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Yahoo
14-05-2025
- General
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Over 1,000 origami cranes to be displayed during Iowa State Fair as tribute to Japan
DES MOINES, Iowa — Over 1,000 origami cranes made by Iowans will be displayed during the Iowa State Fair to honor Iowa's sister-state relationship with Yamanashi, Japan. The Cranes of Friendship Project was organized by the Japan America Society of Iowa (JASI). It started after an Iowa delegate visited Yamanashi, Japan, last year. He was gifted 1,000 cranes to bring back to Iowa. In return, JASI wanted to do something special in honor of the 65th anniversary of their sister-state relationship. In Japanese culture, 1,000 cranes are made when people want to celebrate something. Scholastic Spotlight follow-up: Crestview GOAT Party JASI's Executive Director, Yoko Tanaka, started holding workshops across the state at different high schools, colleges, organizations, and even people's homes. During these workshops, she teaches Iowans how to make origami cranes and gets them involved in the project. Her most recent workshop was held at the Zen Center in Des Moines, where 14 participants made 80 origami cranes. JASI has already exceeded its goal and made over 1,100 cranes. 'I was not sure if I could make it all the way to 1,000 at the beginning of the project and I was thinking, if I couldn't make it then I have to take care of the rest of it,' said Tanaka. She said she will continue to host workshops for people to be involved in the project. Their new goal is to have as many cranes as possible. Tanaka will soon start to thread all of the cranes together. 'Making the cranes is one thing, [but] threading them is going to be another daunting task,' she said, A Japanese company based outside of Cedar Falls, Iowa makes fermented thread and they are gifting one spool of this thread for JASI to complete the display. The finished product will be on display during the Iowa State Fair in the 4-H Building. Tanaka will also hold a crane-making workshop in the 4-H Building on August 15. Tanaka will soon hold workshops in Muscatine and Sioux City, showing that she travels anywhere in the state from as far east as Muscatine to as far west as Sioux City. Iowans can schedule a workshop by emailing info@ Buttigieg gives a strident anti-Trump message in Iowa, demands Democrats make their agenda clear Over 1,000 origami cranes to be displayed during Iowa State Fair as tribute to Japan Madison County leaders have a vacancy to fill, how that will happen is unclear Iowa crops planted ahead of schedule thanks to dry weather Work requirements for state Medicaid sent to Gov. Reynolds Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
Yahoo
24-02-2025
- Business
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Feb. 24—MOSES LAKE — It's hardly a secret that Moses Lake is growing, and that's why this year's Business Expo on March 4 will have a construction theme. "We've got a lot of construction going on," said Debbie Doran-Martinez, director of the Moses Lake Chamber of Commerce, which hosts the show at the Grant County Fairgrounds. "We've got a new hospital underway. There's a Mexican market going in on Third Avenue ... We've got a lot of housing (construction) going on. In the industrial sector, we have Sila (Nanotechnologies) doing a buildout; we've got Group14 doing a buildout. There's lots of things happening." The theme is "Building our Economy for a Prosperous Future," and the expo promises to be a big one, taking up both the 4-H Building and the Commercial Building. There are 85 businesses coming, and last year's event was attended by more than 700 people, Doran-Martinez said. The premier sponsor, the Moses Lake Elks Club, will have a station set up for the club's youth ID program, which lets parents register information on their children for law enforcement in case a child ever goes missing or needs to be identified. Bud Clary will be the spotlight sponsor and will have vehicles all along one wall of the 4-H Building. In between there are vendors for everything under the sun, as well as food and beverages. The event coincides with the chamber's monthly Business After Hours, so pre-registered chamber members will also receive complimentary beverage tokens. The event is free and family-friendly, Doran-Martinez added. The Business Expo itself has grown over the years from about 20 booths in the early 1990s to filling two buildings the last three years, and it could grow even more, Doran-Martinez said. "We're at capacity, so I can't fit anymore into the space," she said. "So as soon as I'm turning away enough that I can fill half of another building, then we'll launch into a third building." Besides the wide range of businesses on display, there will be some fun activities, Doran-Martinez said. In keeping with the construction theme, there will be some Jenga games for attendees to play, and a blackout bingo card game. "People go around and if they visit 25 of the predetermined vendors that are on the card ... they get put into a drawing for a Skylight Calendar photo frame," she said. "That's kind of a cool, techie item that everybody can use in their household or office." An event like the Business Expo goes a long way toward fostering local commerce, Doran-Martinez said. In an age when it's easier to go online than across town, money spent at local businesses has a ripple effect. "It's critical that we shop local," she said. "If we want to have stores here, we have to support those entities. And shopping local builds our economy. It builds our quality of life. As we shop local, we pay our local taxes which benefit the municipality that offers products and services for our community ... the Amazons aren't sponsoring the Little League baseball team here. They're not donating to the Cancer Foundation. They're not doing those things that local businesses do." Moses Lake Business Expo March 4, 4-7 p.m. Grant County Fairgrounds 3953 Airway Drive NE, Moses Lake More information:
