Loras College has received a $2.5 million gift commitment from a graduate, officials announced Friday. Loras President Jim Collins said the gift from Dr. Patrick J. Lillis, a 1971 graduate, will advance strength in the health sciences and medical school preparation. The gift helps ensure even more graduates can pursue medical fields, Collins said. Lillis [...]
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Following are gardening and eco-events happening in Eastern Iowa in December 2011: Thurs., Dec. 1, 6:30 p.m., Winter Bird Feeding at Prairiewoods. Do you want to attract beautiful red cardinals, showy woodpeckers and bright goldfinches to your snowy winter lawn? Come to Prairiewoods (120 East Boyson Road in Hiawatha) for Winter Bird Feeding. Join local [...]
continue »A gift of $5.6 million from the estate of a Cornell College parent — one of the largest outright gifts in the history of the college — will go toward renovations of the Thomas Commons and endow a scholarship in the name of the donor’s daughter. The gift came from the estate of James Russell, [...]
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IOWA CITY — A record number of contributors gave the second-highest fundraising total to the University of Iowa and the UI Foundation in Fiscal Year 2011, numbers that have UI officials encouraged about their aggressive fundraising goals for the future. Gifts and commitments made to the UI Foundation and the UI by private donors totaled [...]
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By Rebecca Groff, correspondent Name: Linda McConnell Title: Owner Company: Basket Bowtique Address: 758 N. Center Point Road, Hiawatha Phone: (319) 362-2577 Website: www.basketbowtique.com Elevator pitch: Baskets brimming with Iowa products, from caramels and sausage to bath items and beer The concept for Basket Bowtie, owner Linda McConnell said, isn’t so much baskets as “gifting.” [...]
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It’s not often you find a big gift shop in the kitchen and dining hall of an historic church building. It’s not often, as well, that you find a gift shop on a dead-end street. The former was intended by the three owners of Brambles gift shop, 1200 2nd Ave. SE. The latter was not. The City of Cedar [...]
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Five-year-old Aiden Babka got a shiny new bike Thursday, just in the nick of time for Christmas. It’s not your average bike – it’s an adaptive bike made especially for the North Liberty boy with special needs. Aiden received his bike as an early Christmas present Thursday at St. Luke’s Witwer Children’s Therapy in Hiawatha. [...]
continue »When it comes to gifts, my tastes are simple. Give me a few tall sticks for my vegetable garden and I’m happy. Bring over a rock for my perennial bed and I’m ecstatic. Non-material is good, too: an hour’s help with weeding, mowing or, at this time of year, shoveling, is worth more than gold. [...]
continue »Linn County Master Gardener, Claire Smith, offers insight into the care of houseplants and some remaining outdoor gardening chores: Folks asked a variety of good questions on a radio program I listened to the other day. One question was about watering house plants with soft water. That’s a no-no. Softened water has salt; a [...]
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