Labor Day Picnic Highlights Union Pride in Iowa City
About 100 people gathered at City Park for the Iowa City Federation of Labor AFL-CIO Labor Day picnic. Participants stressed the holiday's meaning for workers and cited long union membership, with attendees praising solidarity, jobs, pay, and benefits.
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End of Lake Delhi Boating as Dam Break Drains Lake
Labor Day finds Delaware County residents not celebrating but surveying the lake bed that now bisects the former nine mile water body. High Maquoketa River water washed away the earthen dam July 24, leaving residents to walk the banks, ride the drying bed, and salvage items like an old anchor as they await a possible rebuild.
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Telethon nets 335000 for muscular dystrophy drive
Eastern Iowans donated 335,098 over the weekend to the Muscular Dystrophy Association. The Cedar Rapids telethon at CBS 2 studio highlighted a national total of 58.9 million for the 45th annual event, below last year’s 60.5 million and far from the 65 million record set in 2008. Jann Carr praised donors and the nation’s generosity amid a tough economy.
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