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Now that spring appears to have sprung in the Dubuque area, I thought it would be a good time to update the photos at 7474 Ridgeview. We haven’t felt 40 degree temps since December 1st, 2009!
The sellers have moved on to sunny California (winter, what winter?). Well, with the home now vacated and having received a new coat of paint in the lower level family room, it’s time to preform a refresh on the listing photos (sorry Bears fans, the team colors had to go!).
Click any of the thumbnail images to open the viewer window, there are also arrows embedded in each photo so you can scroll through the series…
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As reported late yesterday in the Dubuque Telegraph Herald, John Deere Dubuque Works will be bring back 65 workers to the plant as a part of a total of 117 recalls in the construction and forestry divisions.
Deere & Co. will recall 65 workers to John Deere Dubuque Works, effective early next month. The recalls are part of 117 recalls total in the construction and forestry division, including the Dubuque plant and John Deere Davenport Works. Company spokesman Ken Golden said the recalls are needed to meet market demand and to replace normal retirements in the work force. It is the second round of recalls since the company laid off 220 workers in March of last year. (courtesy of Eileen Mozinski Schmidt of the TH).
From the Deere website:
The Dubuque Works, which opened in 1947, manufactures crawler bulldozers, crawler loaders, backhoe loaders, tracked harvesters, tracked feller bunchers, knuckleboom loaders and skid steer loaders.
It’s all good! But, I’ve got to ask, what’s a knuckleboom loader??? Find out Here!
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Tonight, the Dubuque City Council passed the first-in-Iowa ban on usage of cell phones while driving, at least of hand-held use while driving. Hands-free devices apparently are still OK. In an early report from the Chicago Tribune, it was reported that, by a 7 – 0 vote, the council’s action will go into effect on Friday, February 19th….
DUBUQUE, Iowa – Dubuque will be the first Iowa municipality to prohibit drivers from using hand-held cell phones while behind the wheel.
The city council approved the ordinance 7-0 Monday.
But the Telegraph Herald reports that the measure could be negated if the Iowa Legislature passes a measure of its own as expected.
The statewide legislation could ban municipalities from adopting their own ordinances and instead require compliance with state law. And it’s possible the state law could only target text-messaging while driving.
The temptation to use cell phone while driving is pretty strong, I’ll openly attest to that, in fact, I did – here. I have noticed a few studies recently published that claim bans on hand-held cell phone usage don’t, categorically reduce accidents. One of a few of these recent studies comes from the Highway Loss Data Institute (news report link here from Christian Science Monitor). The report says that while taking away hands-on devices usage “may” reduce the risk, the reality is that actual accident rates stay about the same when hands-free usage remains available to drivers.
Perhaps the bigger problem isn’t the actual fumbling around done while dialing numbers, texting, and answering calls. Maybe the real issue is the lack of mental concentration the driver experiences while engaged in a conversation.
Either way, I’m not categorically opposed to the ban, I think ultimately the problem will be solved by technology that maybe doesn’t exist. Maybe cell phones could self-disable when in motion at speeds faster than walking? If I only had a bazillion dollars, I’d be patent protecting that fine idea already.
But, guess what? Even walking while texting is dangerous, see NPR story here…
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After a month-long hiatus off off the active market, 7474 Ridgeview in Dubuque a has come back to market, reduced in price by $14,600…
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