Archive - Nov 2011

IOWA CITY – The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers at Coralville Lake will again be closing the Mountain bike trail at the Sugar Bottom Recreation Area beginning Dec. 1. The trail will be closed to all hikers and bicyclists for the month of December. This closure coincides with the hunting permitted in this multiple use area to increase safety awareness and reduce possible conflicts.
Visitors using other areas around Coralville Lake during the hunting season are urged to take precautionary measures such as wearing blaze orange clothing.

IOWA CITY— The West High Trojans take to the hardwood for the 2011-2012 season under the guidance of Coach Steve Bergman. In his 22nd year with the Trojans, Bergman leads with a 400-172 career record.

By Chris Umscheid
North Liberty Leader
NORTH LIBERTY— We’ve all been there, the dreaded moment when having a picture taken and the photographer says “say cheese!” What results is often less than a natural smile, and something bordering on a tortured grimace made under duress. Jeanna Hegewald is on a one-woman crusade to make portraiture fun, relaxed and natural.
And don’t you dare say “cheese!” when she’s tripping the shutter.

SUTLIFF– A drop in the price of steel means a smaller price tag for rebuilding the historic Sutliff Bridge.
Tim McDermott with VJ Engineering presented the six bids his firm had received for the project at a Tuesday, Nov. 22, informal meeting of the Johnson County Board of Supervisors.
The high bid came from Taylor Construction at $2,332,327, which was close to the original estimate. The low bid, which will be formally approved at the next board meeting, came from Iowa Bridge and Culvert for $1,582,097.95.

TIFFIN— Aaron Thomas and the students, staff and parents of the Clear Creek Amana (CCA) school district have something in common; they are familiar with trying to make sense out of senseless tragedies.
For CCA, it’s coping with the deaths of three students in three years, the most recent in October when Mackenzie Lown was killed near the high school in an accident that injured several others.