Hawkeye Happenings
Sept. 13, 2005--Gov. George E. Pataki and Lee Clancey, new president and CEO of the  Cedar Rapids Area Chamber of Commerce (and a former mayor of Cedar Rapids), at the Chamber of Commerce's 87th Annual Meeting at the Crowne Plaza Hotel.  Pataki spoke to an audience of about 850 people.  He stopped in Cedar Rapids en route to Asia for a trade mission.  

Full schedule:
On September 12 Pataki visited Central Fire Station; attended a dinner at the home of Carey Downs Gibson; and attended a private reception in honor of the past president of the Cedar Rapids Chamber of Commerce at the Cedar Rapids Country Club.  On September 13 he headlined a Linn County Republicans breakfast fundraiser at the Crowne Plaza Hotel, toured the Highway Equipment Company; and was the keynote speaker at Cedar Rapids Area Chamber of Commerce 87th Annual Meeting at the Crowne Plaza Hotel.  Also on the trip he met privately with Republican leaders.

Links
Gov. George E. Pataki
Cedar Rapids Area Chamber of Commerce
Linn County Republicans
 

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