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Homers: What's going right
The Gazette Opinion Staff
Nov. 1, 2009 11:14 pm
FINALLY, A FIRE STATION: After a decade of debate, construction on Iowa City's badly needed northeast side fire station is under way.
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WELCOME HOME: About 300 Iowa National Guard soldiers from the 3368th and 1168th Transportation Companies who served in Iraq for nearly a year came home Wednesday. Thank you for your service and sacrifice.
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PERSISTENCE: Back in 2005, Cedar Rapids attorney Bud Kudart submitted a proposal to the new Iowa Great Places program. He wanted to create an “Iowa Writers, Artists and Composer Road.” He didn't win. Gazette editorials supported the idea and suggested a brochure and road map for people to take self-guided tours of cultural attractions. Kudart followed up. His brochure highlighting 10 cities is available at the Cedar Rapids Visitors Center, The Eastern Iowa Airport and Cedar Rapids Museum of Art.
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BIG GIVERS: John and Mary Pappajohn's latest gift - $26.4 million - to the University of Iowa toward a new biomedical discovery institute is the UI's largest-ever single gift from an Iowan. The couple's UI giving totals $38.6 million.
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