WASHINGTON – Sen. Chuck Grassley announced today that he will complete his annual visit to all of Iowa ’s 99 counties, visiting seven counties during the week of August 20.
Town Hall meetings are planned in Cherokee and Monona counties and are open to the public. Grassley will also visit businesses and attend events in Blackhawk, Ida, Monona, Palo Alto , Polk, and Woodbury counties.
“I enjoy communicating with Iowans because representative government requires the type of dialogue that these meetings are all about,” Grassley said. “I take the common sense input I receive back to Washington on behalf of my constituents.”
Grassley said that he hopes many area residents will attend his meetings and share their views with him. He said that these meetings will be a good opportunity for him to take questions from Iowans on any subject.
Grassley will be in the Des Moines area on Monday, August 20. He will first hold a FIT meeting in Ankeny . The FIT program was established by Grassley to address Iowa ’s drug problem at the grassroots level by helping people work together to keep their schools, workplaces, and communities drug-free. Throughout the rest of the day he will receive and award from the National Association of Manufacturers and visit the Allied/Nationwide Insurance Company.
Later in the week, Grassley will tour Northwest Iowa . He will visit several businesses including the Schuster Company in Le Mars, Diamond Vogel in Orange City , Skyjack Incorporated in Emmetsburg, and Ida Services Incorporated in Battle Creek . Ida Services Incorporated assists persons with disabilities by providing job training and helping their consumers live independently. He will also attend the grand opening of Prime Living Apartments in Sioux City and meet with the Good Samaritan Society of Le Mars.
On Saturday, August 25, Grassley will attend the UNI Business and Community Services Building Grand Opening in Cedar Falls .
Here is detailed information about Grassley's schedule.
Monday, August 20, 2007
8:30-10:00 a.m. FIT Meeting, Ankeny City Hall , 410 West First Street, Ankeny
10:30-11:30 a.m. Receive Award from the National Association of Manufacturers, Iowa Association of Business and Industry, 904 Walnut Street, Suite 100, Des Moines
1:30- 2:30 p.m. Visit Allied/Nationwide Insurance, 1100 Locust Street, Des Moines
Thursday, August 23, 2007
9:30-10:30 a.m. Cherokee County Town Meeting, Cherokee County Courthouse, Supervisors’ Room, 520 West Main Street, Cherokee
11:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m. Visit Ida Services Incorporated, 651 1st Street, Battle Creek
2:00-3:00 p.m. Attend Prime Living Apartments Grand Opening, 725 Pearl Street, Sioux City
4:15-5:15 p.m. Monona County Town Meeting , Mapleton Public Library, 609 Courtright Street, Mapleton
Friday, August 24, 2007
7:30-8:30 a.m. Visit Good Samaritan Society of Le Mars, 1140 Lincoln Street NE, Le Mars
9:00-10:00 a.m. Visit Schuster Company, 2605 Lincoln Avenue Southwest, Le Mars
10:45-11:45 a.m. Tour Diamond Vogel Plant, Pedium Powder Coatings Building , 1110 Albany Place Southeast, Orange City
2:00-3:00 p.m. Skyjack Incorporated Tour, 3810 460th Avenue, Emmetsburg
Saturday, August 25, 2007
10:00 a.m. UNI Business and Community Services Building Grand Opening, UNI, Cedar Falls
***Grassley will be available to the press for 15 minutes following each event.
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