By Gregg Hennigan, The Gazette

IOWA CITY Iowa Citys police chief wants more regulations on taxis to improve public safety, but some owners of taxi companies are protesting the financial effect that would have on them.

I dont know why the city controls all this. This is my own business, said Rafat Alawneh, who runs Number One Cab. It doesnt seem like we have freedom.

The recommendations from Police Chief Sam Hargadine come after a series of alleged assaults on women by Iowa City taxi drivers last fall and winter.

In addition to that, Hargadine said its not uncommon for cabs to be used in crimes or drivers to be victims themselves.

Taxi companies, however, are not always able to provide timely and accurate information on vehicles and drivers, he said. As an example, Hargadine said during the assault investigation last winter, officers spent more than 200 hours tracking down drivers and compiling information because the business owner did not know who all of his drivers were.

Many companies hire drivers as independent contractors. They use their own cars under the companys name rather than being actual employees of the business. In fact, when recently asked by the city, many owners could only guess at the number of drivers they had, Hargadine said.

As of Friday there were 94 vehicles from 10 companies registered as taxis in Iowa City, although that increases daily as the busy football season and cooler weather approaches, City Clerk Marian Karr said.

Hargadine is recommending companies be required to hire drivers as employees of the business and own the vehicles. He also wants:

l Companies to have unique color schemes so people can better identify to which company a cab belongs.

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Tom Wright, Reporter Sunday, August 10, 2014 7:40 AM

AN ARTIST has hit out at the thoughtless destruction of a piece of artwork she donated to Weston General Hospital.

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Rosie Smith gave a ceramic tile painting of Weston promenade in 1993 only to now find out by chance it was destroyed last year, despite a contract with the hospital saying it must inform her if any damage was sustained.

It was displayed in the Quattock Unit but during renovation work last year appears to have been discarded.

Mrs Smith raised her concerns with the hospital board, which has since told her it will investigate with the contractors what happened.

She only realised what happened to her painstaking creation, when she paid a visit to the ward recently.

Mrs Smith said: I am hugely distressed at the thoughtless destruction of a piece of artwork that I feel to have been amongst my best.

The lost painting represents over four months of work. Its unbearable to think it ended up in a builders skip.

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Photo by Cliff Buchan Terry Tolzmann is the man in charge at Tolzmann Painting. He is carrying on the tradition started by his father, Ray Tolzmann, and his grandfather, August Tolzmann. Here, he paints the fascia board on a boathouse on Manitou Island in White Bear Lake.

When it comes to painting as a profession, some are cut out for it; others are not.

Around Forest Lake and Wyoming, the Tolzmann family is now in its fourth generation of family members who have made their living by painting and paper hanging. Its a family tradition that goes back more than 100 years.

Officially, 2014 marks the 100th anniversary of the familys involvement in the trade, but it probably started even earlier, said cousins Terry Tolzmann and Brian Tolzmann. Records from residential directors published in St. Paul in 1905 lists August Tolzmann, their grandfather, as a painter and paper hanger.

Family history also speculates that August Tolzmann was working in the profession, possibly as early as 1900 in St. Paul when he was 19.

No matter the number of years, it is clear painting is in the Tolzmanns blood and in particular in Terry Tolzmanns blood. He is the owner and operator of Tolzmann Painting today, a continuation of the business founded by his grandfather. It has been a business that has seen a host of Tolzmann men joining the ranks, but on scales that differ widely.

An early start

It was an early start in the business for Terry Tolzmann, the son of Ray Tolzmann. Terry was a sophomore in high school here in 1972 when he first took his turn with a paint brush.

He recalls his fathers command clearly to this day: Come on, schools out. You are coming with me, Ray Tolzmann barked to his son.

It was OK with me, Terry said. It was work. I helped him every summer after that.

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Phoenix, AZ (PRWEB) August 07, 2014

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EASTON, Pa. -

Drivers should anticipate traffic delays lasting up to 15 minutes during overnight hours along both directions of Route 22 at the Easton-Phillipsburg Toll Bridge through Aug. 8.

The Delaware River Joint Toll Bridge Commission announced the travel restrictions are needed to allow contractors to remove painting containment and overhead platform apparatus that had been installed as part of a two-year rehabilitation project at the busy toll bridge.

Stoppages of up to 15 minutes may occur at any time during the following periods:

Weeknights (Sunday to Thursday) -- 8 p.m. to 5 a.m.; Friday night -- 8 p.m. to 7 a.m.; Saturday 8 p.m. to 8 a.m.

Anyone planning to use Route 22 is advised to allow extra time to reach destinations or use alternative routes.

Fourth Street in Easton is the stoppage point for Route 22 eastbound traffic.

The toll plaza in Phillipsburg is the stoppage point for Route 22 westbound traffic.

The two-tier painting platform and various containment measures being removed consist of chain-link fencing, tarps, outriggers, cables and multiple fasteners.

The interconnected structure was suspended over the bridges traffic lanes, giving travelers the impression of driving through a tunnel instead of over a bridge.

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Waterloo, Ontario (PRWEB) July 31, 2014

Paramount Painting & Renovations Inc has earned the highest possible customer satisfaction rating of 5 stars for three consecutive years, winning it a third straight Talk of the Town Customer Satisfaction Award in the Contractors Home Improvement & Remodeling category.

Kitchener-Waterloo-based Paramount Painting & Renovations Inc has been in business for more than a decade, serving residential and commercial clients in the Tri-Cities. During that time, Paramount Painting & Renovations Inc has built a large, growing base of repeat customers due to quality work and excellent customer service.

Our customer satisfaction guarantee is of utmost importance here at Paramount Painting & Renovations Inc, says Project Manager Kyle OBrien. It is defined by our transparency, honesty and trust, and revolves around making clients part of the process. Our every action seeks to strengthen the relationship between client and company so that they operate one in the same.

The companys efforts have been noticed by customers who have praised Paramount Painting & Renovations Inc, which earned the company its third straight Talk of the Town Award (http://www.talkofthetownnews.com). This consecutive award for outstanding customer satisfaction is symbolic for us, acknowledging that we have stayed true to our values and upheld what is most important to us the clients.

Despite the numerous awards, Paramount Painting & Renovations Inc is not resting. We have devoted a great amount of time to improving our estimating process, says OBrien. We have made it so each individual aspect of the job is broken down clearly and concisely, yielding a more comprehensive and transparent process which allows clients to completely understand how we come up with our pricing.

Continuing education also remains a focus of the company. We have continued to further our education, fostering our intrinsic desire to develop our expertise and ensuring our service is defining new standards of excellence in the painting and renovations forum.

We want to thank our customers for their continued support and the opportunity to help them transform their living environments into something we can all be proud of, says OBrien.

Paramount Painting & Renovations is located at 490 Dutton Drive, Unit B2 in Waterloo, Ontario, Canada. For more information about the companys services, call 519-501-4420 or go online to http://www.paramount-renovations.com; you can also visit the company on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/paramountrenovations.

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