DonorsChoose helps Linn County teachers fund projects
U S Cellular and DonorsChoose.org funded 500000 in classroom projects for Iowa teachers including 23 Cedar Rapids area educators. Iowa donations totaling 70820 benefit 8950 students across the state with items like xylophones iPads and colored pencils. Cedar Rapids Parks and Recreation will mow and plow city garden plots starting Monday at Tuma Ellis and Squaw Creek parks for winter cleanup with a one week extension for late gardeners. Call (319) 286-5760 for more information.
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U.S. Cellular
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Iowa City landfill fire details at public meet
Iowa City Public Works Director Rick Fosse will describe the 2012 landfill fire and reconstruction process at the Regional Sustainable Business Alliance meeting from noon to 1 pm today. The event at Van Meter 470 Ruppert Rd is open to the public with limited space and advance reservations urged on Eventbrite.
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Iowa City Public Works
Rick Fosse
Sustainable Business Alliance
van Meter
Ruppert Rd
City OKs homebuyer program in Marquette
At its October meeting the Marquette City Council approved joining the First Time Home Buyers program via Upper Explorers and a second city partner to share grant writing costs. The city will provide a $1,500 match for four homes. The Holiday Train is scheduled to stop in Marquette between 5 and 5:30 p.m. on Dec. 10.
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Fall colors fade with frost in Iowa Corridor photo contest
Drought sped leaf color change as frost approaches in east central Iowa with peak color expected in early October. The Gazette invites readers to submit fall photos for a contest, offering five published images and a $25 winner, with entry rules, deadlines, and rights explained.
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Iowa Department of Natural Resources
Iowa
Mark Vitosh
the Gazette
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Johnson County talk on Visiting the Beyond at library
Curt Strutz will discuss experiences visiting haunted homes asylums prisons hospitals and other sites in a presentation titled Visiting the Beyond at 7 p.m. Thursday at Coralville Public Library 1401 Fifth St.
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Coralville Public Library
Fifth St
Conservator to discuss care of photos at genealogy meeting
Gisele Simon of the University of Iowa Library Preservation Department will outline how to care for photographs and documents. The Iowa City Genealogical Society meets at 9:30 a.m. Saturday at the Family History Library 2730 Bradford Dr with guidance on storing digital images books and archival materials.
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Gisele Simon
University of Iowa Library Preservation Department
Iowa City Genealogical Society
Family History Library
Bradford Dr
McGregor Council reviews mussel study bids for riverfront dredging
The McGregor City Council examined three cost estimates for a riverfront mussel study, with bids from $24,290 to $49,000. Ecological Specialists offered the lowest bid but clarifications are sought on mussel findings. A contract with the biological assessment firm will be prepared, while Davy Engineering will estimate rip rap shoreline costs for dredging planned for spring docking.
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McGregor
Davy Engineering
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