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Norwalk Warriors
Vol. 52 No. 8 Norwalk, Iowa 50211 USPS No. 395-120 Phone 981-0406 emaih news@norwalknewspaper.com Thursday, July 25, 2019
NEW MURAL BlUNGS ART TO
NORWALK
Dedication of Norwalk's
Warrior Park
You may or may not part of the Paint Iowa running through the
have noticed the mural on Beautiful Grant worth town. They used the
the=,Lil' Hands Big over $500. This was more caboose that is in City
Dreams building at the than enough paint for the Park in the mural. The
corner of Main St. and mural team to work with. daycare's business name
North Ave. This serves as How long did it take? is painted on the wind-
the kick-offto Norwalk's We began work on mill. The Norwalk art
community-wide public Monday, June 10th. It students did a lot to add
art program, took 8 full days (and some their -own voice and
iWho painted the evenings) of painting, personal touch to the
Mural? The awesome What is the history mural by adding flowers,
Norwalk High School behind the design? The birds and other details
Mural Team is a group of building at 730 Main that further enhanced the
elect students who are Street is the current design.
involved in the NHS Art location of Lir Hands Big We had a great
Club and high school art Dreams Daycare. Mary, response from the com-
classes. The group was Brian and Caitlin Ferden munity that" passed by.
developed in order to helped create the design Some long-timeresidents
connect student artists which represents the came by to confirm their
with community projects, former history of the knowledge of the area and
The Mural Team (Angela building and Norwalk. could connect to the
Davidson, Carolyn Klein, The building formerly history of the building
Chelsea Gambrel and housed a Model A and corner.
Kathy Riemersma,Steve dealership. The Model AThis group has also
Davidson, Caitlin Fer- Ford is coming out of painted the designs on
den, Jaiden Rouse, Syd- what once was a garage the trash cans at Warrior
ney Fisher, Emma Bur- door for the auto shop.Park, painted 2 hop-
nett, Luke Agey, Tenley The Model A is shown inscotches on the sidewalks
Schroeder, Alli Kreider, the garage door, the of City Park and Brownie
and Callan Randall) "Crown Gasoline" and Park, 2 checkerboards on
Who funded the "Norwalk Auto Garage" the picnic tables of
project? Norwalk Home- are also from a reference Brownie Park, and
town Pride was granted 8 photo. The building also painted one of the designs
gallons of paint from sold horse buggies, on a planter in City Park.
Diamond Vogel Paints as Norwalk once had a train Great work team!
$1,448 Raised by Norwalk Fire Fighters During
2019 Fill the Boot Campaign
During the 2019 MDA Fill the Boot campaign, the dedicated members of the
Norwalk Fire Department took to store fronts and continued a 65-year tradition
of giving strength to the MDA community.
On Friday, July 5th Norwalk Fire Fighters filled the boot out front of Fareway.
With the help and generosity of the Norwalk community Norwalk Fire was able
to raise $1,448 for MDA making it another great year.
"The fire fighters of Norwalk have once again gone above and beyond for MDA's
families during this year's Fill the Boot campaign," said Executive Director,
Jillian Harper. "We are so grateful for their dedication and for the generosity of
those in the Norwalk community and the surrounding area who have helped to
raise critical funds to help transform the lives of kids and adults with muscular
dystrophy, ALS and related muscle-debilitating diseases."
Funds raised through Norwalk Fill the Boot events help MDA save lives by
providing vital resources. For more information, visit mda.org.
On July 8th, the Norwalk Parks and Recreation staff hosted a dedication cer-
emony for Norwalk's newest recreation spot, Warrior Park, which is located at
511 Orchard Hills Drive. Please make time to visit this great asset to the commu-
nity if you have not already experienced it. Congratulations to Parks and Recre-
ation on a job well done.
Photos by Jason Williamson
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