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August 8th, 2011

JoCo law could pave way for wind farm.

Submitted by admin on Mon, 08/08/2011 - 11:00pm

IOWA CITY- Johnson County’s planning and zoning commissioners have put their faith in wind energy and unanimously passed an ordinance that was partly credited to PNE Wind Energy Greenfield Developer Keith Kurtz.
At a meeting Monday, Aug. 1, the Johnson County Planning and Zoning (P&Z) Commission considered newly developed regulations for wind energy facilities, a response to a proposed PNE wind farm east and south of Solon.


August 1st

NL Night at the ballpark Aug. 5

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CEDAR RAPIDS– The entire town of North Liberty is invited to the ball park. It’s North Liberty’s Night with the Kernels on Aug. 5. Game time is 6:35 p.m. and there will be fireworks after the game. The fee is $7 per person for game ticket only, and just $9 to purchase a ticket and transportation to the game. North Liberty Recreation Department will provide transportation for at least 40 adults.
Hurry, registration ends July 27.


Optimists offer summer schedule

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NORTH LIBERTY– The “Up ‘N Atom” Optimist Club of North Liberty releases its summer calendar:
July 28: Regular Thursday dinner meeting, 6:30 p.m., Pizza Ranch. Speaker: TBA
August 8: Board meeting, 6:30 p.m., Bill & Darlene Smith’s home.
August 11: Regular Thursday dinner meeting, 6:30 p.m., Pizza Ranch, Speaker: Terrence Neuzil.
August 25: Regular Thursday dinner meeting, 6:30 p.m., Pizza Ranch, Speaker: Natalie Wilkerson, North Liberty Food Pantry – Socks and Underwear Program.


School supply fundraiser in progress through August

Submitted by admin on Mon, 08/01/2011 - 11:00pm

JOHNSON COUNTY– Imagine starting school without a pencil or a package of markers like all of the other kids have. For some children in Johnson County, the first day of school is yet another reminder that they don’t have all the tools they need to succeed.
Forever Green Garden Center, 125 Forevergreen Rd., Coralville, will donate 10 percent of the proceeds from the sale of plants from Aug. 1-15 to ToGather Together to purchase school supplies for students in need in Johnson County.


Food For Thought

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My dad’s father had died quite young of tuberculosis, soon after my dad graduated from high school. An immigrant from Norway, as a young man it seems he had been a bit of a dreamer; poetic, musical, a man who made violins as a hobby, and was the only photographer in the small Wisconsin town where my father grew up. He and my grandmother ran a grocery store with the help of their children. A large photo portrait of a handsome but sober-faced man was all I knew of my Grandpa Hanson.


Walkin'

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This time of year Buzz, my 12-year-old hound, likes to spend the last few minutes of the night in the backyard barking at nothing in particular.


CLASSIFIED

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HELP WANTED

Technician for set up of new tractors and mowers. Also light mechanical work and warehousing. Full time, uniforms, Health, IRA. City Tractor Co. North Liberty. 319-665-6500. 8/3


Kathleen “Kathy” Rios

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Kathleen “Kathy” Rios, 62, of Solon, died Tuesday, July 26, 2011, at UIHC following a brief illness.
Funeral Services were Monday, Aug. 1, at Grace United Methodist Church in Tiffin with Rev. Bev. Marshall-Goodell officiating. Burial was at Oak Hill Cemetery in Tiffin. In lieu of flowers a memorial has been established.
Kathy was born Dec. 31, 1948, in Iowa City, the daughter of Edmund “Ned” and Ada (Bowman) Langenberg. She was a 1967 graduate of Clear Creek High School. On April 6, 1974, Kathy married Henry Rios Jr. in Iowa City.


James Welsh

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James Vincent Welsh, 84, of Williamsburg, passed away Sunday, July 24, 2011, surrounded by his children, from kidney failure at Marengo Memorial Hospital. He had been ill for several months. Funeral mass was held at St. Mary’s Catholic Church in Williamsburg July 28, with burial following at St. Michael’s Cemetery in Holbrook.


Solon Library to celebrate building’s

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The Solon Public Library will be hosting a series of special events the week of Aug. 14-21 in honor of the library building’s 10th anniversary.