Back-to-School Festival and Local Events Schedule
Festival kicks off the new school year for dozens of special education classes at Camp Courageous of Iowa in Monticello at 10 a.m. Also on offer are a Children's Cook n Book Club in Iowa City at 10:30 a.m., a regional farmers market in both Iowa City and Cedar Rapids, a Victorian history craft at Brucemore at 6 p.m., and a film screening of The Sun in a Net at the University of Iowa Journalism Building at 7:30 p.m.
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America
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University of Iowa International Writing Program
Adier Journalism Building
University of Iowa
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Washington, DC
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Iowa
Community Health Free Clinic
14Th Ave
Cedar Rapids
Cedar Rapids Public Library
Weetail Childrens
Hawkeye Downs
Seuss
Panel to discuss human trafficking in Iowa
A 5:30 p.m. Thursday discussion titled Human Trafficking in Iowa What Can You Do will be held in Kesler Auditorium Hickok Hall Coe College 1220 First Ave NE Speakers include Jason Semprini Iowa Legal Aid Katie Burrell St. Luke's Child Protection Center and Sgt Kevin Kinney Johnson County sheriff's department The program follows a Coralville prostitution sting case involving a 16 year old sister and a Waterloo woman The event is by Sexual Health Alliance and Coe Human Rights Advocates.
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Sexual Health Alliance
Coe Human Rights Advocates
Cedar Rapids woman wins 100000 in Iowa Cash Game drawing
Betty Thedford purchased at Hy Vee in Cedar Rapids won the top prize after matching all five numbers 18 27 30 33 in the Sept 4 drawing. Tickets cost $1 with 8 28 p.m. drawings seven days a week. odds are 1 in 324,632.
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Cedar Rapids
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Hy-Vee
Johnson Ave
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76 New Citizens Naturalized At Constitution Day Event
Friday 76 foreign nationals from 37 countries will take the Pledge of Allegiance at the Herbert Hoover Presidential Library during Constitution Day ceremonies marking the 1787 signing. The event begins at 1 30 p.m. in East Iowa.
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Run the Flood raises funds for Matthew 25 Ministry Hub
Run the Flood director Karl Lammer presented a 10000 check to Clint Tweet Ball of Matthew 25 Ministry Hub on August 29 from the fourth annual Run the Flood held June 9. Proceeds support Matthew 25 Block by Block housing rehabilitation youth education and urban farming efforts in Cedar Rapids.
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Run the Flood
Clint Tweet-Ball
Matthew 25 Ministry Hub
Westside
Iowa
Library updates phone system and Sunday service change
Iowa City Public Library shifts to staff answered calls replacing auto greeting. Fiction desk closes Sundays with a new first floor help desk. Additional renovations details at Icpl.org/renovation. Monarch tagging Saturday at Evergreen Garden Center begins 9:30 am with release after 10 00 program. part of Monarch Watch from University of Kansas. STARS program to rate sustainability includes Iowa State University University of Iowa and University of Northern Iowa. University of North Dakota re enrollment.
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Forevergreen Garden Center
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West Union Advances Green Pilot Project Progress
West Union in Fayette County celebrates the Green Pilot Project as it replaces aging water, storm and sewer lines with eco friendly infrastructure including permeable pavements rain gardens and a district heating cooling system. The Sept 18 reopening celebrated three of six renovated blocks and featured a civic plaza, music food and local vendors.
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Fayette County
West Union
Civic Plaza
Courthouse Square
South Vine
Elm Streets
Wichita
East Elm Street
North Vine Street
Gazette seeks community correspondents across Linn and Johnson counties
The Gazette invites freelancers to cover local meetings and events in Amana to Walford areas. Submit three writing samples showing interviewing ability to Zack Kucharski at zack.kucharski sourcemedia.net.
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