Free YMCA Memberships Offered to Farmstead Workers
Cedar Rapids area YMCA branches provide free memberships for former Farmstead Foods employees and families. Applicants show Farmstead health benefits cards. access hours are as posted at each location. Programs run while individuals seek new employment, with hours 8 to 11 am 1 to 4 pm and 6 to 9 pm on weekdays, plus weekend hours. The ABBE Center for Community Mental Health at 520 11th St NW offers additional support.
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Farmstead Foods
Cedar Rapids Metropolitan
Central Ymca
First Ave
Marion Ymca
31St Street
10Th Avenue
Ellis Ymca
Ellis Blvd
Stoney Point
YMCA
Abbe Center For Community Mental Health
11Th St. NW
Washington U.S
Kennedy H.S
Jefferson High School
Cedar Rapids-Marion
Cedar Rapids UFCW plans Albert Lea protest at Farmstead Foods
A 48 passenger bus carries Cedar Rapids UFCW Local P-3 members to Albert Lea Minnesota for a peaceful protest at Farmstead Foods headquarters. The group challenges Farmstead President Keith Barnes over plant closing notices and severance pay while Albert Lea workers remain employed. Counseling and free marketing help are offered to displaced workers.
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United Food and Commercial Workers
Cedar Rapids
Albert Lea
Minn
Farmstead Foods
Mike Gardner
UFCW
P-3
Farmstead
Keith Barnes
Gardner
The
Gazette
Barnes
Tauke Led House Energy PACs with 50800 for Clean Air Bill
Rep. Tom Tauke of Iowa attracted the largest PAC contributions to the House Energy and Commerce Committee last year totaling 50800 as environmental and oil and gas groups funded his bid. Tauke competes with Sen. Tom Harkin and faces scrutiny over PAC influence on air pollution legislation.
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David Lynch
Washington
Tom Tauke
Iowa
House Energy and Commerce Committee
Congressional Quarterly Magazine
Tauke
Congress
W.J. Tauzin
D-La
Senate
Pacs
House Committee
Congressional Quarterly
Allen Finch
Tom Harkin
Finch
Corrections Director Undergoes Open Heart Surgery
Paul Grossheim, director of the Iowa Department of Corrections, is reported to be recovering well after open heart surgery last week to repair blockages in two arteries. Staff say he may be released from Mercy Hospital in Des Moines later this week.
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Corrections
Iowa Newspaper Association
DES Moines
Paul Grossheim
State Department of Corrections
Mercy Hospital
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