Happy Independence Day everyone!

June 19 - July 4 2007

A Celebration of Freedom!

The City of Cedar Rapids will celebrate the closing days of the City's Annual Freedom Festival over the 4th.

Our offices will be closed in honor of Independence Day on July 4th.

We hope you and your family have a safe and enjoyable Holiday, if you are here in the USA.

We will be open again on Thursday, July 5th, when we resume regular operations.

IWCA Regional Safety Training Seminars

IWCA hopes to see you at an event close to you? They have three IWCA Regional Safety Training Seminars scheduled for this Summer and Fall at the following locations:

Friday, July 27 - Salt Lake City, UT
Friday, August 24 – Toronto, ONT
Friday, Sept. 28 – Philadelphia, PA

More more information, contact IWCA:

Debra Nemec, Executive Director International Window Cleaning Association (IWCA) 14 W. Third St., Suite 200 Kansas City, MO 64105 800.875.4922 816.471.4922 Fax: 816.472.7765 http://www.iwca.org/

Tucker Manufacturing Co., Inc. of Cedar Rapids, Iowa USA is one of the Founding Members of the IWCA.

Small Buisness Luncheon on Wellness

I am attending today's Lunch with Senator Tom Harkin to Discuss Workplace Wellness and Prevention

WHAT: A luncheon to discuss wellness and prevention, and how employers can play a role in helping their employees lead healthier lives
FEATURING: Senator Tom Harkin
WHEN: Monday, July 2, at 11:45 a.m.
WHERE: Mercy Medical Center, Lundy Pavillion Lobby (enter though 8th Avenue entrance)
COST: Free – but a reservation is required

SPONSORS: The Cedar Rapids Area Chamber of Commerce, Iowans for Wellness & Prevention and Mercy Medical Center

Health care costs are a concern to all businesses. During this luncheon, Senator Tom Harkin will discuss wellness and prevention, and the role that employers can play in helping their employees lead healthier lives. Having healthier employees can contain health care costs, improve productivity, and decrease absenteeism.

In 2005, Senator Harkin introduced the Healthy Lifestyles and Prevention America Act, which included tax credits for small businesses who implemented qualified wellness programs.

Cedar Rapids Rotary Club News

Normally, the Rotary Club of Cedar Rapids meets each Monday at Noon at the Crowne Plaza Hotel in Downtown Cedar Rapids. Today's regularly weekly meeting will not be held due to observance of Independence Day this week.

I joined the club in September 1990. Both Irv and Tommy were members of this club prior to me. My daughter, who just graduated from high school, was a member of her school's Interact Club, one of 2 Interact Clubs in our area.

The 2007 Rotary Pribyl Junior Boys Golf Tournament will be held the week of August 6, 2007. Youth Golfers should register now to participate in this outstanding event.

If you have questions on Rotary, please let me know. Rotary International is the world's largest service clubs.

Fall Accident involving a AU Window Cleaner

Window Cleaner dies from 12 meter fall in Australia.

According to window cleaning safety experts, window cleaning professionals with 5 years or longer of experience are more apt to have an accident, than those with less experience.

In the USA, the IWCA/ANSI I-14 standard has helped in creating safety standards for window cleaning industry.

Our thoughts and prayers go out to the family, friends and industry with the death of this Australian window cleaner.

12 meters is approximately 40 feet up.

Celebrating our 50th Anniversary of a product

Tucker Manufacturing Co., Inc. of Cedar Rapids, Iowa USA celebrates the 50th Anniversary of the launch of the Tucker® High Level Window Washer in 2007. This year celebrates in many ways the 50th year of use of water fed pole for the window cleaning industry in the USA.

The Tucker High Level Window Washer developed from the original Tucker Car & House Washer from the mid 1950's. Today, the Tucker High Level Window Washer is more commonly referred to as the Tucker Pole.

In the early years, the in-house professionals were the early users of the Tucker Pole. Institutional customers, such as educational and medical facilities; hotel/motel, financial and commercial organizations were among the early users of the product. As the professional window cleaning contractor or building maintenance contractor organizations have developed, the Tucker Pole began to be used by those professionals.

The addition of "spot free" water rinse to the Tucker Pole in the 1980s has really opened the door for all, especially professional window cleaners, who maybe got started with only a squeegee and other tools in hand.

It's fitting that we open this blog, with an announcement celebrating the 50th year of the water fed pole in the marketplace. Our founder, Irv Tucker, developed a fine quality product that Tucker, its employees and customers, over the years have been able to build on and utilize.

The diversity of products and tools in the window cleaning industry continues to expand. We are proud of the origins and developments the Tucker High Level Window Washer has had on the window cleaning industry.

The Tucker Pole today is shipped to over 25 different countries, many delivered by one our vendors, FedEx. The development of water fed pole cleaning equipment has been a part of the culture at Tucker Manufacturing Co., Inc. for over 50 years now. The benefits of "spot free" water rinse has added greatly the marketability, overcoming the challenges of areas where "hard water" created a problem in rinse.

The slogan "we go to great lengths" with the Tucker High Level Window Washer remains very true today. The Model 83 has a maximum reach of 83 feet or 25 meters.

For more information on the Tucker Pole or water fed pole history, you can contact us.