I enjoyed reading the story about the work that is being done by Gospel Tabernacle Church in Cedar Rapids (‘The …
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Grant Speece Letters to the Editor Jun. 23, 2014 5:41 pm4109d ago
I enjoyed reading the story about the work that is being done by Gospel Tabernacle Church in Cedar Rapids (‘The …
Lee R. Overton Letters to the Editor Jun. 23, 2014 5:41 pm4109d ago
Oh, for those days when you parked your car, put the coin in the meter and went about your business. …
Karen Fesler
Letters to the Editor Jun. 23, 2014 5:41 pm4109d ago
Trash talking about ‘big oil” seems to be fashionable among some in Washington, D.C., but we should take a minute …
Charlie Reutner
Letters to the Editor Jun. 23, 2014 1:00 am4110d ago
I am delighted the Environmental Protection Agency has moved to abate the disastrous impacts of climate change by regulating carbon …
Keith Rayner
Letters to the Editor Jun. 23, 2014 1:00 am4110d ago
Recently, I heard on the KCRG-TV9 news that The Eastern Iowa Airport has cheaper fares than other airports, but that …
MaryAnn French
Letters to the Editor Jun. 23, 2014 1:00 am4110d ago
On May 20, I drove to the pet cemetery on Mount Vernon Road in Cedar Rapids to put flowers on …
Celia Hansen
Letters to the Editor Jun. 23, 2014 1:00 am4110d ago
I was upset at the article in the Des Moines Register on May 25 about the State Training School for …
Anna Homan
Letters to the Editor Jun. 22, 2014 1:00 am4111d ago
I get it when the city gives businesses tax breaks to build or open a new business in Cedar Rapids, …
Jim Doorley
Letters to the Editor Jun. 22, 2014 1:00 am4111d ago
Voters should ask Republican and Democratic candidates who support the Rock Island Clean Line why they are helping three billionaire …
Brent and Deb Donohoe
Letters to the Editor Jun. 22, 2014 1:00 am4111d ago
Mark S. Edwards’ June 12 opinion piece ‘Valuing monarchs good start” attributes the decline of the monarch butterfly to conventional …
Chad Slater-Scott
Letters to the Editor Jun. 20, 2014 4:53 pm4112d ago
Music is the mathematical genius of millennia of melodic and rhythmic evolution. It’s a common language to communicate emotion, values …
Marilyn Nelson
Letters to the Editor Jun. 20, 2014 4:53 pm4112d ago
Congratulations to Principal Steve Goodall and his McKinley staff for conducting an impressive graduation ceremony for the 2014 eighth- grade …
Mary Kemen
Letters to the Editor Jun. 19, 2014 5:48 pm4113d ago
Kathleen Parker (‘‘Let’s Move!’ campaign goes too far,” June 3) needs to do the math in criticizing mothers who ‘have …
Madeline Becker
Letters to the Editor Jun. 19, 2014 5:48 pm4113d ago
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