Community events spotlight local history and culture
Cedar Rapids hosts a Mother Mosque forum at Basile Hall Mount Mercy University exploring its symbolic status and local attitudes toward Muslims. Iowa City offers Women in Politics talk by Jay Newton-Small with panel and book signing at Old Capitol. Master Jammers perform in Cedar Rapids while a three part decluttering workshop begins November 1 at Iowa City Public Library. Linn County Gardener Judy Stevens presents plant history in Marion Public Library session.
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Cedar Rapids
Mother Mosque of
America
North America
Basile Hall
Flaherty
Mount Mercy University
Elmhurst Dr
Jay Newton-Small
Washington
Time Magazine
Senate
Old Capitol Museum
N. Clinton St
Iowa City
Mary Lea Kruse
Iowa City Public Library
S. Linn Sr
Linn County
Judy Stevens
Marion Public Library
Sixth Ave
Active Learning Award Winners Honored at Celebrate Play Gala
Four area educators Michaela Ramm reports receive the 2016 Robert E. Yager Active Learning Award from the Iowa Children's Museum. Fawn Boston-Halter Shawn Connally Christine Sobocinski and Ruth Temple to be recognized at the Celebrate Play Gala at 6 p.m. Friday Nov 11 inside Coral Ridge Mall Coralville. The prize package includes museum passes field trip invites two family memberships and ten family day passes.
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Coralville
Fawn Boston-Halter
Shawn Connally
Christine Sobocinski
Ruth Temple
Robert E. Yager
Iowa Children’s Museum
Coral Ridge Mall
Coral Ridge Ave
Deb Dunkhase
Children’s Museum
Center For Research On Learning and
University of Michigan
Yager
University of Iowa
Dunkhase
Museum Board
Rebecca F. Miller
the Gazette
Fawn
Boston-Halter
Carter Dale
Tiffin
Gala honors 2016 Yager Active Learning Award recipients
The Iowa Children's Museum Celebrate Play gala at Coralville Marriott on November 11 honors 2016 Robert E. Yager Active Learning Award recipients. Proceeds from the $100 per person event support Cedar Rapids based Iowa Children's Museum and its community projects.
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Iowa Children’s Museum
Coralville Marriott Hotel and Conference Center
E. Ninth St
Coralville
Robert E. Yager
Iowa Children's Museum
Cedar Rapids students rehearse fire drill at Linn Hall
Linn County Cedar Rapids hosts a fire drill for EMT respiratory therapy and nursing students at Linn Hall Kirkwood Blvd from 8:30 a.m. to noon and 1:30 to 5 p.m. Three adults and an infant simulate injuries as Area Ambulance assists. About 50 students participate across programs in Cedar Rapids.
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Linn Hall
Kirkwood Blvd
Cedar Rapids
Area Ambulance
Nominees Listed for 2016 Robert E. Yager Learning Award
The 2016 Yager Award recipients are Fawn Boston-Halter Shawn Connally Christine Sobocinski and Ruth Temple. Other nominees include Andrea Pieper Askelson Ashley Bass Deidra Benser Katy Bolender Jessica Kite Tara Luers Julie Madden Colette Nakielski Jo Nowak-Thompson Nicole Upchrach Beth Weis Carolyn White Debbie Wilson and additional schools across Iowa City Grinnell Washington Mount Vernon Cosgrove and University of Iowa facilities.
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Robert E. Yager Learning
Fawn Boston-Halter
Shawn Connally
Christine Sobocinski
Ruth Temple
Andrea Pieper Askelson
Penn
North Liberty
Ashley Bass
Hiawatha Day
Hiawatha
Deidra Benser
Little Angels
Iowa City
Katy Bolender
Borlaug
Jessica Kite
Grinnell-Newburg
Grinnell
Tara Luers
Stewart
Washington
Julie Madden
van Allen
Colette Nakielski
Willowwind
Jo Nowak-Thompson
Mount Vernon
Nicole Upchrach
Prairie Green
Cosgrove
Beth Weis
Wendell Johnson
University of Iowa
Carolyn White
Shimek
Debbie Wilson
Epilepsy Foundation Iowa hosts Seizure Smart Conference
The Epilepsy Foundation in Iowa presents the 2016 Seizure Smart Conference from 8 a.m. to 3 30 p.m. Saturday at the Radisson Hotel & Conference Center in Coralville. Specialists discuss epilepsy issues and a Resource Fair assists families. event is free. For information visit epilepsyiowa.org or call (515) 238 7680.
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The
Epilepsy Foundation
Iowa
Radisson
First Ave
Coralville
Epilepsyiowa.org
Armistice Day Blizzard program set at Clayton County
Clayton County Conservation hosts Abby Harkrader for a 1 p.m. November 10 talk at Osborne Welcome Center Elkader about the Armistice Day Blizzard of 1940. Attendees may share personal stories after the presentation. Optional lunch at Fennellys Trish Pub Elkader starts 11 a.m.
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Clayton County Conservation Headquarters
Osborne Welcome Center
Osborne Road
Elkader
Clayton County
Abby Harkrader
Fennellys’ Trish
First St
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Boston
Town Children’s Museum
Gretchen Kemple-Taylor
Clear Creek Amana
Tsaw
Shawn Cornally
Cornally
Iowa Big
Gazette Com
Boston-Hatter Tiffin
Shawn Connally Iown Big
Willowwind School
Ruth Temple Borlaug
Sobocinski
Temple
Borlaug Elementary School
Iowa Wesleyan University
Mount Pleasant
Michaela.ramm
Thegazette.com
Kirkwood
Johnson County
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