Archive - Sep 18, 2012

TIFFIN– The Spartans of Solon marched into the homeport of the Clear Creek Amana (CCA) Clippers and wreaked havoc upon coach Rodney Walls’ crew, dominating much of the game and taking home a 45-7 victory.
The Spartans owned the first quarter, putting up three touchdowns and scoring seemingly at will while thwarting the Clippers’ drives and holding them to their own half of the field.

ATKINS– Clear Creek Amana’s (CCA) Madelaine Hinsley was the third-fastest girl to cover the 4k distance Saturday, Sept. 8, at the Benton Invitational. Cross-country runners from thirteen schools gathered near the former Milwaukee Road railroad roundhouse site to run on what once was the Route of the Hiawatha’s, the long-abandoned railroad’s premiere cross-country passenger trains.

TIFFIN– The Clear Creek Amana (CCA) Clippers have had a real workout lately on the volleyball floor, battling through a pair of five-set matches leading up to a hard-fought four-set match Tuesday, Sept. 11, at home.
After downing Center Point-Urbana 3-2 on Sept. 4, and falling 2-3 to Mount Vernon on Sept. 6, the Clippers entertained the Marion Indians and prevailed 3-1.

NORTH LIBERTY– The Penn Elementary School PTO is holding a can and bottle drive on Tuesday, Oct. 16, from 3 until 6 p.m. at the school on 230 N. Dubuque St. Pop cans and plastic and glass bottles will be accepted. If it has an “IA 5-cent” deposit, they’ll take it. Just drive up and drop them off– they do the sorting. Cans and bottles should be reasonably clean and dry. Flattened or crushed items cannot be accepted. Contact the Penn PTO with questions at PennPTO@gmail.com or 319-626-4964.

NORTH LIBERTY– The North Liberty Parks Department is hosting Alliant Energy’s Operation ReLeaf Residential Tree Distribution in North Liberty on Saturday, Sept. 22, from 9-11 a.m. at the North Liberty Community Center. This program is a partnership between Alliant Energy, Iowa Department of Natural Resources Forestry Bureau, and the City of North Liberty.  
The goal of Operation ReLeaf is to reduce energy consumption through proper tree placement around residential or commercial buildings. There will also be a tree planting and care workshop at the event.