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Monday, October 4
Change of Plan: Tickets Now Needed for Kerry Event in CR Tonight
by
Linda Thieman
on Mon 04 Oct 2004 11:57 AM CDT
 Change of Plan: Tickets Now Needed for Kerry Event in CR Tonight
John Kerry is having a "Welcome Back to Iowa" airport meet & greet at the Cedar Rapids airport Monday night, October 4th.
Doors
open at 6:30, and Kerry is scheduled to arrive at 8:00. There is
a tentative greeting committee of Governor Vilsack, Former Iowa House
Minority Leader Dick Myers, and Democratic Congressional Candidate Dave
Franker. Tickets are now necessary.
To download your Kerry tickets, click here:
http://www.johnkerry.com/events/100404_cedarrapids_ia_form.php
In Tipton tomorrow morning,
Tuesday, Oct. 5th, Kerry is having a town hall forum at the Tipton
Middle School, located at 725 West 7th St. Doors open at 7:30 AM
- no signs are allowed, and attendees are being asked to limit their
personal items.
Free tickets for the Tipton event
can be picked up at both Johnson and Linn County Democratic
Headquarters and at the Cats ‘n Dog Antique Shop in West Branch.
Please call the Johnson County Democrats Office at 319-337-VOTE, or Franker for Congress at 319-337-9396 with any questions.
Eldridge Mayor Invited, But Locked Out of Laura Bush Event
by
Linda Thieman
on Mon 04 Oct 2004 10:20 AM CDT
 Eldridge Mayor Invited, But Locked Out of Laura Bush Event
By Ed Tibbetts, Quad-City Times
ELDRIDGE, Iowa — When Eldridge
Mayor Frank Wood got an invitation to attend first lady Laura Bush’s
campaign stop here a week ago, he said he planned to go and listen
respectfully.
He never got the chance. Wood, a Democrat who is running for the Iowa
Senate this year, was turned away at the door and told his name was not
on the approved list of guests for the event at the Scott County
Library in Eldridge.
...Wood believes he should have been allowed to attend as mayor of the
host city. And some Democrats question whether his bid to oust Iowa
Sen. Bryan Sievers, R-New Liberty, might have played a role in keeping
him out of the room.
Wood said that when he arrived at the event that Friday morning, he talked
with two Republican officeholders who were waiting in line, including
Sievers. He even had his picture taken with Sievers. But when it came
time for Wood to check in with greeters who held a list of approved
guests, he was told his name was not on it. After a round of
conversations with Secret Service agents and others, Wood said he was
told he would not be allowed to enter. So he left.
“I was there to represent the City of Eldridge,” he said. “It would’ve
been an event that I would remember, meeting the first lady. I wanted
to welcome her to the City of Eldridge. I would have sat there and
listened cordially and done what I was supposed to do. I was wearing my
mayoral hat.”
John McCormally, a spokesman for the Iowa Democratic Party, questioned whether Wood’s challenge of Sievers led to his exclusion.
(Click here to read the complete article.)
Bio-tourism Comes to Swaledale
by
Linda Thieman
on Mon 04 Oct 2004 05:54 AM CDT
Bio-tourism Comes to Swaledale
That's a BIG check! John Drury
(third from left), Democratic Candidate for Iowa Senate in District 6,
North Iowa, and chair of the Swaledale Economic Development Team,
stands in an open field with fellow committee members where one day
soon the Swaledale Bio-Village will be built. The donation from the John K. and Luise V. Hanson Foundation will go towards funding an RV park.
by John Skipper, Mason City Globe-Gazette
SWALEDALE — The proposed
Swaledale Bio Village got some financial backing Wednesday in the form
of a $5,000 donation from the John K. and Luise V. Hanson Foundation.
John Drury, chairman of the Swaledale Economic Development Team, made
the announcement during a press conference at the site of the proposed
development on County Road B60 near the Interstate 35 overpass (exit
182).
The development will have a recreational vehicle park, a bio-fuel
center, a store with made-in-Iowa products featuring the work of local
artisans, an Iowa foods restaurant featuring locally-produced foods and
a food-processing center where area farmers can sell their produce.
Bob Cole, one of the committee members who helped plan the development, said it is hoped construction can begin within a year.
Drury said he hopes it will get consideration from those who hold the purse strings for the Iowa Values Fund.
“The bio village is a celebration of Iowa. It is a celebration of
Iowa’s agriculture base. It is a celebration of our rural way of life,”
he said.
(Source)
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