Freedom Festival kicks off with morning flag raising
Freedom Festival opens at 8 a.m. with a flag raising at Masonic Grand Lodge 813 First Ave NE. Studio One broadcasts from Bever Park 7 to 9 p.m. featuring Mak Dervo merging original music with jug band sounds from South America and the Caribbean. Free bookmarks for attendees. For updates visit lowaAlive.com or freedomfestival.com.
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Masonic Grand Lodge
First Ave
Muinetive
Studio One
Bever Park
Mak Dervo
South America
Caribbean
lowaAlive.com
Freedomfestival.com
Tie break wins define winners at Cedar Rapids BBQ Roundup
The 14th Cedar Rapids BBQ Roundup used tie-breakers in Pork BBQ and BBQ Ribs. Butch's Smack Your Lips BBQ won Pork in a three-way tie with Johnson's BBQ and Chicago BBQ Co., while Famous Dave's took Ribs in a two-way tie over Butch's Smack Your Lips. Pigfoot Barbeque Co. won People's Choice for a fifth year. Prizes totaled 2250 for first, 1250 for second, and 750 for third in both categories. Lone Wolf BBQ won Best Sauce and $1000.
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Gazette
Cedar Rapids
Butch
Mount Laurel
N.J
Johnson’s
Chesapeake
Chicago Bbq Co
Burr Ridge
Ill
Dave’s
Plymouth
Pigfoot Barbeque Co
West Salem
Ohio
Lone Wolf Bbq
Mankato
Minn
Lone Wolf
Pigfoot
Robert Moye
Corky’s
Mersiphis
Tenn
Barry Greenberg
Iowa Memorial Union
University of Iowa
Keith Lowe
Lodexho Marriott
Coe College
Joe Winters
Kcrg-Tv9
Anne Rutter
the Gazette
Doug Keiper
Banklowa
Compass Facility Management
Kcrgtv9
Market and business events week in Cedar Rapids and beyond
The Dow opens at 10 604.59 as a slate of May reports rolls in. Key releases include existing and new home sales by the Commerce Department, durable goods orders, consumer confidence, mortgage rates, and the Fed policy meeting. Local toastmasters and business groups meet through Friday with a GDP release planned.
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National Association of Realtors
Treasury
Commerce Department
Federal Open Market Committee
The
Conference Board
Sunrise
Marion
Longbranch
Town Rd
Cedar Rapids
Alliant Tower
American Business Women's Association
St. Luke’s Women's Center
Now We're Down to One Goat on Small Farm
Family learns self sufficiency is hard on a small farm after losses and depleted herd. The girls adjust to managing chores, crops, and livestock with dwindling resources.
Iowa Family Clings to Rural Dream on 35 Acre Farm
Joanne Nelson, her husband David, and their daughters dwell on 35 acres near Solon chasing self sufficiency once hoped for in five years. The barn hosts goats chickens ducks and a lone horse as teens grow busy with school jobs and changing interests.
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Joanne
Iowa
David
University of Iowa
Iowa City
Nelsons
Daphne
Centaur Stable
Julia
Stolte pursues growth driven entrepreneurial path in Cedar Rapids
Larry Stolte a 55 year old Cedar Rapids entrepreneur notes he thrives on building businesses from scratch. Former TLS Co co founder and senior executive now works as an independent agent for New York Life Insurance Co in Cedar Rapids. He previously led TLS after Sta Fed Computertax founded and merged with Elbert & Associates. He also held roles at CCH Computax McGladrey Pullen and Website Dynamics. Stolte enjoys reading financial publications and plans to retire with a stack of magazines.
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Gazelle Financial
Cedar Rapids
Larry Stolte
Stolte
TLS Co
CCH Computax
McGladrey & Pullen LLP
Website Dynamics
Ryan
New York Life Insurance Co
Cmf&z
New York Life
Tipton
U.S. Marine Corps
West Branch
University of Iowa
McGladrey & Pullen
Sta-Fed Computertax Inc
TLS
General Ledger
Elbert & Associates
Larry Stoke
Becky
Scott
Allentown
San Jose
Calif
GazetteOnline
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Michael Rogers
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Leshun Davis
Ben Miller
Tom Colee
Curtis Otto
Nathan Thornton
Phillip Campos
Phillip Hayes
Chris Day
Nathan Erdman
Lucas Baumann
Brad Olson
Dow
Nelson, Rural
Solon
Joanne Nelson
Marlene Lu
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