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Des Moines West News

Iowa authors to be honored tonight

The Des Moines Public Library Foundation’s Iowa Author Award and the Friends of Literacy Award recipients will be honored at a dinner celebration from 6 to 9 tonight at the Temple for Performing Arts.

The Iowa Author Awards are given to contemporary authors with strong ties to Iowa and nationally recognized reputations. A general Iowa Author Award will be given, along with awards for a special-interest author and a children’s/young adult author. Honorees are:

Charles A. Murray, author of the 2012 book “Coming Apart: The State of America 1960-2010” and the upcoming “American Exceptionalism” targeted at college students.

Kelly D. Norris, writer of “Iowa Gardener’s Travel Guide” in 2009 and “Guide to Bearded Irises: Cultivating the Rainbow for Beginners and Enthusiasts” in 2012. He is working on a new book tentatively titled “Dig This: Stylish Gardening with Kickass Plants.”

Wendy Delsol, author of the young-adult trilogy “Stork,” “Frost” and “Flock,” inspired by Norse mythology and Icelandic folklore, and the adult contemporary novel “The McCloud Home for Wayward Girls.”

The Friends of Literacy award will be given to Douglas and Deborah West, who have helped make possible many library programs, including AViD, or Authors Visiting in Des Moines.

Proceeds from the event, to be emceed by Iowa native Dan Hunter, will benefit the programs, services and collections of the Des Moines Public Library. Tickets are $150 per person. For reservations, call 248-6402 or email dbriles@dmpl.org.

Snow removal equipment on display

Des Moines will host its annual snow removal equipment display from 8 a.m. to noon Saturday on the Court Avenue Bridge downtown. Visitors will see snowplow equipment and can visit with snow removal personnel about the city’s strategies for snow removal this winter.

The city’s equipment ranges from single- and tandem-axle truck plows with “wing” attachments and motor graders to 1-ton trucks with blades and end loaders.

Entries for the 12th annual snowplow painting contest also will be on display. The 12 snowplows that were painted by schoolchildren will be judged by attendees, and prizes will be awarded in various categories.

Play-readers to perform ‘Shipwrecked’

The Des Moines Community Playhouse play-reading series continues at 7 p.m. Monday with Donald Margulies’ “Shipwrecked: The Amazing Adventures of Louis de Rougemont (As Told by Himself).”

The program is free; beverages will be available for purchase.

The play-reading series is held one night each month on the stage in the upper lobby of the theater located on 42nd Street just north of Interstate Highway 235. Actors read from scripts; there are no costumes or scenery pieces. The goal of the series is to offer audiences and volunteers an opportunity to familiarize themselves with upcoming productions, as well as offer insight into new scripts and possible titles to be mounted in the future.

Upcoming script reading presentations include “Tribes” by Nina Raine on Nov. 11 and “A Small Fire” by Adam Bock on Dec. 2.

For more information about the script-reading series, call 277-6261.

I-235 work in Windsor Heights delayed

Road work on westbound Interstate Highway 235 at the 63rd Street interchange in Windsor Heights has been delayed and now is expected to begin at 5 a.m. Monday.

Work will continue until approximately Oct. 18, weather permitting, according to the Iowa Department of Transportation’s Des Moines construction office.

D.M. residents can take ‘Walk in the Park’

Des Moines residents can join with thousands of other Iowans by taking a “Walk in the Park” as a part of the 1K Healthiest State Walk on Wednesday. Local walkers can meet in any of Des Moines’ 76 parks anytime during the day.

A kilometer is about 7.5 city blocks, or a 12-minute stroll for the average walker. Walkers can sign up to walk at the park nearest them at www.iowahealthieststate.com.

In 2011, Gov. Terry Branstad and Lt. Gov. Kim Reynolds announced the plan to make Iowa the healthiest state in the nation within five years as measured by the Gallup-Healthways Well-Being Index. In 2011, Iowa ranked 16th; the state moved up to ninth in 2012.

The Healthiest State Initiative has identified five priority areas most likely to improve the state’s ranking. They are: decrease the number of Iowans who smoke, increase consumption of fruits and vegetables to five or more servings daily at least four days a week, increase the number of Iowans who are learning or doing something interesting every day, increase the number of Iowans who have visited the dentist in the last 12 months, and increase the number of working Iowans who feel their boss treats them like a partner at work.

For more information, visit www.iowahealthieststate.com.
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