Cedar Rapids Museum hosts kids scrapbooking workshop
The Cedar Rapids Museum of Art hosts a kids scrapbooking workshop titled What I Did On My Summer Vacation from 3 to 5 p.m. Thursday. Participants bring photos. supplies provided. Instructors from the museum and The Shop Next Door share techniques. Registration is $25. register by 4 p.m. today.
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Habitat and bike fundraiser events in Cedar Valley area
Cedar Valley Habitat for Humanity offers a homeownership orientation and application drive from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday at the ReStore 725 N Center Point Rd to inform first time buyers about zero interest programs. The Littleton and Chatham Historical Society hosts its third bike ride fundraiser Saturday with 45 mile and 25 mile routes starting 8:30 a.m. at Littleton Lounge 511 State St Jesup. fees $20 with T shirt or $15 without. registration at biketown or RootsWeb pages. For info call 319 366 4485 or 319 415 1175 or email tony bengston yahoo com.
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New Audio Tour Access at Herbert Hoover Site
Visitors to the Herbert Hoover National Historic Site can call 1 888 244 4178 for a cell phone audio tour at no extra charge beyond phone minutes. The tour replaces the old audio stations and is also available on loaner handheld listening wands from the visitor center at no cost.
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Herbert Hoover National Historic Site
Fido's Fight or Flight Contest Seeks Vacuum Antics
Eureka invites entries for a pet video contest showing a pet reacting to a vacuum cleaner. A 30 second submission earns a $250 Walmart gift card and a Pet Pal upright vacuum. Entries due by August 27 at www eureka.com petcontest.
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Summer Fresh Fruit Medley in a Watermelon Basket
Susan Dunlap highlights a cool, easy summer dish for evening gatherings a colorful fruit medley served in a watermelon basket. The idea combines seasonal fruits into a visually appealing feast suited for hot weather entertaining.
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Susan Dunlap
Fort Worth
Watermelon Basket Craft Tutorial Steps and Garnish
A detailed, step by step guide shows selecting a watermelon, marking a stable base, shaping a basket with a handle, hollowing and filling with bite sized fruit pieces, and finishing with lemon lime garnishes and watermelon spheres attached by toothpicks. The method uses a paring knife large spoon rubber bands and a melon ballet tool for precise edges.
Daylilies and vines: when to prune and control invasive growth
Garden expert guidance from the Akron Beacon Journal covers whether to clip daylily seed pods and scapes after bloom and explains that removing pods usually does not boost current season blooms. It also identifies a climbing purple passion flower as potentially invasive and offers containment tips and winter protection.
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Hemerocallis Society
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