AmeriCorps NCCC Corps Member Spotlight - Robert Lindsey

AMERICORP
April 29, 2011 12:01 pm

  By: Brittney Green   Name: Robert Lindsey Hometown: Memphis, TN NCCC Team: Cedar 3   Robert graduated from Kingsbury High School in 2010.

AmeriCorps NCCC Corps Member Spotlight - Michael Armstrong

AMERICORP
April 28, 2011 10:00 am

  Name: Michael Armstrong Hometown: Elizabeth City, NC NCCC Team: Cedar 6   Michael graduated from Northeastern High School in 2009 and graduated from Ashworth College with his HVAC certificate.

Covenant Medical Center Auxiliary Announces Scholarship Winners

ANDREA BARKER
April 23, 2011 7:36 pm

  Scholarships to be awarded to five area students   The Covenant Medical Center Auxiliary has announced the recipients of their 2011-2012 scholarship program.

Ten $500 Scholarships Awarded 2011 Graduating Seniors

EAST CENTRAL IOWA REC
April 21, 2011 7:45 pm

  For the past five years East-Central Iowa Rural Electric Cooperative has awarded over 75, $500 and $1,000 scholarships to winning students from 16 area high schools who are going into various fields of study.

Project Lead the Way Participants Visit State Capitol

JOSIE ALBRECHT
April 20, 2011 10:58 pm

  Project Lead the Way participants visited the Capitol this week and met with Rep. Dawn Pettengill (R-Mount Auburn).   

AmeriCorps NCCC Corps Member Spotlight - Jordan Backstrom

ANGELA SARRELS
April 20, 2011 5:17 pm

  Name: Jordan Backstrom Hometown: St. Paul, MN NCCC Team: Oak 6   Jordan graduated from Pine River Backus High School and the University of Wisconsin- Madison with a Bachelors degree in Political Science in 2010.

Cedar 5 helps make Michigan's Pretty Lake even more beautiful

AMERICORP
April 20, 2011 12:26 pm

  By Caitlin Greig      Cedar 5 has been working at Pretty Lake Vacation Camp in Mattawan, MI since March 17. They have been completing a wide variety of tasks, including cleaning up storm damage from an ice storm about a week before their arrival at the camp and bringing a barn up to code so it can be used by the children the camp serves.

AmeriCorps NCCC Maple 2 Aids “Echoing Hills”

AMERICORP
April 20, 2011 11:16 am

  By: Vanessa Brown and Alex Kemp   AmeriCorps National Civilian Community Corps (NCCC) team Maple 2 is serving Camp Echoing Hills in Warsaw, Ohio.

Tiffany Wiebold initiated into Alpha Lambda Delta

VINTON TODAY
April 19, 2011 8:21 pm

  Tiffany Wiebold, daughter of Wendy Wiebold of Shellsburg,Iowa, was recently initiated into Morningside College's chapter of Alpha Lambda Delta (ALD) national freshman women's honor society.

NCCC Spotlight: Jesse Barden

ANGELA SARRELS
April 19, 2011 10:55 am

  AmeriCorps NCCC Corps Member Spotlight Name: Jesse Barden Hometown: West Columbia, SC NCCC Team: Oak 2        Jesse graduated from Riverdale High School in 2006 then attended University of Tennessee where he received a Bachelors degree in History.