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SWISHER– The Swisher American Legion Auxiliary chose two Prairie girls to attend Girls State this month at Drake University.

NORTH LIBERTY– Before school starts again this fall, the City of North Liberty and a group of community partners are working to make sure every kid in the community has what they need to have a good start to the school year. The inaugural Back 2 School Bash will be held on Friday, Aug. 17, from 2 to 5 p.m. in North Liberty’s Penn Meadows Park in North Liberty. This kick-off to the school year provides free school supplies, socks, underwear, toiletries, shoes, haircuts and more to kids accompanied by an adult.

OXFORD– Sometimes the obvious answer is right in front of you. For the Clear Creek Amana (CCA) Community School District, as Communications Director Laurie Haman said in a recent press release, the district, “did not have to look far to add a new elementary principal.” Brian Williams, the current Director of Curriculum and Instruction, has been approved by the board to become the principal of the new elementary school, which is currently under construction just north of Tiffin Elementary.

NORTH LIBERTY– With the turn of a faucet, the residents of North Liberty have a new reason to rejoice.
On Wednesday, June 20, the City of North Liberty held an open house to celebrate the unveiling of its new water treatment plant at 433 S. Front St. City staff invited residents in for a comprehensive tour of the plant, which went online in May, and to explain its benefits to the community.

CEDAR RAPIDS— Soggy field conditions in Tiffin moved the annual non-divisional WaMaC conference baseball double header, between Clear Creek Amana (CCA) and Solon, to Mount Mercy University’s turf diamond, in Cedar Rapids, on Thursday, June 14. Solon swept the Clippers, 6-2 and 10-0. Luke Ira set the tone for the Spartans, belting out a solo homerun on the first pitch of game one. Solon jumped out to a 5-0 lead in the top of the first inning with a two-RBI double by Adam Bock, an RBI single from Zach Wegmann and a run scored on a passed ball.