Morning Sun, IA

>The next big fundraiser for the Morning Sun Community Center is the “Get On The Bandwagon” event on Saturday, May 31^st.   Bring your lawn chair and find a seat “inside” the painted outline of the new community center.  (On Main Street, the site of the old Delzell Shop.) In the morning donuts from Casey’s will be available.  Then there’s music, music, music thru the day!  Walk-ons invited!!  Stage, Electric Piano and Sound System provided!A great lunch of Maidrites, hotdogs, chips and cookies will be served up by the staff of Iowa State Bank.  All proceeds from food and other donations made that day will go toward the monies currently being raised to match the Vision Iowa Grant that the Community Center Committee has been awarded.A $5,000 challenge match for the day has been announced – meaning all the money donated that day, up to $5,000 will be matched by another donor.  In addition, Mr. Graber has agreed to match the first $100 in change raised by the school children and Music and Spanish Teacher Mrs. Nancy Martin has agreed to match the 2^nd $100 in change from the kids.  Look for the big bottle of change to fill up during the day!All children who come to the event during the day will be invited to put their handprints on a banner that will show how many people have worked on the wonderful musical event!Bring your The next big fundraiser for the Morning Sun Community Center is the “Get On The Bandwagon” event on Saturday, May 31^st.   Bring your lawn chair and find a seat “inside” the painted outline of the new community center.  (On Main Street, the site of the old Delzell Shop.) In the morning donuts from Casey’s will be available.  Then there’s music, music, music thru the day!  The line up includes the following:·         10am-11am - MS Elementary vocal and instrumental solos·         11-11:30am - Smooth Harmony, the Famed Barbershop Group from Mediapolis High School·         11:30am-12pm – The Morning Sun Elementary Spring Program·         12-12:30pm- Valentin Ruiz with Hispanic Music·         12:30-1pm - Various community solo performances including Miss Louisa County!·         1-2pm – Mediapolis High School  instrumental performances ·         Walk-ons invited!!  Stage, Electric Piano and Sound System provided!A great lunch of Maidrites, hotdogs, chips and cookies will be served up by the staff of Iowa State Bank.  All proceeds from food and other donations made that day will go toward the monies currently being raised to match the Vision Iowa Grant that the Community Center Committee has been awarded.A $5,000 challenge match for the day has been announced – meaning all the money donated that day, up to $5,000 will be matched by another donor.  In addition, Mr. Graber has agreed to match the first $100 in change raised by the school children and Music and Spanish Teacher Mrs. Nancy Martin has agreed to match the 2^nd $100 in change from the kids.  Look for the big bottle of change to fill up during the day! All children who come to the event during the day will be invited to put their handprints on a banner that will show how many people have worked on the wonderful musical event!Bring your change, or your checkbook and a chair and enjoy the day of musical entertainment and community fun on Saturday in Morning Sun!  (In case of inclement weather, the event will be held inside the Morning Sun Elementary School.)

Currently the Horizons group is looking to create a grocery co-op in Morning Sun. The local grocery store recently lost their distribution contract and will need to purchase supplies from another distributor that is much more expensive. Given the increase in expenses the current owner/manager will probably be forced out of business. This could create a significant hardship for Morning Sun residents who can not afford to drive to another town for their groceries. The Horizons group developed a task force to explore grocery options in other small communities and present the information at a town meeting. The meetings purpose was to inform the residents of shopping habits, transportation costs, and all costs related to or hidden when buying goods out of town. The hope is to encourage residents in Morning Sun to “buy local” and create a sense of ownership.