Applause Calendar, Feb. 23
Feb. 24
Laurel Lions Pancake Breakfast
7-8:30 a.m.
Legion Building in Laurel
Menu: Pancakes, scrambled eggs, sausage, coffee and juice; Cost is $5
Feb. 25
Marshalltown Preschool and Kindergarten registration
10 a.m. to 1 p.m.; Marshalltown Mall
For more information go to: www.marshalltown.k12.ia.us to view 2-minute video
Master Gardeners present “Perennials, Pots & Pruning”
10 a.m., Albion Municipal Library, 400 N. Main St., Albion
Get a jumpstart on Spring.
The event is free and open to the public.
MCC ‘Jam the Gym’ night
Women’s game 5 p.m.
Men’s game 7 p.m.
Two $500 scholarships awarded
All area high school students receive: free admission, free t-shirt, popcorn, pop and hot dog.
Orphan Train program by Dan Brekke
2 p.m. at Eldora Public Library, 1202 10th St., Eldora
Refreshments will be served/public is invited to this free program
District Youth Art Show opening celebration
1-3 p.m.; Fisher Community Center, 709 S. Center St.
Public invited to this free event
Sheltered Reality concert
High-energy percussion group of youth 7-18
6:30 p.m.; BCLUW gymnasium
Admission is a free-will offering/Silent auction held. Proceeds go to Bethel Grove Church’s new sanctuary
Duck’s Unlimited Annual Banquet
5-8 p.m./Dinner at 7 p.m.
Eagles Club, 112 E. Third St., Tama
Non-members welcome/This event supports waterfowl and wetlands conservation
Tama County Cattlemen’s Banquet
5:30 p.m. Social Hour/6:30 p.m. Dinner
Traer Memorial Building, 414 Second St., Traer
Speaker: Mike Pearson, host of IPTV’s “Market to Market”
$20 per person/prime rib dinner
Feb. 28
AARP Free Tax Help
9 a.m. to 3 p.m.; Marshalltown Public Library, 105 W. Boone St.
By Appointment Only/Call 641-754-5738
March 1
Johnson Strings in Concert
6:30 p.m. concert/7:30 p.m. fellowship
Whitten Community Church, 812 Irwin St., Whitten
This award-winning university-trained family group of eight combines instrumental expertise and tight vocal harmony to create a powerful performance.
Ash Wednesday
The Blessing and Distribution of Ashes
10 a.m. – Embers
12 p.m. – Trinity Lutheran Church, 1011 S. Third Ave.
1 p.m. – Northeast corner of Center and Main streets
2:15 p.m. – Trinity parking lot entrance on South Third Avenue on the sidewalk across from Anson school
6:30 p.m. Trinity Lutheran Church
March 2
IWARN – Iowa Wireless Amateur Radio Network meeting
Ham radio operators from Butler, Franklin, Hardin, Grundy, Marshall and Tama counties
7 p.m.; Grundy County Memorial Hospital Education Room
(Use Entrance 3 – West Side of Hospital)
201 East J Ave.; Grundy Center