Local Events

2/1/12 VOLUNTEERS NEEDED AT LAKE RED ROCK
Spend the summer volunteering at Lake Red Rock!  The Corps of Engineers is seeking volunteers for the following positions:

2/1/12 BLIND BID AUCTION AT NEWTON PUBLIC LIBRARY
The library is running a blind bid auction for office cubical panels, desk tabletops and connecting hardware.  The cubical panels measure from 24" x 36" to 42" x 51" and the desktops measure from 24" x 30" to 30" x 36". 

2/1/12 FIREFIGHTER TRIBUTE STATUE
The Firefighter Tribute committee met Monday January 16th with Nick Kelpinger who presented a scale model of the firefighter tribute statue. The committee has raised $34,000 towards the completion of the project. 

2/4&11/12 WINTER WONDERS SNOWSHOE HIKES
 "Winter's Wonders" Snowshoe Hikes Saturday, February 4 at 9:00 a.m. And Saturday, February 11  at 9:00 a.m.  Meet at the North Overlook Picnic Area at Lake Red Rock

2/6/12 BLUES UNDER THE BLUE ROOF VI - NEWTON LIBRARY
On Monday, February 6,  soulful guitarist Bob Pace will launch Blues Under the Blue Roof VI. He has been revving up Iowa audiences for more than thirty years with his talent and potent songwriting. Bob was inducted into the Iowa Rock ‘n Roll Hall

2/6/12 ANNUAL CHILI SUPPER - TROOP 317 SCOUT
Boy Scout Troup 317 Annual Chili and Vegetable Beef Soup Supper, Monday, Febuary 6th  from 4:30 to 7:00 @ 1st United Methodist Church located at 202 W. Main. To-Go orders are welcome. Scouts will be selling tickets at Hy-Vee on Friday,

2/7/12 ANNUAL MEETING OF CENTRE FOR ARTS AND ARTISTS
The annual meeting of the Centre for Arts and Artists Board will be held at 7:00pm. Tuesday, February 7, 2012 at the CAA
Building (501 W. 3rd St. N.).  The Public is invited, and refreshments will be served.  For addition information, call 641-521-3554 cell.

2/7/12 LYNNVILLE-SULLY KINDERGARTEN REGISTRATION
The kindergarten registration for parents is scheduled for February 7th at 3:35 pm in the elementary/middle school north media center. We ask that children not be brought to this meeting.

2/8/12 AFTER SCHOOL CLUB - SHAKE IT UP
After School Club, K-6th Graders, Wednesdays, January 18th through March 14th from 2:00 to 5:30 pm, supper at 5:15 pm at St. Lukes United Methodist Church,  501 E 19th St Nm Newton, across from Berg School.  Register - Free NOW 

2/9/12 INAUGURAL PURSES WITH PURPOSE
Inaugural Purses With Purpose, Thursday, February 9th, 6pm - 8:30p,m.  Join the Iowa Speedway Foundation in for its Inaugural "Purses With Purpose" fundraiser being held at the Iowa Speedway Newton

2/8/12 O.W.L.S. "RAILROAD ROMANCE"
O.W.L.S. “Railroad Romance” Jasper County Conservation as they host an Older, Wiser, Livelier Seniors program, Wednesday, February 8th, at 10:00am,  in the Jasper County Community Center.

2/11/12 CROSS COUNTRY SKI CLINIC
The cross-country ski and snowshoe clinic to be held at the Jacob Krumm Nature Preserve on Saturday, January 28th has been cancelled due to the lack of snowcover. 
 

 

 

2/11/12 SEBERG MUSICIAN RETURNS FOR A SPECIAL CONCERT IN MARSHALLTOWN
In celebration of the release of their new CD, acoustic duo Amy & Adams will perform live in concert on February 11 at the Orpheum Theater in Marshalltown. Amy & Adams

4/1/12 IZAAK WALTON LEAGUE CONSERVATION SCHOLARSHIP
The Emerson Hough Chapter of the Izaak Walton League is offering a conservation scholarship to Jasper County high school seniors, according to Katie Cantu of the Izaak Walton League Scholarship Committee

4/21/12 IOWA SPEEDWAY 8K "WHERE THE RUBBER MEETS THE ROAD
On your mark. Get set. Go! The annual Iowa Speedway 8K “Where the Rubber Meets the Road” on April 21, 2012 is coming up fast. Joined this year by the all new “High Heels on High Banks 150 Yard Dash,”