On behalf of the board of directors, friends, volunteers and staff of the Community Foundation of Johnson County, I thank the Brown Deer Golf Course and the many businesses, golfers and others who came out on a beautiful spring day to make the seventh annual Tee Off for Community-Team Up for Philanthropy golf outing [...]

  In reference to a letter written by Jay Kacena of Marion on May 12, “St. Luke’s tactics driving up health care costs” and a letter sent by Michael Shaw of Marion, “Customers should not be bullied,” May 15. I am 89 years old, still in my right mind, for which I am very thankful, [...]

  Does anyone really think we can borrow our way out of debt? The debt at the federal level is $17 trillion. All but a few states carry a heavy debt burden. Many cities are deep in debt. Consumer debt is on the rise along with student loan debt. The federal reserve is printing more [...]

  For 40 years, there has been an attack on unionized manufacturing condoned by both Democrats and Republicans. The greed that caused the working class to organize in the first place has turned against us. Greed is the patriotism of today. You can blame it all on the rich for going overseas to make what [...]

  Last week was ride-your-bike-to-work week. Which is great in theory. It’s environmentally conscious and promotes a healthy lifestyle. I decided to jump on board and ride to work on Tuesday. On my first outing, I got a flat tire after I hit a huge piece of concrete on the road. The condition of roads [...]

  Recently, Fourth District Iowa Congressman Steve King spoke to a group in Cedar Rapids. King stated that he will do everything possible to defeat a bipartisan immigration reform bill that is currently being debated in the Senate. Unless King is a full-blooded American Indian, he has no business throwing darts at a bill that [...]

  On behalf of the Project GREEN Steering Committee, we thank our volunteers, Carver-Hawkeye Arena, business sponsors and the many gardeners and friends who came out on a chilly, windy spring day to make the 43rd annual Garden Fair successful. More than $30,000 was raised for Project GREEN. The inspiration for this event came from [...]

After reading the well-written Sunday article (“Metro pages tell of good, bad, best staff,” May 19) by graduating senior Tyler Irons, I have a better understanding of Metro School, its staff and the encouragement the students receive. Tyler has a positive attitude, a creative flair and much potential for the future. The symbolism in his [...]

Iowans who deal with domestic violence deserve better. They’ve been affected in multiple ways and they need some help. One third of teen women suffer from domestic or dating abuse. Every nine seconds in the U.S., a woman is assaulted or beaten. Studies suggest that up to 10 million children witness some form of domestic [...]

Congratulations, residents of Iowa City! You have forced your city to reconsider the use of traffic cameras. It is too bad the residents of Cedar Rapids do not have that much backbone. A few weeks ago, a person from out of town wrote a letter stating that he was sorry he had sped in Cedar [...]