May 26

7th Annual Older Americans Walk

South Tama Elementary School, 1611 Country Club Drive, Tama

9 a.m. Check in/9:45 a.m. Short program/10 a.m. Walk begins

One mile walk in honor of Older Americans Month to raise awareness about the importance of physical activity for older individuals

Free and open to all ages

“Yup, Nope & Why Midwesterners Don’t Say Much”

7-8 p.m. at Toledo Library, 206 E. High St., Toledo

Iowa author Barbara Lounsberry program

May 27

Tropicante at RiverLoop Rhythms

5:30-9:30 p.m.

RiverLoop Amphitheatre, 225 Commercial St., Waterloo

Free admission/ Food and beverage for purchase

May 28

Laurel Lions Pancake Breakfast

7 – 8:30 a.m.

Legion Building, Laurel

Menu: Pancakes, scrambled eggs, sausage, coffee, juice.

Cost is $5

Eldora Welcome Center

Ribbon Cutting and placing of flag ceremony

11 a.m./Cake and beverage served

Housed in the Owasa Depot east of town square in Memorial Park

Benefit for Janet and Gary Gratopp

5-7 p.m.

Laurel United Methodist Church Fellowship Hall

Menu: Loose meat sandwiches, cheesy potatoes, green bean casserole, lemonade, coffee

Free will offering supper to help defray extensive medical costs

Rhythm & Blues After the Cruise

4-8 p.m.

RiverLoop Expo Plaza, 225 Commercial St., Waterloo

Free show by Kansas City Blues band Levee Town

Food and beverages available for purchase

May 29

Albion Memorial Day Services

1 p.m. Albion Cemetery

The traditional ceremony will last about an hour and include the reading of the names of military personnel buried in area cemeteries.

Bring lawn chairs or blankets/Some seating will be available

Iowa River Church of the Brethren

Summer Worship Hours: Today through Sept. 4

10:30 a.m.

Trinity Lutheran Church of Dillon

Summer Worship Hours begin today

Divine Worship: 9 a.m.

Loose Neutral performs live

John Ernest Vineyard & Winery, 3291 N. Ave., Tama

7-10 p.m.

Bring your friends, a picnic basket, lawn chairs; buy a bottle of wine and enjoy the music.

May 30

Memorial Day Omelet and Pancake Breakfast

7-10 a.m./ New Providence Roundhouse

Omelets made from your choice of ingredients; fruit, pancakes, pastries, juice and coffee

Pay is by donation

Melbourne Memorial Day

Melbourne American Legion, Hauser Diggins Post #161

8:15 a.m. Melbourne Rec Center

9:15 a.m. Maple Grove Cemetery

10:15 a.m. Melbourne Cemetery

Marshalltown Memorial Day

8:30 a.m. Riverside Cemetery/Marty Mitchell Keynote speaker

(Rain: Veterans Memorial Coliseum at 10:30 a.m.)

9:30 a.m. Navy Mothers will throw a symbolic wreath off the Center Street bridge into the Iowa River to honor sailors who died at sea

10:30 a.m. Iowa Veterans Home, Malloy Leisure Resource Center

Families of military decedents give Keynote

10:30 a.m. Rose Hill Memorial Gardens/Dick Webb Keynote

Rhodes Memorial Day

8:45 a.m. Price (Ball) Cemetery

9:30 a.m. St. Joseph’s Cemetery

10 a.m. Eden Cemetery

10:30 a.m. Veteran’s Park (tank on Main Street)

Liscomb Memorial Day

Harry E. Powers Post #87

10 a.m. Liscomb Church of Christ

Patriotic music by Kristy Case Rittgers; Ron Galloway, Phil Gould and Ralph Norman; and Lauren and Leah Mosher. Norman will deliver the message

11:15 a.m. Military services Liscomb Cemetery

Union Memorial Day

10 a.m. Union Cemetery, south of town

Welcome, Commander, Post 255

Invocation and Benediction Rev. Matt Bishop

Beaman Memorial Day

Decorate graves and a program: 10 a.m. Vienna cemetery

10:30 a.m. Oakland Cemetery

11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Dinner served at Beaman Memorial Hall

1 p.m. Memorial program in city park/Band concert

Whitten Memorial Day

10:45 a.m. Whitten City Park

Welcome, Commander, Post 255

Invocation and Benediction Rev. Matt Bishop

Gladbrook and Lincoln Memorial Day services

11 a.m. Special Program at All Veterans Park in Gladbrook

Dedication of Tama County Freedom Rock

BBQ Pork plate dinner, 11 a.m. to 1 p.m., Memorial Building

Cost: $9 adults; $4 children 5 and under

Carryouts: 641-751-2039 or 641-485-3132

State Center Memorial Day

9 a.m. Clemons Cemetery

9:30 a.m. St. Johns Cemetery

10:30 a.m. St. Joseph’s Cemetery

11 a.m. Hillside Cemetery

12 p.m. All Veterans Monument

June 2

Tama County Women, Land & Legacy

Tour of Red Earth Gardens

6 p.m. registration at Meskwaki Settlement

Tour 6:30 p.m. followed by dessert and REG’s brewed tea

An RSVP by calling Melody Bro at 641-484-2702, extension 305 or email melody.bro@ia.nacdnet.net by June 1