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NCCC’s Cedar 5 Helps State Foresters Eradicate the Mountain Pine Beetle
By: Nicholas Meyers
Cedar 5 was met with rolling hills, green trees and a sky of blue as they arrived in Custer, South Dakota. on May 3. As they travelled it wasn’t... AmeriCorps NCCC Class 19 Corps Member Spotlight: Melody Jones
Melody Jones, from Berlin, Wis., is a member of Oak 7 in NCCC’s Class 19. She arrived in Vinton on February 5, 2013, to start her 10-month service term on a team of people between the ag...
Bethlehem Lutheran donates to Lutheran Lakeside Camp
To celebrate its 100 years Bethlehem Lutheran Church is giving to different organizations a $100 gift. Each month a different organization or group is selected and presented a check.&nbs... Local students named to Central College dean's list
The following students were named to the spring 2013 Central College dean's list:
Amy Andrews of Shellsburg, majoring in communication studies and enviromental studies, is the daughte...
NCCC Cedar 2 Serves People at Black Hills Works
By Ilexis Elba & Maryann Walbert
Cedar 2 arrived in Rapid City, South Dakota on May 3 for a stay of two months. They are functioning as an extension of staff at Black Hills Works (BHW), a ... AmeriCorps NCCC FEMA Corps Class 19 Member Spotlight: Kimberly Walker
Kimberly Walker of Lawrenceville, Ga., is serving as a member of the NCCC FEMA Corps team Pine 6 at the Vinton Campus. She learned about AmeriCorps NCCC from her college mentor who was an alumnus ... NCCC Team Maple 6 Helps to Revitalize a City
By Tarsis Gotay & Heather Whitney
For the second project, the AmeriCorps NCCC team Maple 6 is serving with a local non-profit neighborhood development organization, Youngstown Neighborhood... ISU Extension now accepting Master Gardener applications
Are you an avid gardener, but would like to know more about gardening, plants and horticulture? Would you like to meet people who share your interest in gardening? If so, you may be int...
AmeriCorps NCCC FEMA Corps Class 19 Member Spotlight: Greg Carlson
Greg Carlson of Bainbridge Island, Washington, is serving as a member of the NCCC FEMA Corps team Spruce 3 at the Vinton Campus. He chose to participate in AmeriCorps NCCC FEMA Corps because he wa... Quaker Oats raises $7,700 for E. Iowa Honor Flight
Quaker Oats held a fund raiser for Eastern Iowa Honor Flight at Green Square Park in Cedar Rapids Sat. June 1. For a $5 donation a bag of Quaker products worth approx $25 was received.
A total ...