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With a little help, flood victims construct new homes

By Lynda Waddington 6/18/09

CEDAR RAPIDS — There was very little pomp and circumstance surrounding First Lady Mari Culver’s volunteer work Wednesday on one of 20 homes under construction by Cedar Valley Habitat for Humanity. The legions of twenty-something volunteers maneuvered amid the the houses on Cedar Rapids’ far west side, measuring vinyl siding, hauling bundles of shingles to bare rooftops while barking occasional orders to one other.

Register catches Iowa’s First Lady violating smoking ban

By Jason Hancock 11/20/08

After being caught by a reporter from The Des Moines Register smoking in in a state-owned vehicle, a violation of the state’s smoking ban, Iowa First Lady Mari Culver apologized and promised it would never happen again.
Culver was spotted by the Register smoking in a Chevrolet Tahoe that the state provides to the [...]

Iowa’s First Lady: Palin just not up to the job

By Douglas Burns 10/1/08

Mari Culver says flatly that GOP vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin is woefully unprepared to lead the nation.

Women Top the Bill at Edwards Event in Cedar Rapids

By Lynda Waddington 12/18/07

Three women — one of them a newly announced endorser — led the way when former North Carolina Sen. John Edwards took the stage in Cedar Rapids Monday night to wrap up his “Main Street Express” bus tour across Iowa.
“Nothing that I have done in my life is more important than what I’m doing here [...]

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