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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 11, 1995
Page
4
Ken Slaughter is named Vice President and Treasurer while Mark Bowden is appointed Managing Editor in a move affecting the newsroom and financial leadership. Bowden oversees editorial strategy as Slaughter coordinates finance.
The Gazette urges total sobriety behind the wheel urging volunteers to fight drunken driving. It highlights Mothers Against Drunk Driving and the Poppe sisters memorial campaign after their father John Poppe was killed by a drunken driver in Wisconsin on Sept 4 1994. It notes Iowa laws cracking down on minors and urges readers to avoid driving after drinking to prevent injuries and deaths.
The Interior Department sold 110 acres of federal land in Idaho to a Danish company for 275 dollars amid a 100 year old law that allows minerals rights to be ceded at 2.50 per acre. Critics urge law changes to curb such transfers and prevent future losses to nonmining taxpayers.
A Queens raised, New Jersey living newspaper manager Mireille faces an auto crash and a chaotic shore week that exposes her preconceptions about neighbors. An encounter with a local across the street shows kindness can emerge amid danger, revealing trust in strangers and the good in people.
Dale Fitzgibbons of Cedar Rapids argues three cases illustrate overreach in law. He cites a Pennsylvania daycare license dispute over videotaped movies, a Texas mother allegedly abusing a child by speaking Spanish, and a Cedar Rapids resident fined for being in a park after midnight. He decries copyright zeal, courtroom bias, and overzealous park rules.
The Gazette invites letters up to 300 words and requires name street address and daytime phone. Only the writer’s name and hometown will be published. Send to Cedar Rapids Gazette Box 511 Cedar Rapids Iowa 52406 or by fax 319 398 5846 or by email Gazette Net on Flowa 368 8800 CompuServe 75144.1041 internet 75144.1041 compuserve.com
Cornell College students volunteered Sept. 2 to paint over graffiti in Marion’s central business district as part of Operation Civic Pride. City leaders from Marion, the Chamber of Commerce, and MEDCO recognize volunteers for improving the downtown and the city’s image.
Michael D. Cook of Cedar Rapids defends low income families opposing a new mobile home park, arguing affordability and dignity despite biased opposition. He notes past military service and urges neighbors to respect differences in income, race, and education.
Mary Quass notes Regis and LaSalle contribute to community vitality as education becomes the foundation for economic growth and life skills. She highlights the Foresight 2020 group’s county-wide planning on education to improve future quality of life and invest in children.
A guest column urges continued support for Regis and LaSalle High Schools highlighting a 30 year value based curriculum, economic impact over 10 million annually, 700 students educated, 8000 graduates, and donor funded program expansion including technology and in service training. Mary Quass advocates Invest in Our Most Valuable Assets.
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