Happy St. Joseph's Day everyone!
Today, March 19, 2010 is St. Joseph's Day. Tomorrow, our community will celebrate with the 33rd annual St. Joseph's Day Parade. Traditionally, here in Cedar Rapids, the Irish enjoy St. Patrick's Day and the Czech enjoy St. Joesph's Day. Of course, we can all enjoy celebrating being Irish and Czech once a year.
Tucker Manufacturing Co., Inc. will celebrate our 65Th anniversary this year. We have been located in Cedar Rapids, Iowa USA, since the beginning. Our original location was very close to today's National Czech & Slovak Museum location, that was dedicated in 1995 by presidents Bill Clinton of the United States, Václav Havel of the Czech Republic and Michal Kovác of the Slovak Republic. The National Czech & Slovak Museum was flooded during the Flood of 2008 that impacted our community of Cedar Rapids.In 1945, Tucker Manufacturing Co., Inc. was founded by I.L. (Irv) Tucker, who is Robin Tucker's grandfather. Robin's father, I.L. (Tommy) Tucker began working at Tucker in 1945 as well. Robin's maternal grandmother is a 100% Czech. Robin's father, in his early school days in Cedar Rapids, lived in one of the Czech neighborhoods and attended the original Hayes School in Cedar Rapids. It was common, during Tommy's early years to hear Czech spoken here in our community.
Over the years, the Tucker® Pole Window Washers and Exterior Maintenance Systems have been used at various college and university campuses. We are proud to congratulate the University of Northern Iowa, located in Cedar Falls, in the Panthers first round win in the NCAA Tournament on Thursday night in Oklahoma City. UNI is a customer of the Tucker Pole, along with a variety of colleges and universities.
UNI wins NCAA opener against UNLV, 69-66 - Waterloo Cedar Falls Courier
UNI 69, UNLV 66. That score won't soon be forgotten in the Cedar Valley. "Our program is very proud of the (NCAA Tournament) win we had 20 years ago against ...
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