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Frost warning and Houby Days morel winners
Meteorologists might call it a frost advisory, but here’s my warning: if you’ve planted tomatoes, peppers, cucumbers or other plants that might be susceptible to frost, including annuals in planters,...
View ArticleEastern Iowa National Merit scholars announced
Five Eastern Iowans are among the 2,500 high school students who have won National Merit $2,500 Scholarships from the National Merit Scholarship Corporation (NMSC).These Merit Scholar designees were...
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“Like” Homegrown? You could win a free gardening book
i1035 FW1.1 For Facebook users out there who also like to garden, a Homegrown page has now been started on Facebook.The page will direct you to all of the wonderful columns submitted by Linn County...
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Homegrown winners
i1035 FW1.1 Congratulations to Maeve Clark, William Newcomb, Stella Clark and Anna Kregel, winners of gardening books in a drawing through the new Homegrown Facebook page. Thanks to all who “liked” the...
View ArticleVan Meter Industrial named 2011 ESOP Company of the Year
CEDAR RAPIDS — Van Meter Industrial, an employee-owned company based in Cedar Rapids, has been named 2011 ESOP Company of the Year by The ESOP Association, a Washington, D.C., trade...
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Bird watchers mapping Iowa nesting species
rickhollisNORTH LIBERTY — The liberally perforated rotten stump did not look all that promising as bird habitat, but Rick Hollis, using a flashlight and mirror to peer inside its most prominent...
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Raining Rose CEO receives recognition
Chuck Hammond President/CEO Raining Rose Inc. 11/14/03CEDAR RAPIDS — The Central Midwest region includes companies based in Iowa, Kansas, Missouri and Nebraska.Hammond was selected by an independent...
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Homegrown winners
malva Three of my co-workers here at The Gazette just pulled out the names of the three winners of Homegrown’s Facebook contest.Congratulations to Janice Carson, Devon Dietz and Judy Hall, who each won...
View Article7th Annual Chili Challenge winners announced
Even with less than favorable conditions outside Dec. 5, many people braved the conditions during the Fire and Ice Festival in order to help decide the winners of the 7th Annual Chili Challenge,...
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