Gifted yet Invisible Sandrine Furaha's Cedar Rapids journey
Sandrine Furaha, a refugee from the Congo, traveled via Zambia to a camp, then moved to Denver and finally Cedar Rapids in 2011. Now in seventh grade, she credits schooling and better opportunities for improving her life, saying her education and her family's new jobs have brought stability.
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Sandrine
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Mother's Day a hand up for a single mom
Rachel Cooper, a 34 year old from Vinton, turned her life around after the birth of her daughter Genesis. She left a troubled past, fought debt and legal issues, and sought a safer, steadier home for her child and niece amid challenging neighborhood conditions.
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Liz Zabel
the Gazette
Jordan Renae
Habitat For Humanity
Brunettes Salon
Iron Range to the Farm Field Part 3 in a Series
Over four weeks readers can follow in print and online features the creation of the Kinze 3600 planter. The series traces the journey from Minnesota pit mines to Indiana mills and warehouses to Kinze Manufacturing in Williamsburg and finally a Iowa farm field.
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Kinze plant handles 20 tons of steel for planter mainframe
At Kinze Manufacturing in Williamsburg a flatbed truck delivers 20 tons of steel tubes and sheets for the Kinze model 3600 planter mainframe. Craig Reeves' team unloads and an overhead crane clamps and stacks the material for later assembly. Margaret Zukowski operates a hydraulic press stamping blanks into components.
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Margaret Zukowski
Kinze Manufacturing transforms steel tube into blue planters
Kinze Manufacturing evolves from raw steel tubes to its signature blue planters, showcasing the firm’s precision processes and product branding as part of its production narrative.
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