Beacon residents raising funds for playground equipment
By DUANE NOLLEN
The Oskaloosa (Iowa) Herald
May 9, 2008

OSKALOOSA — The city of Beacon needs some new playground equipment at the City Hall grounds, and Jennifer Thomas-Maxwell has been working for about a year to make it happen.

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Thomas-Maxwell said there will be many family activities during the two-day fund-raising event at City Hall. There will be carnival rides, games, concessions, a bake sale, face painting, a street dance and an auction.

“We’ll also be doing family pictures,” she said. Bubbafly Photography will do the family portraits.

“We’ll have small games. … There will be a greased pig contest Saturday … and a street dance Saturday night,” she said.

Almost 30 local businesses are contributing $4,494 of merchandise for the auction.

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