Archive - May 2011

NORTH LIBERTY– Susan Miller has a room with a view.
Though Miller has lived in the same modest two-story at 245 N. George St. in North Liberty for 33 years, through many different seasons, she is treated to a springtime view overlooking a pastoral pond teeming with wildlife every day of the year.
Miller painted the scene on her fence.
“I wanted a deer,” she said. “My neighbor had seen deer in our alley, but I never had, so I wanted to be able to see a deer in the alley, too.”
She first painted a whitetail buck, and then added a doe for company. But the scene was too austere.

JOHNSON COUNTY– The Vietnam Vets Motorcycle Club, Chapter D, of Iowa, is hosting its 10th annual Bike Blessing and Poker Run to benefit patients of the V.A. Hospital on Saturday, June 4. Registration opens at 10:30 a.m., with the Bike Blessing and Poker Run, with five scheduled stops, beginning at 12 p.m., starting at the V.A. Hospital parking lot in Iowa City, and ending at Swisher American Legion at 5 p.m.

NORTH LIBERTY– This year’s Blues & BBQ festival has another all-out true blue show ready to entertain crowds in North Liberty this Sunday, from 12 to 10 p.m.

NORTH LIBERTY– It’s not exactly a remake of 2007, but the storyline is very similar.
A petition has been circulating within North Liberty to force a vote for a new form of representation within the city government.
The document calls for the council to hold a vote on whether or not to change to a ward system of representation. Under this plan, North Liberty would be split into equal-population wards, and the registered voters in each ward would elect one resident from that ward to serve on the city council.

IOWA CITY– The Johnson County Board of Supervisors announces one vacancy on the Johnson County Historic Preservation Commission. This is for an unexpired term ending December 31, 2013.
Members shall be residents of Johnson County and demonstrate a positive interest in historic preservation, possessing interest or expertise in architecture history, historic preservation, planning, building rehabilitation, conservation in general or real estate. Residents residing outside of Iowa City are especially encouraged to apply.