Lauding small business
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Teresa Kuhn, owner of Critter Camp, holds up her award plaque Tuesday morning after being named the Fort Dodge Area Chamber of Commerce Business of the Year during a breakfast meeting at the Fort Dodge Country Club.
Direction manuals are useful — but they can only take you so far. Raising a child and running a small business are in many ways similar processes, according to Lisa Shimkat, director of the North Central Iowa Small Business Development Center. ‘‘Many books have been written on both subjects,’’ she said. ‘‘But every situation is going to be different. ... You must always understand the constant state of change.’’ Shimkat addressed the more than 40 attendees of the 2008 Small Business Recognition Breakfast Tuesday at the Fort Dodge Country Club.
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NEWS: For area nursing home residents, the fourth annual Senior Olympics hosted by the Fort Dodge Villa Care Center wasn’t about competition. It allowed residents to socialize and get out of the care centers for awhile.
Lawmakers: Union issue likely to return
May 21, 2008
Lawmakers serving Webster County expect to talk about a bitterly contested public employee union measure again next year, even though Gov. Chet Culver just vetoed it.
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Farmers gain ground on planting this spring
May 21, 2008
A full week of dry weather allowed farmers to get closer to catching up on their planting schedules last week.
All Iowa districts have now planted at least 50 percent of their corn acreage.
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Too many tabbiesFri, May 2, 2008 @ 2:51PM We have three cats. I didn’t intend for this to happen. First, we have Comet. We got her almost six years ago, when a co-worker moved away and didn’t have room in her new house. Comet is like an elderly aunt - set in her ways, but sometimes surprisely frisky. Mostly, she likes to be petted when SHE wants, and be left alone by other cats. Then we have Buster. Or, as we call him, Boo-Boo. Yes, I talk baby-talk to him. We got Boo-Boo one year ago when a friend told me she had kittens living in her garage that she hoped she could find homes for. Boo-Boo was not what Comet wanted - a boy kitten, frisky and active. She mostly tolerated him, and he grew up to be a general annoyance to her. Now we have Rocky. I found him at Wal-Mart last week. I went for sodas and brought back a cat. He’s a loving kitty, and the other cats are used to him, but all our cats are tabbies and it’s confusing.
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Not SatisfiedThu, May 15, 2008 @ 5:13PM It's been awhile since the last time and I apologize for that. A lot of things have been going on since then and one of them was the US Nationals. I wanna share some of my thoughts from that tournament and give you an idea of what it was like. First I want to address a question that was brought up recently by someone that could just ask me in person but aparantly he wants me to share it with you as well, which is great. The topic of boycott. First of all from what I understand there has been no talk of boycotting the Olympics. The talk was that some are going to boycott the opening ceremonies. In this day and age there is no way in my opinion that the US would ever boycott an Olympic Games, the reason is money. With all of the big corporate sponsors donating and getting their name out there during the games for millions and millions of dollars there is no way we would not go in my mind. As far as the opening ceremonies, I would not want to miss that for anything.
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