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Community

Public invited to Corridor Christian Counseling Center open house Dec. 6

Submitted by admin on Fri, 11/29/2013 - 1:30pm

NORTH LIBERTY– Corridor Christian Counseling Center is celebrating its third holiday season in the Corridor. To honor the occasion, the public is cordially invited to join them for a Holiday Open House at 655 Liberty Way, Ste. 6, North Liberty on Friday, Dec. 6, from 4 until 6 p.m. Stop by to meet the staff and enjoy some festive refreshments.
For more information, call 319-665-2137, email counseling@southslope.net, or website www.corridorchristiancounselingcenter.com.


Centro’s growth requires Wisconsin expansion

Submitted by admin on Fri, 11/29/2013 - 1:33pm

NORTH LIBERTY– Centro, Inc., a custom rotational molder headquartered in North Liberty is expanding their presence in Wisconsin by opening a manufacturing facility in Beaver Dam, Wis. Centro currently has seven molding operations, one of which is located in Horicon, Wis., only eleven miles from Beaver Dam.


CCA’s new elementary most likely to be in Tiffin

Submitted by admin on Sun, 11/24/2013 - 11:53am
Board approves land deal contingent upon bond passage

By Chris Umscheid
North Liberty Leader
OXFORD– If voters in the Clear Creek Amana (CCA) school district approve a $48 million bond in February, Tiffin will be the site of a new elementary school.
CCA superintendent Tim Kuehl asked the school board to approve a resolution at their monthly meeting Wednesday, Nov. 13, approving the acquisition of land for the new school. The deal involves two parcels of land in the Bigelow Subdivision, located on the NE corner of the intersection of U.S. Highway 6 and Jasper Avenue on the east side of Tiffin.


Swatch of green redefines plat

Submitted by admin on Sun, 11/24/2013 - 11:54am
Fox Valley asked to change, then change back

By Lori Lindner
North Liberty Leader

NORTH LIBERTY– Sometimes all you have to do is ask nicely.
Other times, you have to lay your personal dreams out on the table and plead for them to be considered.
A North Liberty resident did a little of both at last week’s council meeting, and ultimately got the answer she was hoping for.


Thanksgiving dinner at South Slope is free, open to the public

Submitted by admin on Sun, 11/24/2013 - 11:55am

NORTH LIBERTY– For the second year in a row, a free Thanksgiving dinner will be available to those in need, thanks to a local community member and several businesses.
On Thanksgiving Day, Nov. 28, from noon until 4 p.m., a full Thanksgiving meal will
be available for those in need at the South Slope Community Center in North Liberty. Transportation to the meal will also be available. To schedule transportation, please call 319-530-0135 and leave a message. For general information about the Thanksgiving dinner, contact Amanda Engstrom at amanda@southslope.net.


Patch work

Submitted by admin on Sun, 11/24/2013 - 12:05pm
NLPD asks for citizen input on logo redesign

By Lori Lindner
North Liberty Leader

NORTH LIBERTY– For the next seven days, citizens have a unique opportunity to tell North Liberty police officers what to do.
The North Liberty Police Department (NLPD) is in the process of updating the emblem that will represent the department, not only on its officers’ uniforms but also on letterhead, identification badges and other items, and they are asking for the public to weigh in on the design.


Funning for the firefighters

Submitted by admin on Sun, 11/24/2013 - 12:20pm
NL comedian serves up more Comedy For Charity

By Lori Lindner
Solon Economist

North Liberty Leader
IOWA CITY– They’re on-call 24/7/365, ready at a moment’s notice to drop whatever they’re doing and respond to your call for help. They’re the firefighters who make up 14 fire departments in Johnson County, and North Liberty-based comedian Nathan Timmel would like to give them a little help.


School leaning toward $25M bond issue

Submitted by admin on Sun, 11/24/2013 - 12:23pm
Look for a vote in spring of 2014

By Doug Lindner
Solon Economist
SOLON– Twenty-five million dollars.
That’s the projected price tag of a bond issue the Solon Community School District (SCSD) Board of Education expects to put before voters in spring of 2014.
But it still isn’t clear what the money will buy.
The district has a wide range of options, including a new middle school and a high school auditorium, and some of those were discussed again at a Nov. 11 board meeting.
What is clear is that the district will have approximately $25 million in bonding capacity to work with.


LEED or get out of the way

Submitted by admin on Sun, 11/24/2013 - 12:24pm
Secondary roads building causes heated debate

By Lori Lindner
Solon Economist
JOHNSON COUNTY– Building facilities is not an easy task when building consensus is equally difficult.
The Johnson County Board of Supervisors came to loggerheads during their Nov. 7 discussion of specifications for a proposed Secondary Roads department building at 4810 Melrose Ave. that will replace the facility destroyed by fire on March 25.


Solon Public Library

Submitted by admin on Sun, 11/24/2013 - 12:27pm

Mini-Tree Decorating Contest


Our Lord’s Church annual candy and gift sale Fri. and Sat. Dec. 6-7

Submitted by admin on Sun, 11/24/2013 - 12:28pm

New Yoga class to begin this week
SOLON– Solon Parks and Recreation is offering a yoga class that began Tuesday, Nov. 19. The class will be held on Tuesday evenings in the lower level of Brosh Chapel Community Center from 5:45 until 6:45 p.m.
Registration forms can be found on the city website at www.solon-iowa.com under the parks and recreation page.
Forms are also available at the city office. The five-week yoga class will meet on the following days: Nov. 19, Nov. 26, Dec. 3, Dec. 10 and Dec. 17.


Solon teens injured in I-380 rollover

Submitted by admin on Sun, 11/24/2013 - 12:40pm

GILBERTVILLE– Two Solon school students were injured in a rollover accident on Interstate 380 Thursday, Nov. 14, subsequent to a semifinal football playoff game at the UNI-Dome in Cedar Falls.
Allie Mercer, 17, and Alexa Roeder, 18, sustained non-incapacitating injuries when driver Shae Scott, 18, lost control of the 2002 Ford Expedition she was driving, according to a state accident report filed by the Black Hawk Sheriff’s Department.