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Belmond picks a pool theme for its 2024 Fourth of July

TOURISTS AND TOWNSPEOPLE LINE THE MAIN STREET OF HELEN GEORGIA, NEAR ROBERTSTOWN FOR THE FOURTH OF JULY PARADE. HELEN...

Belmond’s Independence Day celebration got an early start in 2024. Organizers set the opening for Sunday, June 30, giving the town most of a week of…

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Clarion P.E.O. chapter marks its centennial

Cottey College Main Hall

Members of P.E.O. Chapter FS in Clarion celebrated the 100th anniversary of their chapter in 2023. The chapter was organized on Feb. 28, 1921.

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Vince Papale, the real-life ‘Invincible’ Eagle, speaks in Clarion

Lincoln Financial Field, Philadelphia

Vince Papale, the former Philadelphia Eagle whose story became the 2006 Disney movie “Invincible,” spent a Friday in January 2022 speaking to groups…

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Heartland Museum adds two resources for researching veterans

Veterans Memorial, Waverly, Iowa

With Veterans Day coming in November 2020, the Heartland Museum in Clarion added two new resources for people researching family members who served.

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C-G-D teachers drive a 75-vehicle parade past students’ homes

Wolf Point Fire Department Engine in Parade

With school buildings closed in the spring of 2020, Clarion-Goldfield-Dows teachers and staff went to their students instead.

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C-G-D fourth and fifth graders use Project Jack grants to pay it forward

Classic BINGO game (6679739315) (2)

Fourth and fifth grade classes at Clarion-Goldfield-Dows spent part of the spring of 2019 giving back, using grant money from Project Jack.

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Bridging the Gap night brings C-G-D students and seniors together

Cookie decorating (11540003385)

Clarion-Goldfield-Dows Middle School’s student Peer Helpers hosted their annual Bridging the Gap night in April 2019, an evening meant to connect older…

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Over 60 C-G-D students take on Greek mythology in spring play

Everett High School Little Theater 01

More than 60 Clarion-Goldfield-Dows High School students spent March 2019 rehearsing in the darkened high school gym for the spring play, “The Greek…

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C-G-D Elementary launches Spark Clubs for third through fifth graders

New Zealand - Dance class - 9580

Clarion-Goldfield-Dows Elementary added a new piece to its school day in early 2019: Spark Clubs, a program that lets third, fourth and fifth graders join…

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Draft plan sketches trails linking Wright County towns

Kenosha County Bike Trail at Springbrook Rd - Pleasant Prairie, WI - June 2025

A first draft of a county-wide trails plan went to the Wright County supervisors in June 2018.

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