Hooverfest at Hoover Historic Site features fishing expo and concerts
The Hooverfest celebration at the National Historic Site in West Branch runs 8 am to 7 pm with a fishing expo, aquariums, hands on activities, food vendors, and performances by area bands. The event includes a Hooverball National Championship in Beranek Park and a nighttime memorial program with a procession to the gravesite. Gov. Culver and Belgian ambassador Struye de Swielande will speak.
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Coast Guard Auxiliary
Iowa Dnr
Mississippi River Museum
Hawkeye Fly Fishing Association
University of Iowa Natural History Museum
Iowa
Hoover
Beranek Park
Hoover Presidential Library
West Branch
Hoover Visitor Center
Hoover Presidential Library Association
Hooverassociation.org
Main Street
Village Green
National Historic Site
Iowa Children’s Museum
Hoover Museum
Hoover Gravesite
Hoover Presidential Library Museum
Iowa National Guard
Ron Steele
Kwwl-Tv
Waterloo
Chet Culver
Dominique Struye de Swielande
Tipton
Scene and Heard photo tip from The Gazette
Community Editor Diana Nollen invites readers to submit social and charitable event photos for Scene and Heard. Send details including event description date location attendance and fundraising amount if any. Include full names and cities of residence for pictured people.
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Scene & Heard
Diana Nollen
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Preservationist Paul Christiansen Visits Namesake Prairie
E. Iowa preservationist Paul Christiansen tours a seven acre prairie named for him at Indian Creek Nature Center in Cedar Rapids. The event on June 6 included Essence of Life Hospice, A-1 Home Healthcare and Cornell College emeritus biology professor Christiansen, who devoted his career to tall grass prairie work.
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Essence of Life Hospice
Indian Creek Nature Center
A-1 Home Healthcare
Paul Christiansen
Christiansen
Essence of Life
Cornell College
Mount Vernon
Cedar Rapids
Shannon Smith-Aldama
Danielle Kimm
Richard Pope
Tom Walsh
Barb Christiansen
Brandi Maas
Kimm
Blairstown
Community event notices span Cedar Rapids to Dyersville
A dense list of upcoming local notices includes recitals at Clermont School with Vee Dixon, storytimes at Marion Public Library, Harry Potter birthday activities at Science Station IMAX Cedar Rapids, and a Cedar Rapids Home Run Derby for ages 12 and under. Also listed are class reunions, adoption meetings, metal detecting club meeting, and various congregate meals and senior programs across the region.
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Cedar Rapids
McLeod Busse
First St
Veterans Memorial Stadium
Aarbaea Crt Om Konatorens
Dyersville
St. Clement's Bankston School
LeGrand’s
Stonefront
Wilson High School
Zindricks
16Th Avenue
Pizza Village
Edgewood Road
Annabell Weaver
Hazleton
Hazleton School
Hazleton Iowa City Park
Cedar Rapids — Jefferson
Clarion Hotel
Kingston Stadium
Craft and Bake Sale for Elliot at Puppy Playground
Community event in Marion and Hiawatha features a craft and bake sale to fund a mobility cart for Elliot the cat who was born with scoliosis. The sale offers baked goods crafts dog and cat items bookmarks cards magnets and pet portrait raffle with contact (319) 743-0500.
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Hiawatha
Elliot
Puppy Playground
Center Point Rd
Artist Diane Kunzier Discusses Midwestern Landscapes
Diane Blair Kunzier, artist in residence at the Herbert Hoover National Historic Site, will speak at 1 p.m. Sunday at the Visitor Center about her paintings exploring Midwestern landscapes.
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West Branch
Herbert Hoover National Historic Site
Diane Blair Kunzier
Glidden
Marion building permits issued for homes and upgrades
The Gazette lists Marion permits for new residential and commercial builds valued over fifty thousand dollars. Entries include multiple single family dwellings on Antrim Court and Pennington Drive, a three unit multifamily on Prairie Bend Circle, several Hunters Field Lane homes, school roof repairs at Linn-Mar High, and other projects from firms like Ben Heath Construction Garman Home Inc and Academy Homes.
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Marion
Antrim Ct
Ben Heath Construction
Garman Home Inc
Barrington Ct
Andy Neal
Bedford Ct
Hunters Field Lane
Todd Gassman
Jasper St
Premiere Developers
Pennington Dr
Palmer Developing Inc
Prairie Bend Circle
Morris Wood Enterprises
Saddleback Rd
Jerry's Homes
Windemere Way
Sunderman Construction
10Th St
Linn-Mar High School
Beechwood Lane
Skogman Homes
Flagstick Dr
Academy Homes
Kris Hill Co
Hunters Field
J Murphy Homes
Marion Building Department
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Richard Paulus
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Mill St
Vee Dixon
Ftate
State University
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State Historical Society
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Joan Deassoci
Marion Public Library
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Tomie DePaola
Ellis Park
Richtechielt
Panera Bread
Edgewood Rd
Cedar
Cooper's Mill
F Ave
Peace Christian Reformed Church
C Ave
Kuba Annex
Second St
Darrell Broderick
Outback Steakhouse
First Ave. SE
Witwer Senior Center
Ely
Rowley St
Mount Vernon-Lisbon
Linn
S. Washington
Lisbon
Palo
St. Mark's United Methodist Church
Johnson Ave. NW
Springville
Broadway
Second Ave
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