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🌱 How St. Mary Parish in Grinnell is extending Easter’s 50 days
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In today's newsletter:
- How St. Mary Parish in Grinnell is extending Easter’s 50 days
- Grinnell native Bruce Burnham, GHS ’70, remembered after his passing
Today's riddle: What did the inventor of the knock-knock joke win? 🤔 (Answer below!)
- Friday: Warm; heavy p.m. t-storms, with a high of 79 and low of 33 degrees.
- Saturday: Winds becoming strong; cooler, temps: high: 52, low: 31.
- Sunday: Sunny to partly cloudy, with a high of 59 and low of 36 degrees.
📰 News we're reading
• Celebrating the Easter season (catholicmessenger.net) — Catholics in Grinnell can mark the Easter season with Divine Mercy Sunday events at St. Mary Parish, part of a 50‑day celebration that runs through Pentecost. The article explains why Easter is the church’s most important season and offers practical ideas for extending Lenten good works, deepening prayer, and engaging in parish activities throughout these weeks. 
• Bruce Duane Burnham, 73, of Kingsley (nwestiowa.com) — Grinnell readers may remember Bruce Burnham, who was born in Grinnell, graduated from Grinnell High School in 1970, and still has family here. The 73-year-old Kingsley resident, known for his photography and woodworking, died April 13 after a brief battle with cancer. Services are set for April 20 in Kingsley, with burial later at Kingsley Cemetery.
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Dr. Lisa Payne Ossian and Free Admission Hour
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Theatre: Spring Musical- Legally Blonde (High School)
Grinnell High School Auditorium
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Boys Tennis: Pella Dutch Invite (Varsity)
Caldwell Park - Pella Tennis Courts
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Friday April 17
Saturday April 18
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🗞 Nearby News
Newton
- No. 4 Norwalk too much for Newton girls soccer (newtondailynews.com)
Tama
- Tama County Public Health and Home Care CEO/Executive Director Stacy Koeppen resigns, citing ‘unprofessionalism' of supervisors among reasons (timesrepublican.com)
- Woman sentenced to federal prison for stabbing victim with a piece of wood on Meskwaki Settlement (timesrepublican.com)
- Live Pro Wrestling headed to Fort Dodge (messengernews.net)
Marshalltown
- Marshalltown police searching for 2 people wanted for alleged trespassing at old hospital building (weareiowa.com)
- Local experts share tips on caring for animals during springtime nesting and breeding (timesrepublican.com)
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P.S. The answer to today's riddle: The NO-BELL prize (Thank you Gina M. for sending it in!)
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