Wednesday, December 14, 2011
News, events, information: some tidbits for your day.
Missing Margarine: The Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier reported a truck full of margarine, bound for the Cedar Falls Target Distribution Center was stolen, with $50,000 of sandwich spread inside. That's a lot of margarine. First the Hamburgler and now a margarine thief? Cedar Falls is going to get a reputation for food-related crimes. Observations from Iowa: University of Iowa journalism professor Stephen Bloom has stirred up controversy with this somewhat unflattering depitction of Iowa printed in The Atlantic. Go Green: Cedar Falls Patch is pleased to welcome new blogger Sarah Webb to our Local Voices blog section. Read her piece on reclaiming your holidays and giver her a welcome! Talking Textiles: Looking for a place to get out of the …
Tuesday, December 13, 2011
News, events, information: some tidbits for your day.
Superintendent Retiring: The Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier had this report about Superintendent David Stoakes announcing he would retire, effective June 30, after six years on the job. Patch salutes your years of service, Superintendent Stoakes! Bike City: The Cedar Valley Association for Soft Trails, CVAST, a Cedar Falls' bike enthusiasts group, will meet at 6:30 p.m. at Mulligans. What could be a better way to spend your night than drinking beer, eating pizza, talking bikes and plans for the off-pavement trails of the Cedar Valley? The weather may be growing frightful, but that doesn't mean these bike fans will be hanging up their spokes. Tea Time: Join the Cedar Valley Tea Party at the Pipac Center from 6:30 to 8 p.m. for their first …
Friday, December 9, 2011
News, events, information: some tidbits for your day.
Cedar Falls, Caucus Central: It's a good day to be a political junkie in the Cedar Valley. Rick Santorum is here this morning, holding a town hall-style meeting at Ferrari's restaurant in the Pipac Center at 8 a.m., followed by an 11 a.m. appearance in UNI's Presidential Candidate Education Forum, "Addressing the Challenges and Opportunities in Education," in the Gallagher-Bluedorn Performing Arts Center lobby. Later in the day, political enthusiasts can head over to UNI Common's Slife Ballroom to see Ron Paul. Doors for the campus rally will open to the public at 6:30 p.m. To enter 30 minutes early and secure a spot near the front of the room, RSVP for the UNI event at http://ronpaulatuni.eventbrite.com/. Check back with Patch for …
Thursday, December 8, 2011
News, events, information: some tidbits for your day.
Be of Good Cheer: Time to get your holiday drink on. Community Main Street is hosting Hoopla Cheer, a contest for downtown bartending masters to show their skills. You can stop at any of 11 bars and restaurants and sample holiday-themed beverages - most alcoholic, but Cup of Joe will have an all-ages drink - and vote for your favorite. To vote, from 6 to 9 p.m., text the keyword that corresponds with your favorite beverage to 22333. View the full list of participating drinking establishments and their keywords here. You can also vote online at www.pollev.com/hoopla. Apparently, there will also be a live ice carving demonstration. This sounds like a great way to spend an evening while supporting local businesses. And once you've sampled a…
Wednesday, December 7, 2011
News, events, information: some tidbits for your day.
Panthers Devour Hawks: It turns out big cats are higher on the food chain than big birds. The UNI Panters men's basketball team beat the Iowa Hawkeyes 80 to 60 in last night's game at the McLeod Center, the Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier reported. North Cedar Controversy: The Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier also wrote about possible plans to stop staffing the North Cedar neighborhood fire station. More than 80 neighborhood residents heard from the city on the proposal Monday night. Prairie Fire: Global carbon emissions in 2010 were the highest ever recorded and international climate discussions are taking place in Durban, South Africa. You can learn more about sustainability here at home by attending a lecture at UNI's Tall Grass Prarie …
Tuesday, December 6, 2011
News, events, information: some tidbits for your day.
Education Reform: The Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier reported state officials plans to finance a teacher pay system that would be part of Governor Terry Branstad's education reform package. A draft version of the reform stirred controversy in Cedar Falls when Branstad presented it at a town-hall style meeting in November. Let's Get Physical: The Northern Iowan reported UNI will offer physical education as an online master's program starting in spring 2012. Is it at all ironic to sit in front of your computer in order to learn about fitness? Panters Versus Hawkeyes: The UNI men's basketball team will square off against the University of Iowa team tonight at 7 p.m. at the McLeod Center. There's nothing like a little college town rivalry to …
Monday, December 5, 2011
News, events, information: some tidbits for your day.
Politics, Politics, Politics: Herman Cain resigned from the race and new poll numbers show Newt Gingrich, Ron Paul and Mitt Romney are leading in Iowa, in that order. But if this campaign season has made anything clear, a candidate can rise dramatically one week and crash the next. Anything is possible in the next four weeks - Patch will have ongoing coverage. Local National Guardsmen Honored: Eastern Iowan Government carried a story about an Eastern Iowa National Guard soldier, Specialist Aaron McNew of Cedar Falls. In October, McNew and two other members of the Iowa National Guard’s Second Brigade Combat Team, 34th Infantry Division, were honored in the U-S Army’s greatest innovative competition for remodeling a piece of heavy equipment…
Friday, December 2, 2011
News, events, information: some tidbits as you go about your day.
Positive Awareness: Yesterday Patch had two stories on the reality of living with HIV in Iowa. Today you can see another perspective on the virus at Strayer-Wood Theatre on the UNI campus. The Yellow Boat is based on the true story of a boy in the 1980s who contracted HIV during a blood transfusion. Tickets are $4, and half the proceeds will be donated to Keep A Child Alive, an organization dedicated to providing AIDS treatment, care and support services to children and families affected by the disease. Show times are today and Dec. 3 at 7:30 p.m. and Dec. 4 at 2 p.m. Christmas Glee: The UNI Varsity Mens Glee Club will sing classic and contemporary holiday songs at 7:30 p.m. tonight and tomorrow at the Gallagher-Bluedorn. Tickets $5. Bach …
Thursday, December 1, 2011
News, events, information: some tidbits as you go about your day.
Jingle All the Way: Holiday Hoopla continues with Jingle and Minge on Main tonight from 5 to 8 p.m. Live nativity, sleigh rides, Santa, carolers and roaming holiday characters will be featured as local businesses offer incentives and door prizes. Music Magic: The UNI Student Composer's Concert is 6 p.m. at the Gallagher-Bluedorn. UNI School of Music student composers will showcase their work. Stick around and at 8 p.m. you can hear the UNI Student Chamber Music Concert. Two shows for the price of nothing. Christmas Dessert Theatre: Lampost Theatre premieres it's original musical The Chimes, based on Charles Dickens' forgotten Christmas story. The story of Scrooge is familiar, but do you know the story of Trotty Veck? Opens at 7 p.m. …
Wednesday, November 30, 2011
News, events, information: some tidbits as you start your day.
Michele Bachman: Bachmann joins Iowa Public Radio’s Ben Keiffer, host of The Exchange, at an education forum at UNI today. She will speak for 30 minutes before taking education-related questions from the audience. The forum, 1 p.m. at Bengtson Auditorium in Russell Hall, will launch UNI's Presidential Candidate Education Forums, "Addressing the Challenges and Opportunities in Education Today," in which candidates will discuss their positions on education. The forums are free and open to the public. Check back with Patch later today for coverage. Occupy Cedar Valley: The group will hold a mass teach-in today from 9 a.m. to 7 p.m. at UNI. The sessions will be in the "University Room" in Maucker Student Union and Schindler Education Center …
Julie Kramer Gowans
3:20 pm on Wednesday, December 7, 2011
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