Readers invited to nominate successes for Gazette section
The Gazette seeks Eastern Iowa figures and groups to honor in a new Success section. Nominees can be individuals, churches, schools, businesses, or agencies with noteworthy ideas, care, or volunteer work. Deadline January 14. section publishes March 29. Send brief submissions to Phyllis Fleming via fax, email, or mail.
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Weather eases Iowa travel with scattered ice and delays
Temperatures stayed above freezing across eastern Iowa reducing weather trouble. Icy roads appeared in counties north of Highway 20 but no major crashes occurred. Areas including Marion saw a weather related power outage with about 700 customers affected, mostly restored within an hour. The National Weather Service notes Arctic air fading as a warm air loft moves in, with more rain possible and temperatures in the 40s. Sen Merlin Bartz plans a campaign swing for agriculture secretary with stops in multiple cities while Dale Cochran departs. Gov Branstad hints at appointive post and Sen Patty Judge shows interest.
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Iowa
Highway 20
Eastern
IES
Ann Humbert
Marion
Highway 13
Travis Road
Humbert
Tim Hendricks
National Weather Service
Hendricks
Merlin Bartz
Bartz
Grafton
Sioux City
Des Moines
Waterloo
Cedar Rapids
Dubuque
Omaha
Neb
Moline
Ill
Dale Cochran
Terry Branstad
Branstad
Patty Judge
Cochran
Convenience store robbed in Crawfordsville
Washington County authorities seek a man who entered the Countree store at 6 30 p m Sunday with a gun demanding cash and fled with an undisclosed amount. No injuries reported. description: 6 feet, blue ski mask blue sweatshirt and jeans. Call 1 800 847 7492 with information.
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Washington County
Washington County Sheriff's Department
Crawfordsville
Washington County Public Safety Center
The Growing Season Pilots a Family Farm Story
Gloria Kintzle created a 40 minute video chronicling her family farm through four seasons. The film portrays the farm life, farming work, and memories with her husband Harold and five children while Gloria markets copies through Pigtail Production.
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Gloria
Lori Laser
Chicago
Pigtail Production
Gloria Kintzle
Major business and economic events for the coming week
The Commerce Department will release November construction spending at 9 a.m. Tuesday reports on November factory orders. Cedar Rapids Iowa City NAWIC Chapter 160 meets at Shoney s with Brook Lubben speaking. The Internet Law and Policy Forum opens a two day Seattle conference. Cedar Rapids PR Associates meet Thursday at Mahoney s Riverwalk Pub with Ganesh Ganpat presenting.
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Commerce Department
Cedar Rapids
Iowa City
National Association of Women In Construction
Shoney’s
Blairs Ferry Rd
Brook Lubben
International Internet Law and Policy Forum
Seattle
Cedar Rapids Public Relations Associates
Mahoney's Riverwalk
First St. SE
Ganesh Ganpat
Victory
Birth of daughter reshapes Cedar Rapids real estate chief
Jon Dusek 41, president of Armstrong-Race Realty, shifts focus from seven years of downtown Cedar Rapids redevelopment to balance family life after daughter Lauryl’s birth. The Natick, Massachusetts native, who holds an MBA from Vanderbilt, supervises renovation of Armstrong Centre, Granby Building, Arco Building and Rubin’s Building while guiding the move from retail to office space in the downtown core.
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General Electric Credit Corp
Florida
Coldwell Banker Commercial Group
Tampa
CB Commercial
Cedar Rapids
Dusek
Robert and
Esther Armstrong
Armstrong-Race Realty Co
Ins
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Michael Laser
Prairieburg
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Brian Kintzle
Central City
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Ed Schaeffer
IEM Video Productions
Shellsburg
George C. Ford
Jon Dusek
Dina
Laurel
Eastern Iowa Enterprise Council
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