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T-R PHOTOS BY LANA BRADSTREAM The American and Iowa flags were given a color guard at the Monday rededication ceremony of the Veterans Memorial Coliseum. About 60 people attended the event.
The Veterans Memorial Coliseum has two reasons to cherish March 15. Not only was that day Monday used as the day of the grand reopening and rededication, but 90 years ago, residents of Marshalltown gathered to do the same thing on March 15.
Roughly 60 city officials and people active in the reopening, watched the rededication ceremony and listened to a variety of people speak about their memory of the Coliseum.
Dalal
The Martha-Ellen Tye Foundation has named Heidi Dalal as the new executive director. She will take over for Karn Gregoire who retires at the end of May. Dalal, 39, will begin her new duties on June 1.
“Since its inception, the Foundation has served as a leader for the community that Martha-Ellen dearly loved,” Foundation Board President Matt Fisher said. “Collectively with other community partners, the Foundation has set its focus to help Marshalltown prosper and grow. Based on Heidi’s years with the Foundation, the Board has witnessed strength in her leadership and look forward to supporting her as she serves this important role.”
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Joe Fisher
The Marshalltown City Council will continue making annual payments of $100,000 to the Fisher Community Center as previously agreed upon despite the building being unusable because of derecho damage.
In 2019, the council approved an agreement to make $100,000 annual payments to the Fisher Community Center for rent, operations and maintenance. The issue of continuing these payments was raised during Monday’s regular council meeting for clarity on whether public use was a precursor for payment with tax levy dollars.
The council moved to continue payments and note public use is not a requirement for payment.
The center sustained significant damage during the derecho in August and has since been unavailable for public use. Before the storm, the Fisher Governor Foundation which oversees the center began having its unique art collection restored. About $350,000 was raised for the restoration project.