Lakes Boost Eastern Iowa Parks with Lake Restoration Plans
The Gazette reports the DNR Lake Restoration Program completed Lake Darling in Brighton and plans a 3.5 million renovation for Pleasant Creek Lake near Palo this year. Three more lakes in East Iowa county parks Central Park Jones County Union Grove Tama County and F W Kent Johnson County await upgrades.
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Lake Darling
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Pleasant Creek Lake
Palo
Central Park
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Union Grove
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Johnson County
George Antoniou
Scott Michaelson
DNR
Antoniou
Dennis Goemaat
Linn County Conservation Department
Linn County
Pinicon Ridge
Wapsipinicon
Goemaat
Iowa Band Law Ties Elsie Dockendorff to Major Landers Legacy
In Washington Iowa Elsie Dockendorff recalls the 1921 Iowa Band Law championed by state Rep John Henry Stimson and Major George Landers. The law spurred town bands across the state, including Pleasant Ridge where Elsie’s family and community built a thriving music scene with farmers-turned-musicians.
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Red Cedar Chamber Music
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George Landers
Stimson
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Harold
Stimsons’ Place
Farmers’ Band
Wallaces Farmer Magazine
Iowa State University
Iowa Bandmaster’s Association
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