Campfires illuminate students at Drake business camp
Des Moines reports the third annual Business Horizons at Drake University hosted about 180 Iowa high school students and teachers. Participants toured firms, played a computerized management game, and heard from 70 plus executives while living a full schedule from 7 a.m. to 11:45 p.m.
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Liz Gear
Des Moines
Business Horizons
Iowa Association of Business and Industry
Drake University
Iowa Bankers Association
Iowa Department of Public Instruction
Iowa
Drake
Kim McCaffrey
Iowa City
McCaffrey
Bob Werch
John McCarroll
Association of Business and Industry
Werch
Jeff Waller
Kennedy High School
Cedar Rapids
Waller
Best Buy to Open Iowa City Electronics Store at Pepperwood Place
Best Buy Co. plans an 18,000 square foot discount store at Pepperwood Place in south Iowa City set to open Nov. 1. The center, developed by Southgate, will also house an Econo foods, with Best Buy already expanding in Cedar Rapids and a Quad Cities location planned.
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Iowa City
Pepperwood Place
Best Buy Co
Bloomington
Minn
Pat Matre
Best Buy
Southgate Development Co
Cedar Rapids
Matre
Quad Cities
Iowa
Ramblin Rudy Crowned Hobo King at Convention
About 20 000 people attended the Hobo Convention in BRITT IOWA where Ramblin Rudy age 76 living on the rails was named hobo king after competing against Hobo Herb Gascon Patty Harmonica Mike Fishbone Alabama Hobo El Paso Kid and Choo Choo Charlie Ritter. Minneapolis Jewel named queen came from Minneapolis as her 30s contingent included Slow Freight Ben Hobo Lump Dirty Face Josie and Cinderbox Cindy in the queen contest.
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Britt
Ramblin’ Rudy
Hobo Herb
Gascon Patty
Harmonica Mike
Fishbone
Alabama Hobo
el Paso
Slow Freight Ben
Hobo Lump
Dirty Face Josie
Cinderbox Cindy
Millers End 10 Month Strike at Keokuk Hubinger Co
Millers vote to end a 10 month walkout at Hubinger Co in Keokuk with Local 48 of the American Federation of Grain Millers approving a 42 month contract. The pact includes lower base wage reduced overtime and longer no raise periods along with vacation pay increases improved benefits for laid off workers and lump sum payments in years two and three.
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Keokuk
Hubinger Co
American Federation of Grain Millers
Ron Schriber
Schriber
Iowa City 15 year old heads to early college in Massachusetts
Laura Sayre 15, City High School sophomore, will enroll at Simon's Rock of Bard College in Great Barrington. The student body ranges from 15 to 17 with seniors earning bachelor’s degrees earlier than at traditional colleges. Sayre plans to study literature and biology. her father is an Iowa professor.
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Mike Mrkvicka
Johnson County
OWA City
Laura Sayre
City High School
Massachusetts
Sayre
Simon’s Rock of Bard College
City
Iowa City
Simon’s Rock Early College
Great Barrington
Mass
Bard College of
Annandale-on-Hudson
N.Y
Simon’s Kock
Constance Merker
Woodlawn Ave
Robert Sayre
The
University of Iowa
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