Tuesday, December 30, 2008

We invite you to make the Tucker Pole part of your New Year's Resolutions

Today's reflection:

LaVerne Tucker, Robin's mother and Tommy's wife, has always been a strong believer in New Year's Resolutions. As she raised her three children, LaVerne would often request New Year's Resolutions from all her guests during the family's New Year's Day dinner that she often hosts.

To break the ice, she would give a piece of paper to all her guests with the following writing on it written straight down the left side of the 8-1/2 x 11 sheet of paper...

H
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p
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N
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Using the beginning letter, the guest can make a New Year's Resolution statement for each letter, by creating a sentence using each beginning letter for each resolution. By the way, she often would do the same for Happy Thanksgiving and Merry Christmas at other holiday events that LaVerne has hosted over the years. A mother's tradition of New Year's Resolutions and Holiday cheer... one of the many Tucker family traditions celebrated over the years.

Making New Year's Resolutions is healthy, whether one is either formal or informal about it. We encourage you to make your own New Year's Resolutions for 2009. We invite you to make the Tucker Pole a part of your New Year Resolutions. We want to thank our customers for their business in 2008 and previous years.

In 2009, Tucker Manufacturing Co., Inc. will celebrate our 45Th anniversary of our business relationship with our Japanese Distributor, Zaoh Company, Ltd. of Tokyo, Japan. We have much to be thankful over the years and we look forward to the New Year of 2009.

On behalf of everyone at Tucker Manufacturing Co., Inc., of Cedar Rapids, Iowa, we wish you and those close to you, a Happy New Year and the very best in the coming year.

Respectfully submitted by Robin Tucker.

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Saturday, December 27, 2008

Interesting Twitter link from Newsweek regarding Twittertree

Hope everyone is enjoying their Christmas holiday wherever you may be.


Newsweek Interesting: Have you guys played with http://tweetree.com/ ? What do you think? (source: http://twitter.com/newsweek)


Interesting link that Newsweek reported on regarding a different way to view and post to http://twitter.com/.

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Thursday, December 25, 2008

Merry Christmas Everyone



Merry Christmas

from all of us

@

Tucker Manufacturing Co., Inc.
of
Cedar Rapids, Iowa USA

Wednesday, December 24, 2008

Merry Christmas from all of us at Tucker


Our offices will be closing at 1:00 p.m.

on Christmas Eve
in Celebration of Christmas.
Our offices will resume normal operations on Monday, December 29, 2008.
Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays from all of us...


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Charity Spotlight: End Polio Now

Rotary International is working with others to end polio off the face of the earth...
"After 20 years of hard work, Rotary and its partners are on the brink of
eradicating this tenacious disease, but a strong push is needed now to root it
out once and for all. It is a window of opportunity of historic
proportions."
- Rotary International

Learn more here about the efforts to eradicate the world from polio.

Robin Tucker, one of 1.2 million Rotarian's around the world

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Tuesday, December 23, 2008

Merry Christmas & Happy New Year 2008

Our offices for Tucker Manufacturing Co., Inc. of Cedar Rapids, Iowa USA will be closed...
December 25 to 28, 2008 for Christmas
January 1 to 4, 2009 to welcome in the New Year

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Monday, December 22, 2008

Today's Rotary Club Meeting

ROTARY CLUB OF CEDAR RAPIDS
MONDAY, DECEMBER 22, 2008
THE CROWNE PLAZA HOTEL
JIM LEVETT, M.D.
LEADERSHIP OF THE CEDAR RAPIDS MEDICAL COMMUNITY IN DELIVERING QUALITY HEALTH CARE


Robin Tucker is a member of the Rotary Club of Cedar Rapids, which meets most Mondays at 12 p.m.




Thursday, December 18, 2008

The Need for Water around the World


For window cleaning, waterfed pole users want spot free water for the highest quality results. But, for many around the world pure water has a real different meaning. Pure Water For the World is one of the many causes that Rotary International is taking on, in addition to the Polio Plus campaign.

Tommy Tucker is a 2ND generation Rotarian and will celebrate his 45Th year as a Rotarian in 2009, while Robin Tucker is a 3rd generation Rotarian and will celebrate his 20Th year next year. The 100Th Anniversary Convention of Rotary International in 2005 really pointed out the concerns of the lack of pure (potable) water around the world for drinking and cleaning. Both Tommy and Robin had the pleasure of attending the world Rotary International Convention in the Chicago in 2005.

Today, we received the following e-mail from a window washer, Colm Fitzgerald, who wanted to share his message on a water charity they are supporting this year...

Hello

ANITA AND I WANT TO GIVE BACK BY DONATING TO A WATER CHARITY
TO MAKE UP FOR
THE WATER WE USE CLEANING WINDOWS. WE SEND A PORTION OF OUR
INCOME TO THIOS
CHARITY AND WE'D LIKE TO SHARE IT WITH YOU ALL. PLEASE VISIT
OUR PAGE http://www.firstgiving.com/theclearchoice

You
can donate online with a credit card. All donations are secure and sent
directly to WaterAid America Inc by Firstgiving, who will email you a
printable
record of your donation.

Please send my page on to
anyone who might like to donate!

Colm
We want to thank Colm Fitzgerald for sharing his good news this Holiday season.

Further, we want to wish all of you a Merry Christmas, Happy Holidays and a Happy New Year in 2009.

peace

A Little Office Christmas Cheer Today


Our Staff has organized a little Christmas Cheer today, Thursday, December 18, 2008.
From our Staff to You... Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays!

Tuesday, December 16, 2008

Use the Tucker Pole to reach and wash



The original waterfed pole system to reach and wash windows and other exterior surfaces.


Examples of the Tucker Pole in use...

You can reach Customer Service at 1-800-553-8131 or 1-319-363-3591 here in Cedar Rapids, Iowa USA. Our offices are open 8:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Central Time, Monday through Friday, except for holidays.

Upcoming Holidays:
December 25-28, 2008
January 1-4, 2009

Order a Tucker Pole for Christmas... a product that can expand your opportunities in cleaning a variety of surfaces. Introduced as the Tucker® High-Level Window Washer in 1957. Today, people find it great for low and high windows.

Happy Holidays

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Monday, December 15, 2008

Five Weeks from Today in Cedar Rapids, Iowa

We invite you to attend the 2009 Martin Luther King Day Jr. Celebration in Cedar Rapids, Iowa on Monday, January 19, 2009. For more information on the annual event here in Cedar Rapids, please visit the following link.

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Rotary Club of Cedar Rapids: 12/15/2008

MONDAY, DECEMBER 15, 2008
CROWNE PLAZA HOTEL
CLUB HOLIDAY PARTY at Noon
SPOUSES AND GUESTS ARE WELCOME
Tommy and Robin Tucker are members of Rotary International.
http://twitter.com/robin_tucker
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Thursday, December 11, 2008

Social Networking News


Forty Million Americans Now Contribute To Social Networking Sites: Who Are They? per article today in Social Media Biz. Our company recently began utilizing Twitter.

We learned about Twitter through a Rotary International program that Robin Tucker attended. Steve Buttry, the new editor of The Gazette, the local newspaper in Cedar Rapids, Iowa USA spoke about it during a November meeting of the Rotary Club of Cedar Rapids.

stevebuttry Thanks for your questions and comments. I passed them on to Jeff Tecklenburg, our editorial page editor. about 5 hours ago (The sentence to the left is an example of a twitter message) as Steve put it at Rotary... "just 140 characters". (edit - oops, thanks Steve... fitting he's the editor of the paper)!

Feel free to contact us at Tucker about your stories, comments and questions.
"We go to great lengths... Tucker Pole!"
Tucker Manufacturing Co., Inc. of Cedar Rapids, Iowa USA
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Watch out for your service vehicles or others drivers

Over the years, we have spoken to customers who have had a Tucker Pole ran over by a service vehicle. Marlene, in customer service, talked to a end user this week that encountered a similar situation. If you need replacement parts, reconditioning of your equipment or just need to replace your Tucker Pole lost to a driver or a service vehicle... please contact us at 1-800-553-8131 or 1-319-363-3591 by cell phone.

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Wednesday, December 10, 2008

Look for our Ad in the latest issue of the Commercial News USA

The publisher sent us our copy to review today. Later, our Customer Service commented that we received our first inquiry from the advertisement. Our advertisement is found on page 25 of the January/February 2009 issue that is now online.

Tuesday, December 9, 2008

Today's Tucker Local News: Weather and Death

Received the following e-mail this morning...

"Classes in the Cedar Rapids Community School District are CANCELLED today ,
December 9, 2008 , because of hazardous weather conditions."
We are taking it slow outside today in the Greater Cedar Rapids area due to to a winter storm here.

On a sad note here at Tucker Manufacturing Co., Inc.:

Reported to the Window Cleaning Network...

You may have had the pleasure of meeting Gene Siders, when he worked
for Tucker. Gene attended a couple of the window cleaning picnics and
other trade events during his employment with Tucker Manufacturing Co.,
Inc.

Gene, who worked for nearly five years for Tucker, before
his retirement in June 2003, died last Friday, after an unexpected short
illness. Gene was only 67 years old and was survived by his wife of 44
years, Susan; his son, Chris, and other family and friends. Gene would
have celebrated his birthday on Monday.

We wanted to let the World
Group know of Gene's unexpected passing. Our condolences go out to Gene's
family, friends and all those in the industry that had the pleasure of knowing
Gene.

peace

We want to wish everyone a safe travel today and throughout the seasons.

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Monday, December 8, 2008

Robin attended weekly Rotary Club meeting on 12/8/2008

ROTARY CLUB OF CEDAR RAPIDS
MONDAY, DECEMBER 8, 2008
THE CROWNE PLAZA HOTEL
TOM EVANS, M.D.
IOWA HEALTHCARE COLLABORATIVE

Tuesday, December 2, 2008

Using his Tucker® Model 45 ASH on a four story apartment building in Iowa



Here's a couple of pics using my 45ft ASH on a 4 story apartment building today
(he sent the pictures on November 28th). I thought you might like to see them
.

Tony Evans
A New View Window Cleaning
Wellman, Iowa
"We Give You A New View"

We want to thank Tony for sharing the pictures of his Tucker Pole in use. If you have pictures, news or comments about the Tucker Pole or otherwise, that you would like to share with us, please e-mail us or contact us at Tucker Manufacturing Co., Inc. of Cedar Rapids, Iowa USA.

Monday, December 1, 2008

Today, we welcome the month of December 2008 already


December, 2008
Today is December 1, 2008, wow, how quickly the year has passed by in 2008.
December 12-13, 2008 - Six month anniversary of the Flood of 2008 that hit Cedar Rapids, Iowa.
December 25, 2008 - Christmas
Our offices will be closed December 25-26, 2008 for Christmas Holiday. Our normal business hours are 8:30 am to 5 pm, Central Time, Monday-Friday.