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REGIONAL—Sierra Club Iowa Chapter is hosting a statewide webinar “What Iowa Communities Can Do to Prepare and Protect” at 6:30 p.m. Tuesday, Aug. 4, for Iowans, elected officials, and candidates to educate everyone about data center concerns and what communities can do to protect themselves. Data centers are being proposed across Iowa at an unprecedented pace, bringing questions about water use, energy demand, local control, and community impacts. Register at
HAWARDEN—Sioux County Conservation will have an open house styled day for grandparents and grandchildren 9 a.m.-3 p.m. Tuesday, Aug. 4, at Prairie Woods Nature Center at Oak Grove Park near Hawarden. The day's theme is butterflies and activities will center around them. A butterfly-themed scavenger drive-through loop will be held in the campground. Special live programs are scheduled for 9:30 a.m., 11:30 a.m. and 1 p.m. Activities and program are geared for kindergarten through fifth grade and their grandparents. No preregistration is required.
REGIONAL—Iowa Department of Natural Resources staff will conduct Iowa's annual pheasant survey Aug. 1-15. Staff will drive 225, 30-mile routes on gravel roads at dawn on mornings with heavy dew. Hen pheasants will move their broods to the edge of the gravel road to dry off before they begin feeding, which makes them easier to count. The best indicator for the fall season is the August roadside survey that counts actual pheasants seen along more than 6,000 miles of rural, gravel roads. Results will be posted online at
HAWARDEN—Sioux County Conservation will host a Family Bingo Cruise during open hours Aug. 5-9, at Prairie Woods Nature Center at Oak Grove Park near Hawarden. The butterfly-themed scavenger drive through loop will be extended into the weekend. Pick up a Bingo card at the nature center for this self-led family bingo cruise through the Deer Run Campground to find the items for a Bingo or a blackout. Return to the Prairie Woods Nature Center to turn in your card and get a prize.
SIOUX CENTER—NAMI (National Alliance on Mental Illness) will meet 7-7:45 p.m. Tuesday, Aug. 4, at the Sioux Center Public Library for an educational program “Bedlam,” a critically acclaimed Sundance film festival documentary. Individuals affected by mental health conditions and their family and friends will also meet separately for a time of mutual support. For more information, call Shirley Matheis at 712-574-6758 or Nate Huyser at 402-916-0008 or
REGIONAL—The Glee Handbell Choir from Meiji Gaukin Christian school in Tokyo, Japan, will perform free concerts at 5:30 p.m. Friday, Aug. 7, at Centre Mall; and 9:15 a.m. Sunday, Aug. 9, at Carmel Reformed Church.
SIOUX CENTER—The Greater Sioux County Genealogical Meeting will be held at 7 p.m. Monday, Aug. 17, at the Sioux Center Public Library. The society welcomes Larry Te Grotenhuis who will be presenting on Country Schools.
HAWARDEN—The Prairie Woods Nature Center will host Senior Environmental Learning and Fellowship (SELF) at 10 a.m., 12:30 p.m. or 2:30 p.m. Tuesday, Aug. 18, at Oak Grove Park near Hawarden. The topic is dutch oven. Coffee and treats will be served. Call 712-552-3057 to register.
HAWARDEN—Sioux County Conservation is hosting a Live Eagle Presentation 10-11 a.m. Saturday, Sept. 19, at the Prairie Woods Nature Center Outdoor Amphitheater at Oak Grove Park near Hawarden, featuring guest naturalist Christina Roelofs of Shelby County and Iowa Department of Natural Resources. Christina will bring Callie, who is a non-releasable adult female bald eagle. Christina has been a naturalist with the Shelby County Conservation Board for 24 years, a shared position with the IDNR for the past 10 years. She began working with raptors about 21 years ago and with eagles in 2008. Preregister for the free program at
Emptying my parent's house that they've lived in for so many years has been quite daunting. They have each accumulated many things since childhood. But after a couple years of working a few hours a week, having several garage sales, making many donations, shredding a lot of papers, and yes, one person's treasures can be another person's garbage, unfortunately, the end is almost in sight.
