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June 20th, 2011

Meal and Movie June 24 at library

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SOLON– The Solon Senior Advocates’ June’s Meal and Movie will be showing “Tootsie” starring Dustin Hoffman at the Solon Public Library, Friday, June 24.
Lasagna and apple pie from Savvy Coffee & Wine Bar will be served.  Sign up at Old Gold Dining or call 624-2710.


Lady Spartans sweep conference foes

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SOLON– Solon’s softball squad stayed at No. 6 in the 3A rankings last week after sweeping two WaMaC foes and dropping a close one.
But the Lady Spartans also went 1-3 at the Urbandale Elite Eight Tournament over the weekend.
Last week, the Lady Spartans easily handled West Dubuque in WaMaC action, taking both games of a doubleheader. Solon pitcher Arran Weeces struck out 13 hitters while giving up just three hits.


Sorden making mark as Solon softball head coach

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Solon– First-year head coach Ben Sorden has the Lady Spartans ready to compete.
Sorden came to Solon after completing the 2010 softball season as the top assistant and pitching coach at South Mountain Community College (SMCC) in Phoenix, Ariz. During his stay at SMCC, the team won the Region 1 tournament and finished ninth in the National Junior College Athletic Association (NJCAA) Championships, marking the first time in school history that the softball team won the Regional and advanced.


Solon still undefeated

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SOLON– The Solon baseball squad remained undefeated on the season last week, collecting doubleheader wins against Western Dubuque and Maquoketa.
Solon’s offense was quiet Monday, June 13, against Western Dubuque, although the Spartans managed to chalk up two more victories, 2-0 and 4-2.
Solon was limited to four hits in the first game.
Nick Day highlighted Solon’s hitting smacking a solo home run,  Shawn Olson added a double.  On the mound, Brandon Shulista improved to 5-0 on the season going seven innings allowing only two hits, striking out 11 and walking one in the 2-0 shut-out.


Bluegrass band June 22 at Music on Main Street

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SOLON– The Ely-Cedar Rapids area bluegrass band, Riverbottom Ramblers, will perform from 7-9 p.m. on Wednesday, June 22, at the downtown bandstand as part of Solon’s Music on Main Street series. 
Members of the band are Don Horak on guitar, his wife Barb Horak on upright bass, Dean Schade on banjo and Mike Maas on dobro. Joining them this season is Carlis Faurot, an electrifying fiddler. 


“Cash Cow” picked by Solon State Bank

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SOLON– Solon State Bank is the sponsor of Heather Hugeback’s “Cash Cow,” one of four entires in the Solon Library Foundation’s Calf Classic.
Heather Hugeback was born in Cape Canaveral, Fla. to two active-duty US Air Force parents and raised in Vacaville, Calif, Anchorage, Alaska, and Solon.  
She graduated from Solon High School with highest honors in 2010 and is currently a sophomore at Kirkwood Community College majoring in Health Information Technology with emphasis on radiological sciences.  


Project GREEN Garden Tour June 26

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IOWA CITY– Five private Iowa City gardens range from charming city lots to multi-acre properties will be part of the Project GREEN Garden Tour June 26. These garden owners have battled storm damage, boggy clay soil, invasive plant species and critter combatants. A map of the tour is on website www.projectgreen.org or begin at any one of the gardens for a ticket and a tour map.
The tour runs from at 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Sunday, June 26. Admission is $5, 16 and under are free.
Two of the gardens are in the Manville Heights area south of City Park:


Party at Grant Wood’s: Free Family Fun Day! June 25

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CEDAR RAPIDS—The Cedar Rapids Museum of Art (CRMA) is celebrating free admission at the Grant Wood Studio with a Party at Grant Wood’s: Free Family Fun Day on Saturday, June 25, from 12-4 p.m.


No election in August

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NORTH LIBERTY– There won’t be a special election in North Liberty August 2, but one is coming eventually.
Its date is yet to be determined.
A petition was filed with the City of North Liberty on May 10 calling for a vote to change the method in which North Liberty city councilors are elected. The petition seeks to have one council member elected from each of five equal-population wards.
Currently, all five council members are elected at-large and represent the entire city, regardless of their addresses.


A growing problem

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OXFORD — The principals of the Clear Creek Amana (CCA) school district continue to monitor enrollment figures in preparation for the coming school year. Current figures were presented last Wed., June 15, during the regular monthly meeting of the board of directors.
At Oxford, Principal Dan Dvorak reported his incoming Clear Creek Elementary kindergarten class has risen to 70, necessitating the hiring of an additional teacher. The position will allow the school to lower class sizes from 20-23 per room to 17-18.