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LAST NIGHT, NEARLY 200 PEOPLE ATTENDED THE ANNUAL BELLEVUE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE DINNER AT HORIZON HALL.    AFTER DINNER, AWARDS WERE PRESENTED AND THE GUEST SPEAKER WAS BELLEVUE'S OWN DAVE NORTH.   DAVE IS CEO OF SEDGWICK, A WORLD-WIDE FIRM THAT ASSISTS INDUSTRIES WITH INSURANCE CLAIMS FOR THEIR EMPLOYEES.

IT'S A $BILLION-DOLLAR-A-YEAR COMPANY, BASED IN MEMPHIS.   THEY HAVE

OFFICES ALL OVER THE COUNTRY, INCLUDING TWO IN DUBUQUE AND

JUST RECENTLY OPENED ONE IN BELLEVUE, THAT EMPLOYS 55 PEOPLE.

DAVE'S WIFE, PENNY AND 11 YEAR OLD DAUGHTER, MOVED TO

BELLEVUE 6 YEARS AGO SEEKING SMALL TOWN LIVING.   THEY 

RESTORED ONE OF BELLEVUE'S OLDER LARGE HOMES ON A BLUFF OVERLOOKING THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER.   THE BEAUTIFUL HOME IS WELL LIGHTED AT NIGHT....YOU CAN'T MISS IT.   IN THE PAST YEAR, PENNY CAME UP WITH THE IDEA TO USE "BELLEVUE ROCKS" AS A PROMOTIONAL THEME FOR THE COMMUNITY.    THE CHAMBER LIKED IT AND EVERYONE IS EXCITED ABOUT IT.    NEW BLUE BANNERS IN PHOTO  ABOVE GO UP SOON AND PENNY WROTE A SONG CALLED "BELLEVUE ROCKS" AND SANG IT LAST NIGHT ... THEN DID IT A SECOND TIME WITH EVERYONE JOINING IN THE CHORUS.      WHY "BELLEVUE ROCKS"?    CALL, EMAIL OR STOP IN AND VISIT WITH CHAMBER DIRECTOR COLLEEN MYER AND SHE'LL  BE HAPPY TO EXPLAIN THE UPBEAT MOOD OF BELLEVUE THESE DAYS, THANKS TO MANY THINGS.   DAVE NORTH'S NEW OFFICE IN BELLEVUE, A NEW HOTEL GOING UP AND MUCH MORE.    BELLEVUE LIKES THE DAVE NORTH FAMILY AND THE FEELING IS MUTUAL.    IN CONCLUDING HIS REMARKS LAST NIGHT, HE SAID HE HOPES

THEY LIKE HIM BECAUSE THEY ARE IN BELLEVUE TO STAY!

GOOD NEWS FOR BELLEVUE, MAQUOKETA AND ALL OF JACKSON COUNTY!

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