The Belle Plaine Partners for Beautification are sponsoring a Yard of the Month starting April 1st. Anyone living in BP is eligible to win. Winners will have a sign placed in their yard, get their picture in the paper, and win some BP Bucks. Anyone can nominate a beautiful yard.

Nomination papers are available at city hall and at the library. The nominations will be due on the 15th of the month so that winners can be announced by the first of each month.

Nomination papers can be returned to City Hall or the Library or mailed to Dick Wells at 712 19th Street, Belle Plaine, IA 52208 The Yard of the Month will run from May through October.

If you have any questions you can give me a call at 319-560-9304 or call Dick Wells 319-310-8795

Get Your Ticket for the Railway Tea!

Sunday, May 6th

2:00 – 4:00 p.m.

Belle Plaine Area Museum

Entertainment

Live Music by Manifest
Life on the Railway, as recounted by Better Moeller

Menu

Hobo Bread Sandwiches
Haystacks
Railroad Spikes
Engine Cookies
Train Cake
Other Train-Themed Delicacies
Brewed Tea
Coffee

$15 per person or #11 each for a table of 6 (includes door prizes)

Call for reservations, 319.434.2079, by May 2nd

News from the Belle Plaine Area Museum

National Train Day

May 12, 2012

11:00 am – 4:00 pm

Bring family and friends to celebrate National Train Day! See our collection of Chicago & Northwestern Railroad photos, Central Iowa Model Train Club display, hobo exhibit and children’s activity, listen to an Operation Livesaver presentation, tour the historic English style depot, and much more!

Enter raffle for a change to win a model train.

Website: www.belleplaineareamuseum.org
or www.atdlines.com/ntd-blp.htm

Belle Plaine Area Museum
12th Street
Belle Plaine, IA 52208

Belle Plaine Community Library will again hold a Scholastic Book Fair

“Book Fair Carnival”

Book Fair Luau

Friday, March 30^th – Saturday, April 7^th

During Regular Library Hours
Monday – Thursday, 10 – 7 pm
Friday, 10 – 4 pm &
Saturday, 9 – 12 pm

Proceeds from the sale provide prizes for our summer reading program and adds books to our library shelves.

The fair has new materials available for purchase for all ages!

There will be drawings for prizes and fun activities!
(Books make great Easter Basket gifts!)

This year you can also buy books online, through April 17^th at http://bookfairs.scholastic.com/homepage/belleplainecommunitylibrary

Special Events:

• Friday, March 30^th – Opening Day – “Tropical treats & your name entered to win gift baskets for anyone visiting the fair today. (Great time for parents and grandparents!)
• Wednesday, April 4^th – We will have free “Carnival Activities” for the kids from 5 – 6 pm.
• Friday, April 6^th – The Easter Bunny will be here from 10 – 11:30!

There will be books and items from the “Hunger Games” Series. Remember, the movie comes out soon!

Belle Plaine’s

Annual

Easter Egg Hunt

Saturday
April 7, 2012
10:00 a.m.

Lower Franklin Park by the Ball Diamond

Open to All Children Age 8 & Under
Easter Eggs, Candy & Prizes

Sponsored by:
Belle Plaine Community Development Corporation
A Main Street Iowa Community

Benefit for Trevor Abernathy and Family

Saturday, March 31st, 2012

Meal 
(Free will donation)
4:00 p.m. until gone

Bake Sale
4:00 p.m.

Raffle and Silent Auction
6 – 8 p.m.

Dance
8 – Midnight
Featuring Salt and Pepper DJ

Entertainment with DJ Razz
$5.00 Admission

Chelsea Community Hall
Dudley Street, Chelsea, IA

On January 30, 2012, Trevor had a work related accident that has required a lengthy stay in the hospital and rehabilitation.

For more information, contact:
Lisa Wiebke – 319.241.6617
Wesley (Spanky) Harrison – 319.929.4284

An account for donations has been set up at MidWestOne Bank in Belle Plaine.

ATTENTION

Public Meeting

Iowa Township Trustees would like to have anyone interested in a cemetery lot in Pleasant Hill/Beal Cemetery (1/2 mile east of Belle Plaine High School on 78th Street Trail) to come to a meeting on March 24th at 2 pm at First Lutheran Church in Belle Plaine.

The township is looking into purchasing additional land for the cemetery.

Any questions please call Jim Sayers at 444.3276 or Dean Jensen at 444.3462.

The BPCDC is looking for information about ALL Businesses and Churches in Belle Plaine. This includes home-based businesses, contractors, etc. Not just businesses with “storefront” or “retail” locations.

We will not share (or sell) this information – we’re looking to create a business database so that we can better serve YOU by directing business your way! It’s also a way for us to see how well we’re doing!

If you own a business, please consider taking 5 minutes to fill this quick survey out. 

http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/ZHD8Y8Z  Click the link or copy and paste it into your browser.

MidWestOne Bank is Celebrating their GRAND OPENING Today!

Doors opened for business at their new location – 802 13^th Street – on Tuesday, February 21^st.

The Grand Opening is scheduled today through 7pm, with a Ribbon Cutting Ceremony at 5:30pm.

Please come congratulate MidWestOne Bank on opening their beautiful new facility.

SPRING EVENTS AT THE BELLE PLAINE AREA MUSEUM

Sunday March 4th at 2:00  Learn about the area south of Belle Plaine being returned to native prairie.  Presented by Mark Pingenot.

Sunday March 18th at 2:00   Marvin Kucera will share information on growing pumpkins for the 1st annual Pioneer Pumpkin Fest in October.

Sunday April 15th at 2:00   There will be a walk down memory lane to share memories of country school days.  If you attended a rural school, join us!

May is National Youth Safe Driving Month

There will be organizations on the local and state level helping students and others learn about the importance of driving safely.

Sunday May 6th at 2:00   Railroad Tea.  Come listen to stories and songs about the railroad.  Share railroad cake, caboose cookies and more.

Saturday May 12th 11:00 until 4:00   National Train Day 2012.  National Train Day marks 143 years of connecting travelers coast to coast and commemorates the day the first transcontinental railroad was created.  Join us as Belle Plaine celebrates its rich railroad history.