Community Corner

Best of Urbandale Craigslist, Aug. 27 Edition

Pets on lost and found list, ride to work needed and more.

It seems like lots of folks spent their rainy and humid weekend inside posting random musings and notices on Craigslist.

Here's some of the odds and ends under Urbandale's Craigslist listings that caugt our eye. 

Haiku Hotel 

hmmm a deja vu
it happens when they change things
whirlybird go boom

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Lost and Found

  • Mostly black (plus white and tan), medium size Border Collie mix. "Penny" lost near bike path west of 86th Street behind new Hy-Vee and Urbandale Golf Course. Lost early Friday a.m., August 24. Please contact 255-6951 or 779-3196. 
  • Found small male dog 8-23-12 white black and gray friendly dog (515) 975-0441 

Ride Needed to Work

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ride needed from urbandale iowa to the eastside of des moines for about 1 month. willing to pay $50.00, mon-friday fron 6:00am start time to 4:00pm end. if you are avalible and willing to do this plz call john at 515-867-6573 call for more details. 

Writing Critique to Bozo the Poet

  • We are all tired of your dirges guy, they are boring, dark , painful and sometimes really poor. Your grammar is not very good and many sentences have no coherency. Save them for goth class at school or for your equally dark freinds in caves and basements. 

Civic Involvement

If you like doing things that brings a smile to the face of a child you need to check out the Optimist Club of Urbandale. We are a group of volunteers … who conduct projects throughout the year to benefit kids. These include a hay rack ride and cook out for disadvantaged kids, essay and oratorical contests, Easter egg hunts and Child ID programs and projects targeting children affected by cancer and their siblings. You can learn more about what we do at www.urbandaleoptimists.org. The group meets on the second and fourth Tuesdays of the month at 6:30 at the Urbandale Middle School. … give Jim Boyd a call at 515-707-3956.


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