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lan ahead for all the activities in the next few days as we are getting close to July 4th. The Linn County Fair in Central City runs June 25th - 30th. Six full days of fun, entertainment, food, rides, educational and the list goes on. See a complete list of events online. Many Grandstand events including Donkey Races which are free to the public! Bring the kids for the carnival rides, be the hero and bring them during the wristband times and let them ride till they drop! une 29th, stop in at the Marion Airport for their Annual Fly-In Drive-In Breakfast. They always have plenty of great airplanes to walk around and take pictures with. Many types of airplanes fly in and out all morning long. You can even jump a short flight for $10.00. Be sure to bring the kids to the Tidbits Event Tent for some fun kids games. There is a winner every time which is sure to please your young children. Come early as the event runs from 6:00 am to 11:30 am. uly 4th, be prepared for the most fun you will ever have at a parade in Troy Mills. Parade starts at 10am and is sure to surprise you. You could get wet just watching this parade. They have an open entry as long as you are in town by 9am. Otherwise bring your carload of spectators as you don’t want to miss this parade. See Page 4 for a large listing of July 4th events in Central City starting at dawn and going into the night with Fireworks. uly 5th, 2014, Praire Moon Ballroom Reunion 3pm-12am 319-437-6006 Southern Comfort 3:00pm-7:00pm Do’s & Don’t’s 7:30pm-11:30pm Bring your own lawn chairs and enjoy the fun and entertainment. Food by Billy’s Chicken Shack uly 12th, will be Dam Days Fireworks in Troy Mills. Fireworks begin at dusk and this year should be another great display. njoy all of the warm weather events that you can as we will be needing to break out those parkas soon. Saturday June 21st was the start of Summer. According to the Wheel of the Year its Midsummer. Either way you spin the wheel, we are now half way through 2014. So the sun optimist looks at the calender as we are now in the longest days of the year with the warmest about to begin. Of course the winter optimist looks at the calender in a different prospective. This view looks forward to the winter sports of skating, skiing, tobogganing, snowmobiling and of course the festive holiday season. The pessimist view the midyear as getting too close to snow shoveling, dead batteries, power outages and the huge expense of those festive holiday events. hoever you are, we hope that you have been enjoying this new Northern Exposure Community Paper. If you know of a community event that you would like promoted, please contact russ@tidbitpapers.com or 319-360-3936.
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All businesses need to market who they are, what they do and where they are. Some may feel that the location they are in is all the marketing they need. This can work sometimes for being in a shopping mall or along a high traffic road which they pay higher taxes. Others may feel all they need are larger outdoor signs. There are many ways to advertise and most businesses need to use multiple ways to get their information out to their prospective clients. They can also have a difficult time determining what works and what does not. But to cut down on their costs, its important for the business owners to know themselves what works and with a little help from you, they can achieve this. If you enjoy reading the Tidbits paper and now with the additional section called Northern Exposure Community Paper, please let our advertisers know you seen their ad and appreciate that they are marketing in it. Some of our clients have coupons in the paper, please clip and use them as this is their way to measure the effectiveness of marketing. Thank you very much, Russ Swart, Publisher.