 
Pate advocates new ideas for new century
If points were awarded for adversity, Secretary of State Paul Pate might be a hands-down winner
in what has come down to a likely three-way race for the Republican nomination for governor.
Time to let go of old zoo and new
Gazette editorial
Five people have settled what a community might have decided. A zoo will not share in the
proceeds of a proposed 1-cent local option sales tax, the Cedar Rapids City Council said
officially last Wednesday. A lot of people are cheering -- maybe a majority. But a lot of others
are not.
Well-preserved
C.R. neighborhood leads crusade for local control of preservation
Ghosts never haunted the attic of 1620 Park Ave. SE. Lions never roamed its grounds. Dignitaries
never graced its modest floors. Yet the home of Dawn Stephens and Greg Young is part of a
neighborhood that soon may become the first local historic district in Cedar Rapids.
Consultant addresses Cedar Rapids questions
Additional city coverage:
Notes, Quotes & Votes: 33rd Avenue SW project includes sprucing up view
Linn towns eye uses for local option tax money
Seeing justice in parole
Retiring parole board chairman Walt Saur made changes in system
For the past 20 years, Walt Saur has been trying to put Humpty Dumpty together again. That's how Saur describes his two decades of service on the Iowa Board of Parole.
Additional general news coverage:
Emerald Knights follow new line
Shooting for quality
Conwood Enterprises strives for top-notch video productions
He may not be producing "Seinfeld" or "NYPD Blue," but the video programs
David "Woody" Woodward's Conwood Enterprises turns out better be top quality or he knows he
won't stay in business.
Additional money coverage:
Business scope looking up for brothers
U of I students help two companies make quick changes
EXTRA changes
Puppet play
Students create projects with seniors
The students in Shimek Elementary School's before- and after-school program are
taking story time into their own hands this spring.
Time has come for new park
Column by Mike Hlas
There was baseball and plenty of sunshine Saturday afternoon at Veterans Memorial Stadium. A crowd of 2,349 enjoyed the Cedar Rapids Kernels' home opener, with their pleasure only slightly tempered by the Kernels' 4-3 loss to Quad City. It was a good first-day crowd for the 50-year-old park. Things could be much better in that department, though. The stadium, once one of the jewels of the Midwest League, is becoming a relic.
It's the last lap for Kemp
The man who brought asphalt to Iowa tracks leaving the Downs at season's end
About 9 1/2 years ago, in the fall of 1988, the Hawkeye Downs Speedway Board of Directors decided
to pave the popular dirt track and introduce asphalt racing to Iowa racing fans. Once the decision was made, the board needed someone to make it work. That person was Larry Kemp. Kemp and his wife, Kathleen, turned the odds around. Now Kemp is saying goodbye.
Search for director under way at Downs
Super Trucks revved up for the Downs
East Iowa race tracks
Lyle succeeds in West pool
Keota swimmer commits to U of I after Iowa City career
Allison Lyle is from Keota. She goes to school at Keota High School, plays basketball and runs track there. She even began swimming there, as part of the Keota Swim Club. Still, when it came to signing a letter of intent to swim at the University of Iowa, Iowa City West was the only logical choice of venue.
Iowa Prep Stats
Follow your favorite Eastern Iowa-area high school players or teams this spring on iowaprepstats.com.
www.4kids.org
This week in www.4kids.org, visit a world of giant mechanized beasts at the Robot Zoo, make science understandable and fun and dig into the latest discoveries in egyptology.
Does Cedar Rapids need a "skatepark"?
Talk about this issue and more at the FYIowa forum, Your Two Cents.
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