Archive - Jan 16, 2012

SWISHER— He did it, but he’s not really sure why.
Rob Pudil and his wife Gena recently purchased Melsha’s Tap from Loraine Melsha and renamed it Shooters on Second.
“I honestly don’t know why we did it,” Rob said. As the owner of Affordable Soft Water, he’s no stranger to running a business. He also worked in a bar back in the 1980s. “The opportunity came up (to buy the bar) but there was no rhyme or reason to it.” Rob said he shot Melsha an offer, and a month later Melsha asked Gena if he was serious.

IOWA CITY — The West High Trojans improved to a perfect 12-0 record overall Friday night, Jan. 13 with a 66-42 win over cross-town rival City High. But coach Steve Bergman says his crew still has room to improve.
“We’re halfway through (the season) and we still have a ways to go. We may be young, but we’re experienced.” However, the coach said “that doesn’t mean we don’t have a lot to work on yet, but we are getting there.”

By Lori Lindner
North Liberty Leader
NORTH LIBERTY– It might surprise North Liberty residents to learn that a certain amount of hunting is legal within their own city limits.
Or it was, until the law was inadvertently taken off the books.
It caught city officials off guard to learn that an ordinance adopted in October 2003 allowing people to hunt geese and antlerless deer with bows and arrows inside the city limits had been removed from the city’s Code of Ordinances when the document was recodified in recent years.

OXFORD– The Oxford Sons of the American Legion– Squadron 537 will sponsor an all-you-can-eat spaghetti dinner on Saturday, Jan. 28, from 3 until 7 p.m. at the Oxford American Legion, 128 East Main St., Oxford. The cost is $7 adults and $5 kids 12 and under.
Proceeds benefit English River Outfitters and the Oxford American Legion.
For more information, or if you would like to volunteer, please contact Bill Tandy at 319-664-3018. For information about English River Outfitters, check their website at http://www.englishriveroutfitters.org.

NORTH LIBERTY— North Bend Elementary is nearly full with almost every available space being used as classrooms. Principal Brenda Parker and some of her staff gave the Clear Creek Amana (CCA) School Board of Directors a guided tour Wednesday, Jan. 11, to show first-hand how the school, which opened in 2008, is already bursting at the seams. The school had 173 students in its first year and has 360 now. With more housing developments in the North Bend neighborhood, Parker and the board expect that number to continue to increase.