Oskaloosa, Iowa – Twenty-four trees and bushes will be planted in the Oskaloosa Public Library’s Reading Garden, beginning at 9 AM Saturday, October 29. Wanda Gardner, library director, is encouraging volunteers to come to the site just south of the library Saturday morning, bringing along work gloves, spades and shovels. “When this community project was […]
PELLA — In recognition of Domestic Violence Awareness Month, Central College’s Beta Kappa Epsilon fraternity and the Intercultural Life office will host Walk a Mile in Her Shoes Saturday, Oct. 29 at 10 a.m. The event begins at the Tulip Tower on Pella’s main square, where BKE members will lead a one-mile walk in high-heeled […]
William Penn University is hosting a Craft Fair and Family Fun Fest as part of the 2011 Homecoming Weekend entertainment. Everyone is invited to the Craft Fair on Saturday, October 29 from 9:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. in the Penn Activity Center (PAC) Atrium on the second floor. The WPU Craft Fair was developed in […]
Oskaloosa, Iowa – Please welcome William Penn graduate and Oskaloosa native Jim Duermeyer as he comes to Book Vault to introduce his debut book, Heroes in Obscurity, a collection of anecdotal stories narrating the contributions of a small group of unsung Navy men during the Viet Nam era. Jim will also speak about his second […]
Oskaloosa – In recognition of November as American Diabetes Month, Mahaska Health Partnership will host a free diabetes educational event on Tuesday, Nov. 1 from 2:30 to 6:30 p.m. in the Cedar Bluff Learning Center (entrance #3). The event, called “Be Diabetes WISE,” is being organized by MHP Diabetes Educator Sharon Ferguson, RN CDE. According […]
Go Local by Banking Locally with Your Community Bank Banking with your local community bank is a hometown investment you can be proud of Oskaloosa, Iowa (October 21, 2011)—As many of the nation’s consumers consider switching banks, the Independent Community Bankers of America (ICBA) and Bank Iowa are reminding them that now is the perfect […]
Oskaloosa, Iowa – Just under 30 individuals participated and over $250.00 dollars were raised at Yarkosky & Co. Dance Production’s uptown location Wednesday evening. Zumba Fitness LLC has partnered with the Susan G. Komen Foundation to host charity benefits to raise funds as well as awareness regarding research towards a cure for breast cancer. The […]
PELLA — The Central College Symphonic Wind Ensemble will sponsor a variety show fundraiser in Graham Banquet Hall on Wednesday, Oct. 26 at 7:30 p.m. Faculty, administrators and staff will perform solo, with ensemble members or with other colleagues. Audience members will cast votes for their favorite performers on dollar bills and submit them in […]
Saturday will be the 18th annual Oskaloosa Optimist Club Tri-Star Football Skills contest. The event, a signature event for the club, will be held on the practice field of William Penn beginning with registration at 8:30 a.m. And contest at 9. “This event is open to all boys and girls in grades 4 through 6,” […]
PELLA — Poet Louis Jenkins will be the second featured speaker of the fall at Central College’s Writers Reading series Oct. 20 at 7:30 p.m. in the Geisler Library reading room. The event will feature Jenkins reading from his books “North of the Cities” (2007) and “Before You Know It: Prose Poems 1970-2005” (2009) before […]
