Hidden grotto shrine rises on North Buena Vista hill
Longtime project begun in 1937 by Msgr. Anthony Sigworth and locals created the Immaculate Conception grotto at North Buena Vista. Workers blasted 29 sticks of dynamite, hauled granite from 21 miles away, and installed a 700 pound statue from Germany. The site features a 25 foot cross and hillside altar lit by electric lines added later by Rev. Carl Rhuland.
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North Buena Vista
Great River Road
Mississippi River Valley
Iowa
Msgr
Anthony Sigworth
Dubuque
Immaculate Conception Church
Eagle Point Park
Buena Vista
Sigwarth
Terra Cotta
Germany
Carl Rhuland
Sigworth
Zigzag career approach boosts success and hunching skill
University of Iowa expert Michael Cavitt urges flexible, opportunistic career changes. He cites research showing diverse early work paths improve satisfaction and outlines techniques to cultivate reliable hunches and preserve gains with a ratchet mindset.
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Iowa City
Las Vegas
Reno
Michael Cavitt
University of Iowa
Cavitt
U of I Institute of Public Affairs
Farm Bureau chief joins tax relief board
Iowa Farm Bureau Federation president Dean Kleckner and former state senator John L. Buren joined the Iowans for Tax Relief board of directors. The group aims to push a U S constitutional amendment for a balanced budget and lower federal taxes, plus limits on state local spending and property taxes.
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Farm Bureau
Tax Relief Board
Muscatine
Dean Kleckner
Iowa Farm Bureau Federation
John L. Buren
Iowans For Tax Relief
Iowa Taxpayers’ Movement
Kleckner
Rudd
Stanley
Ted Tedesco
Keith L. Vetter
Taxpayer Movement
Iowa
Reduction noted in Iowa migrant workers
Migrant numbers in Iowa have fallen from about 7,000 in the late 1960s to an estimated 5,000 this year due to mechanization and new farming methods. In Muscatine and Mason City the largest groups work tomatoes, potatoes and vegetables, while cannonball tomatoes and herbicide use reduce the need for migrant labor. MAP aims to help migrants transition out of poverty through education, not welfare.
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Cavitt
Conrad Hilton
Hilton
Iowa
Texas Valley
Texas
Lorenzo Jasso
Muscatine
Mason City
Jasso
Sioux City
Shenandoah
Des Moines
Great Plains
Thomas J. Buechele
Our Lady of Guadalupe Mission
Buechele
MAP
Nebraska
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Buena Vista Grotto
Marquette
Sue
Joseph Schmidt
Schmidt
Immaculate Conception Grotto
Anthony Sigwarth
Cedar Rapids
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