Community Event Calendar Highlights Local Meetings and Activities
Today's agenda lists multiple county and city meetings from 7:30 a.m. to 9 p.m. in Linn, Cedar, Allamakee, Fayette, Clayton, Delaware, Buchanan, Dubuque, and surrounding areas. Highlights include a blood drive at Lindale Mall, Owl Glass Puppetry Center Open House, an evening Riverside Theatre fundraiser, and the Community Health Free Clinic hours at Jane Boyd House.
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Dysart
Cedar County Board of Supervisors
Tipton
Allamakee
Buchanan County Board of Supervisors
Independence
Dubuque
Lindale Mall
Owl Glass Puppetry Center
West Liberty
Riverside Festival Stage
Lower City Park
Iowa City
Riverside Theatre
Community Health Free
Jane Boyd Community House
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Farmers Markets Schedule At Coralville And Noelridge
Noelridge Farmers Market operates from four to six p.m. at the corner of Collins Road and Council Street. Coralville Farmers Market runs from four to eight p.m. at S T Morrison Park swimming pool parking lot.
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Noelridge Farmers Market
Collins Road
Council Street
Coralville Farmers Market
S.T. Morrison Park
Nussle to Hold Public Forums in West Union and Jesup
U S Representative Jim Nussle of Iowa will host two public forums this Wednesday. He will speak at the Fayette County Courthouse Assembly Room in West Union from 10 to 11 a.m. and at the Jesup Public Library from 2:30 to 3:30 p.m. He plans to update constituents on recent legislative activity and Congress topics.
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U.S
Jim Nussle
Lowa
West Union
Jesup
Fayette County
Nussle
Congress
Farm-loving teen balances chores with 4-H ambitions
Ryan Sieck, 17, of Center Point Urbana High School, cherishes farm life on his family's 300 acre Iowa operation raising calves pigs and cattle He spends about an hour daily caring for livestock and helps in the fields while enjoying the freedom of rural living and his 4-H involvement. He notes urban peers misunderstand farming and wishes for more agricultural classes at school.
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Anne Kapler
The
Gazette
Point
Ryan Sieck
Center Point-Urbana High School
Sieck
Iowa
Ryan
Center Point
Gary Sieck
Center Point- Urbana
Rural Center Point
Linn County Fair keeps focus on youth shows and volunteers
Linn County Fair runs July 11 to 17 in Central City with about 600 youths showing animals crafts and art. The free admission event relies on volunteers and targets youth projects with a simple old time fair atmosphere amid declining attendance.
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Lyle Muller
Gazette
Elizabeth Solbrig
Shueyville
Elizabeth
Larrie
Erin Solbrig
Prairie Middle School
Monroe Hustlers
Bright Eyes
Iowa
Soukup
Linn County Fair Board
Dunn
Jean
Linn County
Cedar Rapids
Marion
Lyle. Muller
Gazettecommunications
Cedar Rapids School Board to Select New Superintendent
The Cedar Rapids school board race features three seats and a national search for Lew Finch's replacement, with interviews planned for October or November. Incumbents Susan McDermott and Westercamp seek re-election, while veteran director Henderson retires. Citizens may file nominating papers by July 31 with 100 signatures.
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Janet Borholmine
Cedar Rapids
Doug Henderson
Henderson
Lew Finch
Susan McDermott
Keith Westercamp
McDermott
Dennis Kral
Kral
Linn County Auditor’s Office
Rorholm
Ecom
Legislators Keep Fair Dollars Coming
Iowa legislators maintain annual funding from gambling revenue for 104 fairs. Each receives about $10,000 to support construction projects and operations. Hawkeye Downs in Cedar Rapids and Keokuk County Fair in Sigourney skipped funding last year for not filing statements. Linn County Fair gains $50,000 from the county, with taxpayers covering 70 percent of its $86,000 budget via a mix of grants and event rentals.
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Association of Iowa
Barry Brauns
Muscatine
Fair Association
Cedar Rapids
Keokuk County
Sigourney
Linn County
County Fair Association
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Linn County Fair President
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