Thursday, March 19, 2015 - _ N/Warren Townand'County News .
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Norwalk Lions thanks all the businesses, individu-
als and Lions who donated items for the recent Shrimp/
Lobster/Steak Dinner "2015" Raffle.
Prize winners are listed below: City State Bank $100
- Nancy Thrap; Mr. Movie gift card and Olson's Bread
and Breakfast gift certificate- Laurie Pemberton; Maid-
Rite $25 gift card - Reba Reed and Sonja Jacobus; Beau-
tiful Reflections Haircut/Style (donated by Jade Huls)
and Olson's Bread and Breakfast gift certificate - Tim
Thorne; Norwalk Tire & Auto Free Oil Change - John
Schmidt.
Beautiful Reflections Products (donated by Angie
Halblom) and Olson's Bread and Breakfast gift certifi-
cate - Ryan Riggs; Villaggio $40 gift card (donated by
Dennis Eoriatti) - Arnita Waugh; Gregg Young
Chevrolet $100 Auto Detail- Teri Lambertz and Jordyn
Hill; Loffredo's Fruit Basket - Karen Fitsimons, Ed
Chapman and Becky Thrap and Bambino's gift card -
Cyndie Strawn.
Beautiful Reflections (donated by Liz Carpenter) and
Olson's Bread and Breakfast gift certificate - Maribeth
Wright; Amore Pet Boutique $40 gift card - Heather
Carpenter; Haskin Chiropractic gift certificate - Don
Rench; Casey's General Store $50 gift card - Kris Britt;
Fareway $50 gift card - A. Bibler and Kate Baldwin; 4
Seasons Car Wash (donated by Brian Winslow) - Stacy
Hildreth; Beach Club Tan gift card and Olson's Bread
and Breakfast gift certificate - Stacy Rosonk A Bag of
Spring (donated by Andrea Johnson) - Teri Lambertz.
Cal's gift card - Karen Fitsimons and Derek Flatness;
Capital City Fruit Basket - Nancy Thrap; Jelly Basket
(donated by Ed and JoAnn Chapman - Mark Low;
Lakeside Casino purse and cup (donated by Ken Zanker)
- Kurt Henson; Lakeside Casino one night stay and three
buffets (donated by Ken Zanker) - Martin Bishop;
Lakeside Casino perfect pet (donated by Ken Zanker) -
Catherine Riggs; Hildreth Garage and NAPA (donated
by Matt Hildreth) - Elzy Wood.
Barbers Unlimited Hair Products (donated by Meri
appreciate your support. This event allows our Lions
Club to work on many projects and events in our com-
munity. If you would like to see what we all are about,
you can contact Linda Bussanmas at 979-8757.
Submitted by:
Linda Bussanmas
Norwalk Lions Club
KEEP IOWA BEAUTIFUL MONTH!
Every Day is Christmas our neighbors and wel-
So often we designate acome others.
day, week or month to Keep Iowa Beautiful
honor the significant asks that our city or county
things, places, people, or governments embrace the
events in our state or na- Governor's support and
tional heritage. Keep Iowa proclamation by passing
Beautiful is no different; as the same state initiative in
Linn Huff) - Ellie Thorne; $50 Casey's gift card, 10 free a Statewide organization,
medium pizza card and Boy Scout card (donated by Jim , we recognize the signifi-
and Mary Cain and Linda and Marty Bussanmas) - Dan cance of a clean and attrac-
Mundil; Butterfly House, Hummingbird feeder and
book (donated by Marty and Linda Bussanmas) - Elzy
Wood; $50 Olive Garden gift card (donated by Sharon
Burns and Mary Sue Demerath) - Stacy Hildreth;
Higgins Plaza Service Toys and Collectibles - Ed
Chapman; Fishing Basket (donated by Lynette Cipale
and Kent Heusen) - Walter Spoon; Wine Basket (do-
nated by Ed and JoAnn Chapman) - A. Bibler; Iowa
Distillery Wine Basket - Jordyn Hill; Wine Rack (do-
nated by Tim Thorne) - Celeste Johns and Mark
Ritchhart; Pampered Chef Products (donated by Kelly
Angus) - Kelsey Goad.
Thank you to all of you who purchased raffle tickets!
Congrats to the Winners! Special Thanks to Eric O'Leary
forhis beautiful Rose vase centerp!eces! Thanks to Ken-
tucky Fried Chicken located on S.W. 9th for their dona-
tion of coleslaw.
We want to thank our guests for supporting our
fundraising event and we hope we see you in 2016 at
our Shrimp/Lobster/Steak Dinner Dance and Raffle!
Norwalk Lions Club members, you outdid your-
selves! Thanks to all who donated time, raffle prizes,
etc. If we have left someone out, please know that we
tive Iowa. For the past
three years, the Governor
of Iowa has dedicated
April as Keep Iowa Beau-
tiful month.
Governor Terry E.
Branstad recognizes the
impact clean communities
have on cultural and eco-
nomic vitality. March 26,
Governor Branstad is
scheduled to sign a proc-
lamation declaring April
as Keep Iowa Beautiful
month.
You can "pass" it- oral-
Clean and attractive places
are a major factor for po-
tential business investors
and for new residents. But
clean communities reflect
a sense of pride among
residents and can be con-
tagious in how we treat
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Iowa's I.argest
local cities or counties. By
doing so, you communi-
cate to Iowans and visitors
just how much you value
the impact beautiful com-
munities can have on our
state.
Passing local proclama-
tions can encourage local
citizens to take action and
work to make their com-
munities clean and attrac-
tive. It starts with simple
clean up of public areas
and picking up litter and
can extend to painting a
facility or planting trees or
flowers. A draft proclama-
tion fora city or county can
be found at keepiowa
beautiful.com/proclama-
tion.
Beyond April. Efforts
to keep Iowa beautiful ex-
tend beyond one month; it
truly is a year-round chal-
lenge. How can we work
together to achieve this? In
the case of Keep Iowa
Beautiful, we suggest ev-
ery morning we ask our-
selves, 'what is the most
attractive thing I will see
today is or conversely,
what is the ugliest thing?'
Then consider, 'is there
anything I can do today to
make this a better place to
live?"
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