A former news anchor has been named the new Director of Strategic Communications for the city of Waterloo, according to the Waterloo Cedar Falls Courier. Tara Thomas-Gettman will begin her new role on April 1st. She was an anchor at KWWL before moving into the Director of School and Community Re .
Matthew 25 puts tools, hoes and hope in people s hands
Clint Twedt-Ball is executive director of Matthew 25. Photographed at its offices in southwest Cedar Rapids, Iowa, on Wednesday, Dec. 16, 2020. (Jim Slosiarek/The Gazette)
Clint Twedt-Ball is executive director of Matthew 25. Photographed at its offices in southwest Cedar Rapids, Iowa, on Wednesday, Dec. 16, 2020. (Jim Slosiarek/The Gazette)
The Tool Library at Matthew 25 in Cedar Rapids offers a basement workshop for members with large tools such as this band saw. Membership in the Tool Library runs from $48-180 annually depending on income and family size. Shot on Thursday, April 20, 2017. (Cliff Jette/The Gazette)
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Engineering offers tools to make a difference
Through his involvement with Engineers Without Borders, Joe Elsinger, a civil engineer at MSA Professional Services in Cedar Rapids, has traveled to Ghana several times. Above, he was part of a team building a 50-foot concrete pedestrian bridge. (submitted photo)
Joe Elsinger, a civil engineer at MSA Professional Services in Cedar Rapids (submitted photo) / By Tara Thomas-Gettman, for The Gazette
Joe Elsinger feels fortunate to have worked on a variety of meaningful projects in his career as a civil engineer including projects like building a concrete bridge in West Africa.
But when a derecho hit the Midwest this summer, he turned his focus to the devastation in his own backyard and on helping here at home.