http://thestory.org/archive/the_story_555_Cooking_Underwater.mp3 Alice Evans runs a catering business out of a basement in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. She's just now emerging from the chaos of last month's floods. Plone 2.0 http://thestory.org/archive/the_story_555_Cooking_Underwater.mp3/logo.jpg http://thestory.org/archive/the_story_555_Cooking_Underwater.mp3 <h4>Cooking underwater<br /></h4><p class="imageleft"><img class="image-left" src="resolveuid/935f87d3e9fb6efc6bc891a867d361c4" alt="Alice Evans" height="100" width="100" />Alice Evans</p><p>Clean up efforts are well underway in Iowa, but life is not back to normal for many of the flood victims.</p><p>Chef Alice Evans says she's hopeful her downtown catering business will flourish again. She was just days away from opening a new cafe when her kitchen was destroyed in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. As the floodwaters crept down her block, Alice and her business partner had to rush to a catering job. On the drive home, they saw water circling roof tops. Alice tells Dick Gordon why the flood has only strengthened her resolve to make her business a success.<br /></p><ul><li>Learn more about Alice's business, <a href="http://www.mypersonalchefcr.com/mypersonalchef.htm" target="_self">My Personal Chef</a></li></ul><p><a class="addbtn" href="http://www.publicradio.org/applications/formbuilder/user/form_display.php?form_code=608cc948ba9b" target="_self">Contact Us</a></p><h4>Your story - Richard Simmons and Me</h4><p class="imageleft"><a title="Devin Singley and Richard Simmons" href="resolveuid/ac8c8fd13305e4c24f93148fa8d303a7" target="_self"><img class="image-left" src="resolveuid/33a797bb323e04d7ec6e507bc23e56d7" alt="Devin Singley and Simmons 1" height="115" width="100" /></a>Richard Simmons and Devin Singley - <a title="Devin Singley and Richard Simmons" href="resolveuid/ac8c8fd13305e4c24f93148fa8d303a7" target="_self">more &gt;&gt;</a><br /></p><p>Devin Singley was visiting his sister in Italy with his mom one spring break when they ran into none other than Richard Simmons. Devin laughs with Dick about what that encounter, and another one years later, taught him about the aging exercise star and himself.<br /></p><p><a class="addbtn" href="http://www.publicradio.org/applications/formbuilder/user/form_display.php?form_code=608cc948ba9b" target="_self">Contact Us</a></p><p></p><div></div> Wed, 09 Jul 2008 05:00:00