NOG NEWS is published quarterly by the North of Grand Neighborhood Association, P.O. Box 12027, Des Moines IA 50312. Distributed by mail to all members of good standing.

NOG Board of Direc


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NEW THIS YEAR- DROPPING OFF APPLIANCES is FREE!
YARD WASTE IS NO LONGER ALLOWED AT THE NEIGHBORHOOD SCRUB.

It’s very easy to get use to living with the “stuff” we accumulate over the y


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Meeting Location:
Greenwood Park - Shelter next to old Science Center of Iowa building. Begins at 4pm.

NOG's Quarterly Meeting and Potluck Picnic Saturday June 7 at Greenwood Park - w


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NOG Calendar of Events-2008

NOG Calendar of Events-2008
· Sat May 17th 7 AM-Noon NOG SCRUB Day
· Fri & Sat May 16-17-Flower pick for corner
plantings
· Fr


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Ben Molloy is leading NOG’s 6th Annual neighborhood –wide Garage Sale Event, to take place Friday and Saturday.

NOG will organize group advertising in the newspaper and will distribute map


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Roosevelt Cultural District Festival Week is a week-long demonstration and celebration of the arts and culture found inside and outside the district. Each day of the week will feature a combination of


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Mark your calendar for the annual North of Grand Neighborhood National Night Out event. Get to know who your neighbors are while jamming to live entertainment by the North of Grand band, consume free


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NOG MEMBERSHIP FORM

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The Alice Rodine Awards Potluck Dinner was held on April 24.

NOG's citizen of the year award was awarded in the memory of Joe Reid, who passed away on March 3rd. Accepting the award was hi


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A big thank you to the following people that helped with the I-235 clean-up this past Saturday:

Kimberly Hansen
Ed Leedom
Ben Molloy
Kurt Wiederanders
Nancy Wright
NOG Receives Award



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A celebration of the life of Joseph Reid was held at Plymouth Church on Sunday, April 27 at 4:00 pm. Joe lived a very wonderful and full life, from December 28, 1921 through March 3, 2008. It was a ve


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Mark Seigfried and Ben Molloy need volunteers to help till our corners during May 10-11, in preparation for flower plantings later in the month.

A mantis tiller is preferable for this type


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Sunday night free summer concerts

6:30 p.m. small group
7:30 p.m. headline group performs.

JUNE
June 8 – Des Moines Municipal Band
Ju


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Best wishes to Bryan and Wendy Wicks on their move to their new home in West Des Moines. We'll miss them both in our neighborhood, as Bryan was Vice President of NOG, and Wendy served in 2007 as the N


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Checkout NOG's Web Site at:
www.neighborhoodlink.com/desmoines/ngna

NOG Members can post family information and pictures on this web site. If you have any questions,


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Do you have a concern in your neighborhood?

NOG now qualifies for the services provided by the NBSD (Neighborhood Based Service Delivery) Team: DMPD Sgt Chan Wallace, City Inspector Eric M


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Yes, You Can Count On Me!

Put my donation to work to help Restoration Ingersoll.

___ $10 ___ $25 ___ $50
___ Other $ _______________

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Thanks to generous corporate support, city and state funding, grants and private donations, the Restoration Ingersoll project will move from “blueprints” to “construction” with plans to break ground n


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Our neighborhood has been nominated to receive the Governor’s Volunteer Award for our efforts over the past 10 years of cleaning up I-235!

The Governor’s Volunteer Awards (GVA) program has


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NOG Neighborhood Survey Results

Thank you to the 38 neighborhood people who completed surveys and submitted them. 25 of the surveys were mailed in, showing an effort to help us learn what


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Ten Ways to Be a Better Neighbor

There's a notable article in the Des Moines Press Citizen's October 23, 2002, issue, entitled "Great Neighbors are Good for the Kids", by Sam Carrell, Execu


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