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Awards will be given to the 2011 Citizen of the Year,

Business of the Year and Friend of Education.

Rob Quillen, author of Why Wait?, will be the Guest Speaker and will tell us about his personal 9/11 story.

Open to the Public.  $30 per person if paid by Wednesday, Jan 4, 2012.  $35 per person if paid after Wednesday, Jan 4, 2012.  $45 per person at the door. 

Because of the years that Dorothy spent teaching 2^nd grade students in the Carlisle school system as well as the dedication she and her husband had to preserving nature and living healthy, we would like to raise the funds to move and restore the Coal Creek Bridge and to have a plaque placed on the bridge in memory of Dorothy and Ferold Grant.

By moving this bridge, we would not only save it as a Historical Landmark, but we would also have a memorial for Dorothy and Ferold.  The bridge would once again be used on a daily basis!   Money raised to move the bridge would also count towards a $46,965 match for a $460,000 Vision Iowa grant to finish the fund raising for the $2,573,822 Scotch Ridge Nature Park and Trail project.  This is in addition to the $167,827 in local contributions that has already been raised. 

To move the bridge, we need the help of all those who knew or wish they knew Dorothy and Ferold.  Any amount you can contribute will help with this effort.  People who can give $100 or more will have their names placed on a plaque beside the Grant's plaque.   If you had Dorothy Grant as a teacher, please indicate the year and we'll add that after your name.  Of course gifts may be made in memory of anyone who knew and loved the Grants!   Please send along any favorite stories or pictures you have of being in Mrs. Grant's class.  We'll use some of these for publicity and we would like to accumulate a scrapbook of stories and pictures to be displayed at the bridge site and also at the Randleman Historic House.

We would ask that you strongly consider this one time tax exempt contribution to help us move and dedicate the historic Coal Creek Bridge to honor the Grants. We have a January 12, 2012 deadline to raise the final $46,965 match for the Scotch Ridge Nature Park and Trail.  Your contribution will be greatly appreciated!   Checks made out to Scotch Ridge Nature Park and Trail can be sent to Carlisle City Hall at 195 N. 1^st Street, Box 430, Carlisle, Iowa 50047.  Contributions can also be made by credit card through at http://www.desmoinesfoundation.org/page34046.cfm. 

                                                Jack Cooper, Chair

                                                Dorothy and Ferold Grant Bridge Memorial Committee

Carlisle Citizen, Kim Hartshorn 989-0743, carlislecitizen@mchsi.com

Record-Herald and Indianola Tribune, Kevin Kirkpatrick 961-4833, kkirkpatri@dmreg.com

Des Moines Register, Kathy Bolten 286-2504, kbolten@dmreg.com

FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION CONTACT:

Neil Ruddy 989-3224

CONTRIBUTIONS NEEDED FOR SCOTCH RIDGE NATURE PARK

AND TRAIL VISION IOWA CHALLENGE

Capital Campaign Committee Chair Denny Woodruff has announced that the Vision Iowa Board has awarded the City of Carlisle a Community Attractions and Tourism (CAT) grant in the amount of $460,000 for the Scotch Ridge Nature Park and Trail project.  The grant represents 18% of the estimated total project cost of $2,573,822. 

The trail project consists of a 3.3 mile long 10' wide asphalt trail that will connect the existing Summerset Trail at the Carlisle Family Aquatic Center to the Scotch Ridge Nature Park at the intersection of Highway 5 and Gateway Drive.  The trail will extend west across the aquatic center property, north along S. 5^th St., west through Lindhardt Park and the Danamere Farms conservation community, under Scotch Ridge Road, north to the Middle School and west across the Fleming and Warren properties to the Scotch Ridge Nature Park.  An underpass will be constructed for the Scotch Ridge Road crossing and a bridge will be constructed for the North River crossing.  The trail will eventually connect to the Des Moines Riverwalk along a trail system planned by both the City of Des Moines and the Polk County Conservation Board.

The park project involves the restoration of a unique transect of several soil-based eco-systems on both public and private properties, including short and tall grass prairies, wetlands, wooded wetlands and an oak savannah.  An added benefit of the project will be road and parking improvements in Lindhardt Park.

  The Vision Iowa Board has challenged the City has to raise $46,965 in local contributions by January 12, 2012.  This is in addition to the total of $167,827 in cash, pledges and in-kind services that has already been raised from 138 separate contributors.  Successfully completing this challenge is extremely important for Carlisle's future.   

Contributions can be made by cash or check or as a pledge.  A pledge can extend for up to three years.  Contributions can be mailed or brought in person to City Hall, 195 N, 1^st St., PO Box 430, Carlisle, IA  50047.  Contributions can also be made by credit card through the Greater Des Moines Community Foundation website at http://www.desmoinesfoundation.org/page34046.cfm.  Pledge/Receipt forms are available at City Hall or at www.carlisle-ia.gov.  If you have any questions, please contact Campaign Committee Chair Denny Woodruff at 515-490-2775.

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