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NORTH LIBERTY– The North Liberty Community Library will offer a cake and cookie decorating class on March 14, 10:30-Noon, in meeting Room B of the Community Center.
The instructor for this class is Greta Reynolds, owner of Teddy Bear Bakery in Iowa City.
Sign-up is required. There is a $10 fee for this class with payment due at the time of sign-up. Stop by the library for more details and to sign-up. Contact Elaine at 626-5701 with questions.

The target when firing a tightly rolled newspaper like a torpedo out the window of a car traveling at 30 miles per hour was the middle of the driveway. Lawn on either side allowed for a large margin of error. Not that many sleepy homeowners needed to step off into the grass to get their morning fish wrapper– we were pretty accurate. If a paper strayed off range and under a bush, however, it had to be retrieved– a job that fell to the junior enlisted member of the crew, me.

NORTH LIBERTY– Only combinations of adjectives work to describe the newest dining and pub experience in North Liberty: nostalgic and current; upscale and comfortable; simple and tasteful; classic and trendy.
Red’s Alehouse mixes it all together in one smooth, cool blend.
Faye Swift and her son Matthew have transformed the building at 405 N. Dubuque St. in North Liberty into an eating and drinking establishment offering something unique for anyone’s palate.

Raymond J. Brannaman, 91, Sutliff, passed away Thursday, February 26, 2009, at Hallmark Care Center in Mount Vernon from a brief illness. Memorial services were held Monday, March 2, at Brosh Chapel in Solon with Rev. Mark Gefaller. Full military rites will be conducted by the Solon American Legion Stinocher Post 460. Visitation was Sunday at Brosh Chapel in Solon. As per Ray’s wishes he continues the gift of life with the University of Iowa College of Medicine and University Hospital and Clinics.

Leah Dee Sickels Fleagle, 49, of Cedar Rapids, died unexpectedly in her home on Saturday, Feb. 21, 2009. A celebration of her life was held Thursday, Feb. 26, at Morgan Funeral and Cremation Choices, Mount Vernon, by the Rev. Thomas Mattson.