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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 23, 2013
Page
9
Twenty trees decorated to represent America's heartland open 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. at the Herbert Hoover Presidential Library Museum 210 Parkside Dr West Branch. Admission ranges from free to six dollars.
Alison Gowans profiles Hollopeter a floral designer from Victor Iowa City and Hy Vee First Avenue as he joins Fiesta Parade Floats heading to Pasadena for the Tournament of Roses. He has helped design and arrange floats using millions of flowers and other plant materials with volunteers and designers across the country.
Two Iowa families, the Burdakin family from Muscatine and the Brockway family from Burlington, will be featured on the Donate Life Rose Parade float. The Tournament of Roses Parade airs January 1 at 10 a.m. on KCRG-TV9 and other channels.
Cedar Rapids Galaxy 16 Cine collected 20 200 cans for Salvation Army during a Cans Film Festival. Ambroz Recreation Center in Cedar Rapids hosts winter break computer camps for ages 10 to 17 run by Youth Tech Inc with fees ranging from 160 to 298 dollars. University of Iowa softball team donates to a family through Children and Families of Iowa, raising at least 600 dollars.
The Iowa Review at the University of Iowa will receive a 15000 dollar Art Works grant from the National Endowment for the Arts. The funding expands the Jeff Sharlet Memorial Award for Veterans contest, open to U.S. military veterans and active duty writers in any genre with a May 15 deadline.
Midnight is an 11 month old neutered male domestic short hair available for adoption at Cedar Valley Humane Society. He is a curious, affectionate, butter-soft cat who enjoys cuddling and exploring his surroundings. He has been at the shelter since November 16. The shelter hours are noon to 7 pm weekdays and noon to 5 pm weekends. Call (319) 362-6288.
Tara Black of Ainsworth was appointed to the Highland Board of Education on December 9 to fill the at large vacancy from Nick Smith resignation. Black, a 1991 Highland graduate, has two children in Highland schools.
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