Earth Week Blitz fruit tree planting at Lowe Park
A fruit tree planting event as part of Earth Week Blitz brings around 12 trees to Lowe Park Arts and Environment Center in Marion. Volunteers and city staff will plant mulch and fence the trees with partners Transamerica Linn County Master Gardeners Blue Zones Project Marion. The event runs 10 a.m. at Lowe Park in Marion.
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Coe College Arts Sale and Local Events Highlight Iowa City
Coe College hosts the 35th annual Student Art and Pottery Sale from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday on the Sinclair Auditorium grounds featuring ceramics photographs prints drawings and paintings with proceeds supporting student lab fees and materials. Also public meetings and model show events by the Lincoln Highway Heritage Byway and International Plastic Modelers Society offer community access and family activities in Iowa City area.
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Community fishing event and Alzheimer’s fundraiser announced
TAKO Fin and Feather and the Iowa DNR host a free fishing event Saturday 9:30 a.m. to noon at Terry Trueblood Recreation Area Iowa City with limited poles and personal gear encouraged. A 2015 fishing license is required for 16 and older and trout stamps for trout fishing. University of Iowa students invite residents to a charity variety show May 1 at Memorial Union Second Floor Ballroom with free admission and donations to Walk to End Alzheimer's. Also noted NSPA honors six West Side Story staffers for 2015 at the Spring National convention in Denver.
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Community event roundup Cedar Falls West Union Iowa
AMVETS Post 49 hosts a scrap metal drive from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday and Sunday with bins at the end of the parking lot and staff to unload. Proceeds support veterans projects. TAKO and Echo Valley State Park hold a Take a Kid Outdoors event at 10 a.m. Saturday with antler hunts archery fishing and more. Tree planting by the National Park Service occurs Saturday at Hoover site as part of National Park Week. The Carter House Museum in Elkader hosts a Spring Tea at 1 p.m. featuring Mary Todd Lincoln vinettes for the Civil War anniversary. Tickets at 563-245-2682.
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Veterans urged to share stories in new VA program
The Aw City VA Health Care System launches My Life My Story to add veterans personal anecdotes to medical records. Iowa City VA is among six centers in a pilot aimed at giving veterans a voice in their charts through interviews, drafting, and review, with 100 stories targeted by Sept. 30.
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