Jeff Capps admits he is not a construction person. That may seem ironic given Capps serves as executive director of Cedar Valley Habitat for Humanity, an organization that builds and rehabilitates some 20 houses in Linn and Benton Counties each year. But his passion for his work trumps his lackluster power-tool skills. “Anyone drawn to [...]
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CEDAR RAPIDS — During a normal week, Dick Swanson, Dan Laird and their colleagues would be working in their air-conditioned Des Moines offices. This week, Swanson, president and chief executive officer of the Federal Home Loan Bank of Des Moines, and Laird, vice president of member services, are sweating with other bank employees in the heat [...]
continue »Vote Yes for Our Neighbors, the Cedar Rapids grass-roots effort that successfully campaigned to secure passage in early March of a 1-percent local-option sales, has donated its leftover campaign funds — $24,183 — to Cedar Valley Habitat for Humanity. In less than a month, the Vote Yes campaign raised $85,343.46 from what Gary Ficken and [...]
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