August Golf Tournament raises $8,500 for TTT/C4G campers
Profit from the 4th annual TTT Golf Tournament, held Aug. 8 at the American Legion Golf Course, is the “highest ever,” according to a report when Iowa ET/Camping4Girls met this week. Proceeds from the tournament are earmarked for sending local 10-year-old girls to the Des Moines YMCA Camp each summer. To emphasize the fact that sending girls to camp is the primary mission of the organization, the longtime legal name (The National T.T.T. Society) has legally been changed to “Camping4Girls,” and in the transition, chapters are frequently using the TTT/C4G label to help the public ...
Ornamental grasses topic at Garden Club
Central Iowa gardeners who want to add some ornamental grasses to the home landscape, will want to attend the Marshalltown Garden club program, Ornamental Grasses for Midwest Gardens at 11 a.m. on Oct. 5. The speaker is Aaron Steil. Steil is the Statewide Consumer Horticulture Extension Specialist at Iowa State University. He provides information and resources for Iowans about home gardening, including information about trees & shrubs, perennials, annuals, vegetable gardening, fruit, lawns and houseplants. Steil is a graduate of ISU with a B.S. in Horticulture and an M.S. in Public ...
Danielson speaks at recent Chapter MJ meeting
The Sept. 21 meeting of P.E.O. Chapter MJ was held at 7 p.m. at the Binford House. Featured speaker was Amber Danielson of the Arts and Cultural Alliance. Danielson shared a slide presentation showing the progress Marshalltown has made in showcasing art and cultural projects like murals, pocket parks and creative place making areas since the tornado and derecho. Future public art transitions will be a pocket park and Main Street Alleyway plus additional Tiny Art Works. The regular business meeting was conducted by President Beth Currie. Bonnie Lowry and Kristin Meyer served a ...