Charity events invite community involvement this season
The Gazette highlights fun charity activities ongoing in coming weeks. The Corridor Light The Night Walk on Sept 18 at City Park Iowa City raises funds for Leukemia Lymphoma Society. Christopher and Banks MS Walk Sept 12 starts at Washington High Cedar Rapids aiding the National Multiple Sclerosis Society. Buddy Walk Oct 9 Lindale Mall kicks off Down Syndrome Awareness Month. Also Arc walk and the Especially For You Women’s Race Against Breast Cancer on Oct 10 at Mercy Women’s Center.
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Letters on teaching pay and adoption spark reader debate
Reader letters urge focus on teaching results over pay, defend experienced teachers, warn against sacrificing quality for quantity. Other columns challenge anti adoption stances, share personal adoption experiences, and call for thoughtful education and moral values in voting.
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Jacquie McTaggart
Abortion versus adoption weighed by Cedar Rapids reader
Karolyn Smith of Cedar Rapids shares heartfelt views on abortion and adoption. She argues abortion is not better than adoption, praises adoptive families, and cites gratitude from her 35-year-old adopted daughter. The letter critiques anti-adoption rhetoric and advocates compassion for birth and adoptive parents.
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Belle Plaine
Juli
Laurie
Karolyn Smith
Cedar Rapids
Candidates Now and Their Plans for Restoring Status
A reader urges focus on current policy proposals from presidential candidates rather than wartime service histories. The letter questions how DHS child abuse registry entries are determined and argues for clearer criteria and stricter inclusion to truly protect children.
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Marie Miller
Cedar Rapids
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Michelle Nicholson
Equal rights for gays to marry spark debate
The author argues that if people are created equal, gays deserve the right to legal marriage. They contend that being gay is not a choice and question why the president and others deny equal marriage rights, urging freedom and happiness for all citizens.
Darfur Crisis Demands Stronger International Action
Columnists urge urgent international response to the Sudan Darfur crisis as UN deadlines lapse and violence grows. They critique African Union inaction, call for a robust intervention force or UN-backed peacekeepers, and argue US leadership may be necessary to save civilians.
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