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SOLON– Beekeeper and state park manager Ron Puettmann will be holding this year’s second honeybee program near Lake Macbride State Park primitive campground on Saturday, July 18 at 1:00 p.m. This interpretive series on honeybees and beekeeping offers participants the opportunity to examine the inside of a real beehive from the security of screened tents located next to the hive.

IOWA CITY– The Johnson County Board of Supervisors took another step in deciding the fate of the historic Sutliff Bridge last Thursday.
At their informal meeting on July 2, the supervisors unofficially agreed to enter into contract with VJ Engineering of Iowa City to conduct an inspection and feasibility study on the bridge, part of which was destroyed by flooding in June 2008.
County Engineer Greg Parker said just two firms responded to a committee’s Request for Qualifications (RFQ) sent to consultants.

NORTH LIBERTY– When this group of retirees gathers for lunch, it’s an all day thing.
After all, it takes awhile to get anywhere on a vintage farm tractor.
A group of between six and nine retired farmers, most hailing from around the Fairfax, Norway and Ely area, get together in the mornings for coffee and a daily chat. Sometime in 2003 or 2004, Gordon Ruegsegger suggested he and his buddies also do lunch– all driving their tractors that date back to the 1950s and 60s.

James Kenneth \Ken\ Grable, 60, formerly of Iowa City died Thursday, June 25, 2009. A gathering for family and friends was held on Wednesday, July 1, at Gay and Ciha Funeral and Cremation Service in Iowa City. Services at the graveside for family were held at the Nichols Cemetery. In lieu of flowers memorial donations can be made to a fund for his grandchildren or Hospice Compassus of Davenport. Online condolences may be sent for his family through the web at www.gayandciha.com.

Ethel Georgia King of North Liberty died on Saturday, June 27, 2009. Georgia was born to Addison Kistle and Louise (Unger) Kistle on July 28, 1923 in Council Bluffs, Iowa. She was the fourth of six children: Addison Junior (Bud), Elizabeth Kilibarda, Stella, Julia Gibson (Ithaca, N.Y.) and Eleanor Brown (San Mateo, Calif.). Georgia was preceded in death by her parents, husband Kent, brother Bud, and two of her sisters, Elizabeth and Stella.