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The Daily Dose: One Week of School, a Bowling Deal and Waukee's 'Best Dentist'

A little bit of randomness coming your way in Tuesday's Daily Dose.

Hard to believe but students in only have seven days of school left of the 2011-12 school year. I'm probably in denial seeing as how it can't be possible that my baby has already made it through kindergarten. Where did the time go?

Looking for ways to keep the kids in check once summer break starts? You should check out the great Living Social deal for Waukee's own . For $33 you get two hours of bowling for up to four people, shoe rental, pizza and soda. What a steal! The deal ends today so get it while you still can.

Totally off the subject, but have you have the chance to vote in our latest Readers' Choice contest? We're looking for this time around. We've had a great response so far. Check out the five dental practices in the running and put in a vote for your favorite today.

Such exciting news for the and WEDCO. The two organizations that promote and grow the . A grand opening will be held today at their new offices at 236 W. Hickman Rd. beginning at 5 p.m.

I hate to bear bad news but the National Weather Service is forecasting storms after 4 p.m. today. The good news is, until then, it looks like things will be bright, sunny and warm.

Here's the forecast for the next couple days: 

Today: Isolated showers and thunderstorms after 4pm. Mostly sunny, with a high near 85. Southwest wind 10 to 13 mph becoming northwest. Chance of precipitation is 20%.

Tonight: Mostly clear, with a low around 50. North northwest wind between 6 and 14 mph, with gusts as high as 18 mph.

Wednesday: Sunny, with a high near 76. North northeast wind 5 to 7 mph becoming southeast.

Wednesday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 54. South wind between 6 and 8 mph.

Have a great day, Waukee!

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Julia Ziesman June 12, 2013 at 10:28 pm
Could one of the reasons for the population loss in rural Iowa be the lack of decent paying jobs?Read More There are large portions of rural Iowa where there are minimum wage jobs without benefits. Wal-Mart has replaced many small businesses in rural counties. Many of their workers need welfare to survive. The welfare programs that Wal-Mart workers rely on include Medicaid, subsidized housing and food assistance. Meanwhile Wal-Mart and other corporations are setting records for corporate profits. A May 2013 report “The Low-Wage Drag on Our Economy: Wal-Mart’s Low Wages and Their Effect on Taxpayers and Economic Growth” shows how their business model exerts downward pressure on wages. Should we continue to support a created taxpayer-funded social welfare program by corporations? Raising the minimum wage could help alleviate those programs.
Maria Houser Conzemius June 13, 2013 at 11:14 am
Julia Ziesman, I boycott Walmart for the reasons you listed. American taxpayers subsidize Walmart'sRead More low wages and poor benefits with $2.1 billion a year. Collectively, Sam Walton's heirs contributed a whole $6,000 to charity. I looked up the three class-action lawsuits against Walmart that I knew about and found 71. Many lawsuits against Walmart are to try to make courts enforce their many rulings against Walmart. I was really upset when the U.S. Supreme Court refused to allow Walmart women workers' lawsuit against Walmart to proceed as a class-action lawsuit. The lawsuit that shocked me the most was that of a 33-year-old handicapped woman in a wheelchair who wouldn't believe that Walmart had shaved her time card hours in order to pay her less than the pitiful hourly wage she should have earned. Her lawyers had to produce documents to prove to her that Walmart was really that unethical.