Budget tensions flare as Cedar Rapids library faces cuts
Cedar Rapids debate over library funding follows severe service cuts and a rejected $20,000 request for periodical subscriptions. City officials say no money remains. library leaders cite federal revenue sharing reliance and tightened budgets as the core issue.
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Library Board of Trustees
City Hall
The
Gazette
People’s Forum
Tom Carney
Library Board
Don Canney
Richard Phillips
Hal Schaefer
Library
Communal Living Tried In Texas in 1854
In 1854 a French socialist created La Reunion near Dallas county courthouse marking Texas first communal living experiment. The land was collectively owned but each colonist kept an assigned land portion to farm. Crops were harvested and profits shared equally among family heads.
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Dallas
UPI
Texas
la Reunion
Dallas County
He Operates Refuge for Wild Geese in Nevada
LoveLock Nev AP Bill Milich runs a home for wayward and hand icapped geese on his pond near highway 80. He farms about 100 geese yearly to boost populations while guiding hunters to safer practice and conservation. Milich, a licensed conservationist and goose hunter, says his operation helps both geese and hunting communities.
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Lovelock
Nev
Bill Milich
Milich
Pershing County
Highway 80
Islam's Global Following Tops 560 Million
Islam, with more than 560 million followers, ranks as the world's second largest religion after Christianity, which has over 960 million adherents.
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Xerox
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Ana
W. D. McTavish
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