Small Iowa town cradles three notable poets from McGregor
In McGregor Iowa once home to three poets Asahel Chapin Esther Chapin and E Leslie Spaulding. Chapin wrote Prairie Songs while Esther published Classroom Reflections and claimed heritage from her father. Spaulding a lawyer poet wrote Island Farmer and died in a 1939 fire on Main Street. John R Adney resides in Miles.
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Cedar Rapids
Poetry Digest
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E. Leslie Spaulding
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Clarence
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Northwestern University Law School
Oxford University
Eddie
Mississippi River
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England
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Effectuate as a Valuable or Worthless Word
The piece quizzes usage of effectuated and defines effectuate as bring about while noting the word is awkward for casual speech. It also explains neologism and clarifies hairbrained versus harebrained spelling with concise dictionary references.
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Webster's Dictionary of English Usage
American Heritage Dictionary
New World Dictionary
Citizens urge restraint on Iraq war and global leadership
Letter to The Gazette calls for verification of threats before any attack on Iraq. It urges reliance on Congress, U.N., and nonviolent options, citing Powell, international courts, water wells aid, education, and world citizenship, while warning against propaganda and unilateral action.
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United Nations
NATO
European Union
U.N
Saudi Arabia
Egypt
Russia
France
Iraq
Israel
Colin Powell
International Criminal Court
The Gazette Wants Letters From Readers
The Gazette invites letters up to 300 words. Include your name street address and daytime phone. Only your name and hometown appear with the letter. Send to The Gazette Box 511 Cedar Rapids Iowa 52406 or by fax or email.
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the Gazette
Cedar Rapids
Iowa
Gazettecommunications.com
Iown at its best
Ann Wendt of Cedar Rapids critiques Iowa’s state quarter design showing American Gothic. She argues the coin should honor Iowa’s farming industry and workers rather than a single person, highlighting beef pork and grain production as the state’s economic backbone.
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Midwest
Iowa
Ann Wendt
Cedar Rapids
Sample's Pharmacy Today Farewell Column
Cedar Rapids pharmacist Bob Sample announced in his August 26 Gazette column that it would be his last Pharmacy Today entry after 15 years of answering readers questions and explaining medications. Readers praise his informative service and bid him farewell, calling him a gentleman and a scholar.
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Bob Sample
Gazette
Cedar Rapids
Bob
Residents urge action on new county landfill opposition voiced
A Viola community letter disputes Bluestem Solid Waste Agency plans for a county landfill. Writers argue the site harms fertile farmland and livability, urging a state of the art facility with recycling and energy recovery to create jobs and cleaner power.
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Bluestem Solid Waste Agency
Viola
County Home Road
Sue Hutchins
Anna Hutchins
Marion
Bluestem
I Refuse to Say Under God in the Pledge
A 73 year old Iowan writes that he separates country from religion, refuses to say under God in the Pledge, and calls for keeping church and state apart amid fears of war rhetoric and tidal shifts in society. He argues freedoms under law justify his stance.
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Iowa
West Cedar Rapids traffic gridlock at Wiley Boulevard Menards
A Cedar Rapids reader urges city action on dangerous Wiley Boulevard near Menards. They cite frequent crashes and near misses, request a stoplight or four way stops, and propose closing the west Mall entrance to ease congestion ahead of a new strip mall. They offer to lead a petition.
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Cedar Rapids
Wiley Boulevard
Menards
Westdale Mall
Wal-Mart
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Bluestemn
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