Archive - Jun 2012

By B. Adam Burke
North Liberty Leader
NORTH LIBERTY– 1932 was a hard time to start a business, but in hard times there is often opportunity.
That was the year Henry Linder, with an Iowa City High School diploma and a few years of experience at Bernie Sparks Standard Tire, bought a bankrupt tire business for $2,800.
His shop was relocated to its current Iowa City location on Riverside Drive in 1973 and today his grandson, John J. Linder, runs Linder Tire Service, in business for 80 years.

SWISHER– “If Swisher doesn’t define itself, someone else will.”
But Kehla West, Swisher’s summer planning intern, said she believes the community is too valuable for that to happen.
West grew up on a farm in a similar-sized town in Indiana and will conduct a June community survey about Swisher’s future. In May, she started work as a part-time intern to draft a comprehensive plan for the town.

By Chris Umscheid
North Liberty Leader
CENTER POINT– Monday night found Andrew Davis’ Clear Creek Amana (CCA) Clippers on the road in Center Point to take on the Stormin’ Pointers. The WaMaC contenders split the night, with CCA taking game one 6-4 but falling 14-10 in the nightcap.

NORTH LIBERTY– The proprietors at Jewelry by Harold had much to celebrate this spring.
The custom jewelry shop at 365 Beaver Kreek Centre in North Liberty opened on April 1, 2011. To observe the one-year anniversary, Harold and Astrid vanBeek and their son Laurens hosted an open house on May 5 this year, but for good measure, they threw in a few other celebrations as well, including the couple’s 20th wedding anniversary, Astrid’s 48th birthday, Harold’s 50th birthday and their first-place showing in the Best Rings category in KCRG-TV’s A List competition.

NORTH LIBERTY– The First United Methodist Church, 85 N Jones Blvd., will host the summer children’s event “Sky: Everything is Possible with God,” from July 8 to July 11 for kids age three through sixth grade and an overnight on July 13 for kids in fourth through sixth grades. Faith and imagination soar as kids discover that everything is possible with God.