Archive - May 2009

JOHNSON COUNTY — A popular local apple orchard is under new ownership, but it’s truly a case of the more things change, the more they stay the same.
Chug Wilson and his wife Joyce purchased the 80 acres of land off Dingleberry Road NE back in 1980. At the time, the hills and valley contained pasture land and row crops. Not long after, Wilson’s Apple Orchard was planted with well over 140 different varieties of apple trees.

NORTH LIBERTY– A North Liberty police officer, responding to a call about a barking dog, wounded the dog by firing his gun when the dog broke loose from his chain and charged at the officer.
According to a press release issued by the North Liberty Police Department:

TIFFIN — Concerned parents and faculty spoke out May 20 at the regular meeting of the Clear Creek Amana (CCA) school board. At issue was the proposed change in graduation requirements within the social studies curriculum. The proposal had its second reading at the meeting, and was an impassioned topic during both the public forum and board discussion before passing on a 4-3 vote.

CEDAR RAPIDS– Red Cedar Chamber Music presents “Vienna by Starlight” at First Presbyterian Church at 310 Fifth Street SE in Cedar Rapids at 8 p.m. on Saturday, June 6. Guest artists, the Avalon String Quartet, join Red Cedar Chamber Music flutist Jan Boland and guitarist John Dowdall to perform quartets and quintets by Beethoven, Hugo Wolf, Mozart and Luigi Boccherini.

NORTH LIBERTY– The Fifth Annual North Bend Blue Grass Festival will be held on Sunday, June 7 starting at 12:15 p.m. on the church grounds of the North Liberty First United Methodist Church. The church is located at 85 North Jones Boulevard in North Liberty. Bands will include the Mission Blue Grass Band, Shinbone Alley, Mr. Baber's Neighbors, Mike and Amy Finders, Bob and Kristi Black and the Banjoy Band and the McPunk Brothers. Food will be available on the grounds. Admission is free, but we will accept donations. So, bring your lawn chair to sit on and wear your dancing shoes.