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     <h2 class="date-header">Friday, 11 September 2009</h2>
      
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    <h3 class="post-title">Bring the Whole Family to the Alpine Customer Appreciation Dinner</h3>
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size=2>We owe our success to loyal customers like you. To show our appreciation, 
you are invited to our 5th annual FREE Customer Appreciation Dinner. Please join 
us on Thursday, September 17, 2009 4:30 p.m. to 7 p.m. at our Business Office in 
Elkader. It's sure to be a great end to your work day. <BR><BR>Head to the 
Alpine Customer Appreciation Dinner to: </FONT></P>
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  <LI><FONT face=Verdana color=#333333 size=2>Enjoy a FREE supper&nbsp;- Pork 
  Sandwiches, Potato Chips, Baked Beans, Coleslaw, Ice Cream </FONT>
  <LI><FONT face=Verdana color=#333333 size=2>Visit with friends and neighbors 
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  <LI><FONT face=Verdana color=#333333 size=2>Get to know the Alpine 
  Communications crew </FONT>
  <LI><FONT face=Verdana color=#333333 size=2>Register to win great prizes 
  including a Nintendo Wii! </FONT>
  <LI><FONT face=Verdana color=#333333 size=2>Check out the latest electronics 
  and gadgets in our Retail Center </FONT>
  <LI><FONT face=Verdana><FONT size=2><FONT color=#333333><STRONG>We promise 
  shorter lines and less waiting!</STRONG> </FONT></FONT></FONT></LI></UL><FONT 
face=Verdana color=#333333 size=2>We really hope you're free on September 17th 
and can join the celebration at our Customer Appreciation Dinner. After all 
you've done for us; it's a pleasure to do this for you. Bring your kids (and 
your appetite) and join the party. You'll be happy you did! 
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		<p class="profile-textblock">Alpine Communications has been providing telephone, Internet, and security services to six rural exchanges in northeast Iowa since 1997.   Alpine also offers cable TV service to seven nearby communities.  A new retail center, Web hosting/design, computer security, and business phone system sales and service are Alpine's other areas of specialization.  A fiber-to-the-home project was recently completed in Elkader and Guttenberg.

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