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Uptown girls open salon Dem. Mowrer
seeking Iowa sec. of state post
DES MOINES (AP) — A former congressional candidate says he’s running to be Iowa’s secretary of state. Democrat Jim Mowrer told The Des Moines Register that he wants to ensure voter access in Iowa elections and modernize the state’s business filing system. Mowrer Mowrer also faulted incumbent Repub-
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Cosmetologists Leah Day, left, and Tami Day smile for the camera in their new salon, Uptown Styles, located at 311 W. Adams St. The mother-daughter duo provides hair and waxing services.
Uptown Styles is located on West Adams Street and offers various hair and waxing services. ■
By BAILEY POOLMAN
CNA staff reporter bpoolman@crestonnews.com
Peering through an industrialized piece of art covering the main window, you see black cabinets with silver fronts, spiky light fixtures and clean wooden floors. The modern industrial look doesn’t take away from the ladies running the new uptown salon. Uptown Styles, at 311 W. Adams St., is managed by Tami Day and her daughter Leah Day. While it may be
small, sandwiched between the Strand Theatre and Jade Garden, the business has kept a revolving door. Tami, 55, who was a stylist formerly located in her homegrown business of Homestyle Salon for about 20 years, and Leah, 24, a cosmetologist fresh out of school, banded together to open the salon June 5. “When Leah went to cosmetology school, we decided we needed a little bit more space. So we rented this,” Tami said. “I grew up watching my mom do hair,” Leah said. “We’d be in and out of the salon all the time. So, I think that’s how I fell in love with it.” The space was rented in late March, and after a total renovation inside, the space now boasts the clean, professional look the duo was
looking for. “We had to literally, from the ceiling to the floor, redo everything,” Tami said. “It was crazy. Plus working at my shop. And her dad, my husband, did a lot of the work.” “But you guys are a good team,” Leah said. “She thinks of everything super creative, and then my dad, he’s the one who brings it to life, makes it work. They make a good pair.” The lighting was the most difficult part, as Tami wanted specific fixtures which ended up providing less light than they needed for styling. In the end, they used fun fixtures and regular fluorescent lighting. The name came next. Tami was styling a client’s hair and the two began talking. The client told her about an old theatre that
used to be located along West Adams Street called Uptown Theatre, and the name stuck. The two, Tami, a 1985 graduate of Hair Tech School of Cosmetology and Leah, a May graduate of La James in Des Moines, keep fairly busy at their space and hope to eventually expand to a larger one in the future. Currently, they provide men’s, women’s and children’s hair cuts, colors and treatments, formal occasion styles and facial waxing. “My mom’s more old school when it comes to things, and I like to try the trendier stuff,” Leah said. “But, we bounce ideas off each other, which is super cool.” “I’ve used her ideas, SALON | 2A
lican Secretary Paul Pate’s management of the office, faulting him for an Election Day incident in which more than 5,800 votes were not counted in Dallas County last year. Pate’s office certified the results, which was made by county officials and didn’t affect the outcome of any race. Pate’s office also caught the error months later. Pate hasn’t formally announced whether he’ll seek another term. Mowrer, of Des Moines, lost bids for Congress in 2014 and 2016.
Trump set to embark on 1st vacation since inauguration WASHINGTON (AP) — Donald Trump once questioned the wisdom of taking vacations. “What’s the point?” he asked. But now the president is getting ready to join the annual August exodus from this town he calls “the swamp.” Trump is due to set out Friday on his first extended vacation from Washington since the inauguration — a 17-day getaway to his private golf club in central New Jersey. The president’s vacation could be driven, in part, by necessity. Everyone who works in the White House West Wing, including the Oval Office occupant himself, will be forced to clear out by week’s end so that the government can replace the balky, 27-year-old heating and cooling system. But the White House hasn’t been entertaining questions about the president’s August plans. Asked whether Trump would be leaving Washington this month, given his recent warning that Congress should stick around until
they vote on health care legislation, White House spokeswoman Sarah Huckabee Sanders said Tuesday: “We’ll continue to keep you guys updated on his August schedule as those details are finalized.” Trump and his supporters like to tout his disdain for taking vacations, when the truth is he takes them constantly. “Don’t take vacations. What’s the point? If you’re not enjoying your work, you’re in the wrong job,” Trump wrote in his 2004 book, “Trump: Think Like a Billionaire.” He told Larry King in an interview that year that “most of the people I know that are successful really don’t take vacations. Their business is their vacation. I rarely leave. You know that,” Trump said. “You and I are friends. How often do you see me going away?” Actually, Trump gets out of town quite often. So far, he has spent 13 of his 28 weekends in office away TRUMP | 2A
Child killed, 9 people hurt in Waterloo collision CNA photo by CARTER ECKL
Sweet corn: Tammy Dillinger of Creston holds up an ear of sweet corn Thursday morning out of the back of the trade-
mark 1954 Chevrolet at a Gates’ Sweetcorn stand located on West Adams Street. This year is the 40th year of sales for Gates’ Sweetcorn. Dillinger has been selling with Gates’ Sweetcorn for 26 years.
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