News tip: Garrison Keillor sends large donation to Cedar Rapids Public Library, St. Joe paper says November 5, 2008
Posted by John in Kindness.Tags: Cedar Rapids (Iowa), Cedar Rapids Public Library, donations, flood damage, Floods of 2008, Garrison Keillor, Libraries, Public Libraries
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From The (St. Joseph, Missouri) News-Press:
A former St. Joseph resident [acting public library director Tamara Glise] is leading efforts to restore a library that was destroyed this summer during the catastrophic flood in eastern Iowa. …
Garrison Keillor, the host and writer for Prairie Home Companion, sent a large donation, Ms. Glise said. …
Czech Prime Minister Mirek Topolanek will visit President Bush before coming to Cedar Rapids Czech, Slovak museum on Oct. 29 October 21, 2008
Posted by John in Political.Tags: Cedar Rapids (Iowa), Floods of 2008, Mirek Topolanek, National Czech and Slovak Museum and Library, President George W. Bush
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From CeskeNoviny:
U.S. President George Bush will meet Czech Prime Minister Mirek Topolanek during Topolanek’s visit to the United States on October 29 to discuss the financial crisis and the U.S. missile defence system, White House spokeswoman Dana Perino announced on Tuesday. …
He is also to visit the Czech and Slovak museum in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, that has recently been damaged by flooding. …
CNN/MONEY VIDEO: ‘Hard times in the heartland; Factory layoffs and a flood mean suffering for [Amana Colonies]‘ October 17, 2008
Posted by John in Agriculture, Business.Tags: Al Powell, Amana Colonies (Iowa), economy, farming, flooded areas, Flooding, Floods of 2008, John Vought, tourism, Whirlpool
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From the article:
AMANA COLONIES, Iowa (CNNMoney.com) — The turmoil on Wall Street has come to the Pit Stop, a bar in the blue-collar town of Marengo, Iowa.
That’s where Al Powell spent a recent Sunday afternoon thinking about his future after he and his wife were laid off from their assembly line jobs at the nearby Whirlpool factory. …
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Cedar Rapids woman is ‘Ready for my armload of books’ (Christian Science Monitor) September 29, 2008
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Source: Christian Science Monitor:
A flood destroyed her beloved town library. But now there’s a plan to rebuild.
By Eudora Seyferfrom the September 29, 2008 edition
Plans are under way for a new library in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. As yet, we have no idea where it will be or even when it will be, but our city’s library board promises that a library is coming, and it will be even bigger and better and more beautiful than the library we lost in June.
I can hardly wait. …
Penford resumes starch production in Cedar Rapids August 26, 2008
Posted by John in Business.Tags: Cedar Rapids (Iowa), flooded areas, Flooding, Floods of 2008, Penford Products Co
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From Associated Press via CNN/Money:
Specialty ingredients producer Penford Corp. said Tuesday that its principal subsidiary, Penford Products Co., has resumed manufacturing industrial starch at its Cedar Rapids, Iowa, facility. …
Now online: Reader’s Digest article about Iowa City hero Steve McGuire August 20, 2008
Posted by John in Biography, Kindness, Nature, Weather.Tags: flooded areas, Flooding, Floods of 2008, Iowa City (Iowa), Iowa River (Iowa), Steve McGuire, Steve Thunder McGuire
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From Reader’s Digest:
Saving a drowning person is, at most, a once-in-a-lifetime event. But Michelle Kehoe was the third person Steve McGuire had pulled from the Iowa River. …
Iowa Interstate steam locomotives will travel to, from Iowa City for Salvation Army flood-relief August 15, 2008
Posted by John in Business, Nature.Tags: flood relief, Flooding, Floods of 2008, Iowa City (Iowa), Iowa Interstate Railroad Ltd, Newton (Iowa), railroads, railways, Salvation Army, steam locomotives
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Image via Wikipedia From Progressive Railroading:
After suffering track damage from heavy floods in June, Iowa Interstate Railroad Ltd. (IAIS) will offer some relief to Iowa and Illinois communities that also were impacted by the flooding. …
On Oct. 18, a double-headed freight train will travel from Iowa City, Iowa, to Rock Island in an attempt to set a new record for steam-hauled revenue tonnage. …
On Oct. 19, IAIS will operate a one-way limited excursion train from Rock Island to Iowa City, then return the steam locomotives to their home in Newton, Iowa. …
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Reno shows support for Cedar Rapids flood victim, known to them as ‘The Waver’ August 8, 2008
Posted by John in Kindness, Medicine, Nature, Weather.Tags: Cancer, Cedar Rapids (Iowa), Ed Carlson, flooded areas, Flooding, floods, Floods of 2008
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From Reno Gazette-Journal:
Ed Carlson, known in Reno as “The Waver” for a three-decade stint walking along western Nevada roads and waving to motorists, thanked people for all the letters of support and the money they sent when his life took two tragic turns in June.
Within a few weeks, Carlson found out his wife had terminal cancer and they lost their Cedar Rapids, Iowa, home to Midwest flooding. …
More about Ed Carlson, including a Gazette article, in this post:
Reno icon ‘Waver’ returned to Cedar Rapids, becomes flood victim; Wife learned of terminal lung cancer a week before flood
Illinois Humane to showcase flood-displaced pit bull mixes for adoption August 1, 2008
Posted by John in Family, Nature, Weather.Tags: animals, Cedar Rapids (Iowa), flooded areas, Flooding, floods, Floods of 2008, pets
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From State Journal-Register (Springfield, Illinois):
Illinois Humane has taken in five dogs abandoned during the recent flooding in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, and plans to put them up for adoption. …
Bandit, a 4-year-old pit bull mix, saw the worst conditions of the five. The dog was found in floodwater, and has since been held at a number of animal-care facilities. …
Two of the other dogs, both pit bull mixes under 3 years of age, will be showcased for adoption Sunday at Petco, 2721 S. Veterans Parkway, with about 10 other dogs and five cats. …
L.A. Times/Chicago Tribune: ‘Cedar Rapids slowly gathers itself’ July 21, 2008
Posted by John in Nature, Weather.Tags: Cedar Rapids (Iowa), flooded areas, Flooding, floods, Floods of 2008
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From Chicago Tribune via Los Angeles Times:
Outside the plant, under the highway entrance ramp, Vincent Amaya is impatient, waiting for construction work. Not willing to do cleanup at Quaker, he has begun scavenging in the downtown area, looking for discarded copper he can bag and sell.
“You can make $300, $500 a day,” Amaya said. “I don’t see anybody picking this stuff up, and the owners are throwing it out anyway.”
But his family back in Mexico needs money. “I need to find a job, a big job to work on,” he said.
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