CERT Helping Residents Get COVID-19 Vaccine
Josh Stevens helps at the COVID-19 call center inside Penn Central Mall.
Oskaloosa, Iowa – The Mahaska County CERT Team, or Community Emergency Response Team, has been volunteering their time to help individuals schedule their COVID-19 vaccine.
Working out of an office inside Penn Central Mall, the group answers a steady stream of calls, looking for help in obtaining their shot. There are at times as many as six people working, while three is the normal amount of volunteers.
The CERT volunteers joined at times with individuals from Mahaska Health.
“So it’s kind of a group effort here,” says Stevens.
Oskaloosa Main Street Announces Theme for 2021 Lighted Christmas Parade
Oskaloosa Lighted Christmas Parade 2021 Theme
February 8, 2021(Oskaloosa, Iowa) – Oskaloosa Main Street’s Lighted Christmas Parade Committee met following a successful 2020 parade, which was held in “reverse” format as a drive-thru downtown Lighted Christmas Display due to COVID-19. Feeling optimistic and hopeful that the parade will return in its traditional glory this year, the committee discussed and voted on the theme for the 2021Lighted Christmas Parade to be held on Saturday, December 4, 2021.
Oskaloosa Main Street’s 34th Annual Lighted Christmas Parade theme will be “Miracle on Market Street.” The theme is a spin on the “Miracle on 34thStreet” film and ties in with the event’s 34thconsecutive year. Parade organizers are excited to see decorations and float ideas sparked by classic holiday movies, Oskaloosa’s downtown history along Market Street, and different takes on the meaning o
Jigsaw Puzzle Pieces
Oskaloosa, Iowa – Many new skills and hobbies have been born from the pandemic. One of those rediscovered joys has been putting jigsaw puzzles together.
Penn Central Mall will help puzzle fans enjoy their favorite past time with a contest to see who can finish a 500 piece puzzle the fastest.
Cheyenne Jaquez with Penn Central Mall has worked to bring the event to the mall and says the contest is a way to celebrate National Puzzle Day.
There are 15 spots open this year, and the mall is asking that you pre-register and pay the $20 fee, and you keep your puzzle at the end.