent over four years. The carrier canceled all flights through Wednesday and all incoming flights from Europe and Asia through Friday.
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Gazette promotes agriculture with soybean ink and recycling drive
The Gazette announces use of soybean ink and recycled newsprint and urges readers to recycle newspapers at City Carton on Sixth St SW or via the nearest recycling location.
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