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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 27, 2014
Page
6
Cedar Rapids Police Department hosts a free talk about current fraud schemes aimed at seniors at Garnett Place Retirement Community from 5:30 to 6:30 p.m. RSVP urged. Also a resource fair 5:30 to 7 p.m. at Peoples Church Unitarian with Linn County Prevention Coalition.
Alison Gowans reports on the Great March for Climate Action led by Ed Fallon. The nearly 3000 mile trek began March 1 from Los Angeles aiming to reach Washington D C by November 1 with stops including Iowa City in August. Miriam Kashia joins from North Liberty along with Des Moines area participants in a caravan that camps along the route and carries a gear truck and kitchen truck. The group endures extreme weather while urging action on climate change and political will.
Miriam Kashia and a dedicated core walk the route while others handle communications and outreach. Rallies unfold in towns along the path as 3x5 cards from the public are collected to deliver to lawmakers in Washington.
The Lowe’s Toolbox for Education grant of 5000 dollars funds Prairie Crest Elementary PTO landscaping to integrate science studies. A dedication ceremony is at 10 15 a m Thursday, followed by a Movie Under the Stars event at 7 30 p m Friday for staff, families, sponsors, and volunteers. More info at prairiepride.org/crest.
Capri College offers a free service to cancer survivors on June 3 in Dubuque Cedar Rapids and Davenport. Guests may choose hair styling thermal style conditioner treatment paraffin hand treatment or facial. Appointments are first come first served and supervised by instructors.
Willowwind sixth graders Demetrious Ramirez and Mira Kumar selected to represent Iowa at the National History Fair in Washington D C in June. They join a group of 33 Iowa students advancing to the national competition. Willowwind teacher Rachel De Maris will accompany them and attend a teacher training program on Civil Rights and the First Amendment. The Regis Board approved a new iPad initiative for all eighth graders next year to foster a paperless classroom, funded by Regis Royal Night Committee without extra tuition costs.
Eastern Iowa Anamosa hosts the Grant Wood Memories Celebration at Antioch School in Grant Wood Park on June 8. Paint-n-Palette Art Gallery opens 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tours free. Elgin area offers a fish event June 7 for Take a Kid Outdoors with fishing education and gear checkout while Grout Museum District and Black Hawk Astronomy Club plan two star parties in June at Prairie Grove Park and Hoover Middle School Observatory.
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