North Liberty Optimist Club Spreads Holiday Food Aid
The North Liberty Optimist Club and Penn Elementary School workers collected nearly $3,000 in groceries to assemble holiday food boxes for up to 80 families in the North Liberty area. Volunteers loaded peanut butter cereal and other staples from Aldi into multiple vehicles and delivered the boxes for distribution to Garner Penn and Van Allen elementary schools during winter break.
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North Liberty Optimist Club
Aldi
John Fisher
Owa City
Penn
North Liberty
Iowa City
Garner
van Allen
Sandra Gay
Family Resource Center
Optimist Club of
North Liberty Family Resource Center
Mary Mitchell
Optimist Club
Local Youth Clubs Spread Kindness Across Cedar Rapids
Six teams from the Boys and Girls Clubs of Cedar Rapids visited stores malls and businesses on December 22 giving random acts of kindness. They funded meals paid for groceries and delivered flowers while bake sales and coupon book sales raised over 450 to cover costs with help from Hy-Vee stores Corn Fusion Pecks Flower Shop and The Popcorn Shoppe. Prairiewoods earns LEED Gold becoming Iowa s first nonprofit with the honor and plans community green initiatives. In Mount Vernon the Uptown Theatre faces renovation with a First Street Community Center telethon set for March 22 and 23 to raise funds, with a silent auction and donations sought at (819) 210-9935.
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Boys & Girls Clubs
Cedar Rapids
Mount Vernon Road
Johnson Avenue
Pecks
Prairiewoods
Iowa
U.S. Green Building Council
Franciscan Sisters of Perpetual Adoration
Laurie Harris
Uptown
First Street
First Street Community Center
Frank Benesh
Martin Luther King Jr speaks at Grinnell College on Oct 29 1967
John Johnson reports that Martin Luther King Jr spoke in Darby Gymnasium on the Grinnell College campus in Grinnell on October 29 1967. The address drew students and faculty for a civil rights era event.
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Martin Luther King Jr
Darby Gymnasium
Grinnell College
Grinnell
UI King Celebration Honors Civil Rights Leader at Iowa
University of Iowa marks a January King Day celebration with events led by Isabel Wilkerson, a reading of The Mountaintop, a Unity March, Time to Remember address, and a Rights-A-Palooza cultural fair. The schedule lists walk details, venue names, and times across January 21 to 31, plus a library fine structure update in Coralville.
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University of Iowa
Martin Luther King Jr
Isabel Wilkerson
Katori Hall
Pentacrest
Old Capitol Museum
Old Capitol Senate
Iowa Memorial Union
Wilkerson
Prem Sahai
America
Department of Theatre Arts
Darwin Turner Action Theatre
E.C. Mabie Theatre
Mlk.uiowa.edu
Dan Gable to Speak at Vinton Unlimited Meeting
World champion and former University of Iowa wrestler Dan Gable will be the guest speaker at Vinton Unlimited. The event is March 1 at Tilford Elementary, with dinner options and ticket prices for members and non members. Tickets go on sale for members now and non members on January 16. For more information contact Nathan Vintonia.
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University of Iowa
Dan Gable
Vinton Unlimited
Tilford Elementary
E. 13Th St
Farmers Savings Bank & Trust
B Ave
Nathan
Vintonia
Iowa Purdue women’s game supports Camp Courageous
The January 20 basketball game at Carver Hawkeye Arena features Iowa versus Purdue with proceeds aiding Camp Courageous. Tickets through Camp Courageous cost 5 dollars, public entry is 10 dollars at the door, whiteout event with Big Ten Network telecast. Call 319 465 5916 ext 2100 or visit campcourageous.org.
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Iowa
Purdue
Carver-Hawkeye Arena
Camp Courageous
Big Ten
Campcourageous.org
Before 52340 A Place in Time chronicles Clear Creek history
Local history book traces settlement of Clear Creek Township and Tiffin in Johnson County. Linda Schreiber and Kris Morlan students gathered oral histories, with photos and memorabilia from residents. The work covers schools, officials, veterans, landowners, maps, and early businesses. Available at Springmier Community Library and The Depot in Tiffin, or by mail for 35 dollars plus 6 shipping. proceeds benefit Springmier Library.
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Clear Creek Township
Tiffin
Johnson County
Linda Schreiber
Community News
Kris Morlan
Clear Creek Amana High School
Tiffin and
Springmier
Marengo Rd
Clear Creek Amana
Depot
Springmier Library
Christmas Day Activities You Can Do At Home
The article suggests staying in on December 25 with ideas like building a winter snow scene, playing board games, baking cookies, and catching new films such as Les Misérables Django Unchained Parental Guidance and Silver Linings Playbook. It notes most places are closed except some businesses.
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Viovie
Hugh Jackman
Anne Hathaway
Quentin Tarantino
Billy Crystal
Bette Midler
Bradley Cooper
Jennifer Lawrence
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Meredith Hines-Dochterman
the Gazette
Margaret Rios
Darlene Smith
Meredith
Hinesdochterman
Sourcemedia
Cliff Jette
Linn County
Hiawatha
Mount Vernon
Coralville
Coralville Public Library
Fifth St
Gable
Monticello
WWW
Hooplawow.com
Mother Nature
TheGazette.com
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