| Java B Good makes most of menu, location
Since the time he was a teenager working at the Hyperion Field Club, Bryan Marker has loved the food-service industry.
Over the decades, he's worked at a host of Des Moines dining establishments: the Hotel Fort Des Moines, Perkins, the Des Moines Art Center and Grounds for Celebration - where he was a partner in the business.
His latest restaurant venture is Java B Good, a coffee shop and cafe he opened last summer with partner Chris Erickson in the Boesen florist shop at 3801 Ingersoll Ave.
"First and foremost, I enjoy customer service," Marker said, explaining why he opened Java B Good. "I'm like a bartender - without booze here - I really am. And I've got great employees. I respect them and in turn, they respect me. We have fun, and we have fun with our customers."
Boesen has long housed a coffee shop in its Ingersoll location.
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Teacher breakfast welcomes more than 500 new hires
Wakeland High School cafeteria was bursting at the seams as the annual new teacher breakfast, hosted by the Frisco Chamber of Commerce and underwritten by title sponsor Texans Credit Union and host sponsor Frisco Independent School District, was celebrated Thursday.About 509 new teachers have been hired to begin the new school year, according to information provided by David Boles and Ronnie Elmore of the Human Resources Department of Frisco Independent School District. That number does not include all of the new bus drivers, food service workers, receptionists, and other non-education related jobs required to keep FISD running.Chamber members shared the responsibility for sponsoring individual teachers and providing items for goody bags and door prizes. EDS Credit Union sponsored 50 or more teachers this year.
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