Community events calendar highlights in Marion and nearby towns
Volunteer fair at Marion Home School Assistance Program runs 3 to 6 p.m. free. Minecraft Jr session for K-3 at Iowa City Public Library 3:15 to 4:15 p.m. free. Farmers Market 5 to 7 p.m. at S.T. Morrison Park with produce crafts and foods. Public Speaking club meets 6:15 to 7:30 p.m. at Kirkwood Community College. Health talk on bug borne illnesses 6:30 to 8 p.m. Prairiewoods Center $5. Kali Quinn arts program at Prairiewoods freewill offering.
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Marion
S. 15Th St
Marione
Minecraft Jr
Iowa City
S.T. Morrison Park
Seventh St
Coralville
Hawkeye
Cedar Hall
Kirkwood Community College
Kirkwood Blvd
Cedar Rapids
Kali Quinn
Prairiewoods.org
Prairiewoods Franciscan Spirituality Center
E. Boyson Rd
Hiawathan
Cedar Rapids Youth Police Academy Registration Open 2016
Johnson County opens registration for Cedar Rapids Police Department Youth Academy for grades K to 8 with morning sessions on specific June and July dates. Fee is 25 dollars with parental permission and first-time attendees have priority. Call 319 286 5434 for details. Cedar Rapids Mayor to pledge monarch protection at Monarch Fest with speakers, tours, milkweed plugs, and pollinator gardens. Police Week observances include a ceremony at Chauncey Swan Park with proclamation readings. Hoover Elementary hosts Calder Wills blood drive with local DeGowin donations. Calder, a fifth grader with T cell lymphoma, is in remission but requires ongoing treatment. Call 319 356 2058 or visit uihealthcare blood center online for more information.
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Cedar Rapids Police Department
Cedar Rapids
Ron Corbett
Indian Creek Nature Center
Otis Rd
Monarch Research Project
Iowa
Iowa City
Hoover Elementary School
Calder Wills
Calder
DeGowin Blood Center
Uihealthcare.org
Call
Iowa City Climate Advocates Meet at Library
The Iowa City Climate Advocates will hold its monthly meeting from 7 to 8 30 p.m. Wednesday in Room E at the Iowa City Public Library. The group works on local climate initiatives and lobbies national lawmakers for global warming legislation. Members will write letters to Iowa senators, discuss recent Congressional developments, and plan a climate change speaker bureau. Public welcome with agenda items.
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Climate Advocates
Iowa City Public Library
Iowa
Congress
Teen photographer earns trip to Carnegie Hall
Sarah Kreutner 17 of Vinton earned nine Gold Keys nine Silver Keys six honorable mentions and an American Vision Nomination in the Scholastic Art and Writing Awards regional for Iowa. She won a Visions Award for a black and white photo of her sister earning a trip to New York for June 2 recognition.
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Vinton
Sarah Kreutner
Carnegie Hall
New York City
Kreutner
Iowa
American Vision
Scholastic
Visions
Big Apple
Sophia
Alex Boisjolie
the Gazette
New York
Pet of the Week Icicle at Cedar Valley Humane Society
Icicle a 4 year old spayed female domestic shorthair is available for adoption at the Cedar Valley Humane Society in southeast Cedar Rapids. The shelter at 7411 Mount Vernon Rd SE is open weekdays noon to 7 PM and weekends noon to 5 PM. Call 319 362 6288 for more information. Cats can be adopted for 90 dollars.
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Cedar Valley Humane Society
Cedar Rapids
Mount Vernon Rd
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