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April 10th

Lakeview PTO’s second annual Spartan Dash fundraiser set for Saturday, April 27

Submitted by admin on Wed, 04/10/2013 - 6:11pm

SOLON– The Lakeview PTO will be hosting its second annual Spartan Dash on Saturday, April 27, rain or shine. The Spartan Dash is a fun and crazy fitness event that will serve as Lakeview PTO’s largest fundraiser of the year. Interested individuals should sign up to participate in the event with a family team. Family teams will walk, skip, or run through obstacles set up along the one-mile trail in the Solon Recreation and Nature Area. Obstacles will be suitable for both children and adults and are guaranteed to have you laughing.


Solon Public Library

Submitted by admin on Wed, 04/10/2013 - 6:10pm

New youth services librarian selected


Solon legion pancake breakfast April 14

Submitted by admin on Wed, 04/10/2013 - 6:07pm

SOLON– The Solon American Legion Veterans’ Memorial All You Can Eat Pancake Breakfast will be held Sunday, April 14, at the legion hall from 7 until 11:30 a.m. For $7 adults and $4 children 6-12 (children 5 and under eat free) you will be served pancakes, scrambled eggs, bacon, sausage, hash browns, biscuits and gravy, juice, coffee and milk.
All proceeds go to the maintenance costs at the Veterans’ Memorial Monument.


Sixth annual SMS Dinner and Dance April 20

Submitted by admin on Wed, 04/10/2013 - 6:06pm

SOLON– The Solon Middle School will host the sixth annual “Dinner and Dance” on Saturday, April 20, with dinner beginning at 5 p.m., and the dance following at 7 p.m.
Everyone is welcome to attend the event in the middle school gymnasium. Catering will be by Ruzicka’s, with great desserts. There will also be a silent auction. Dinner entertainment will be provided by Synergy and Affinity show choirs.
Jazz Bands I and II will perform, and the Iowa Vanguard Jazz Collective will be featured.


Solon dancers join Bullwinkle on Broadway

Submitted by admin on Wed, 04/10/2013 - 6:06pm
Solon dance team members perform in the Macy’s parade
By
Lori Lindner

SOLON– Last November, three young Solon women had a chance to taste a slice of life in the Big Apple.
And it was sweet.
It wasn’t just the average school trip or family vacation, either. These ladies were invited to participate in one of the nation’s time-honored holiday traditions, the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade.


Easter brunch

Submitted by admin on Wed, 04/10/2013 - 6:04pm

Eight-month-old Tannor Ostrander of Solon samples a plastic egg while taking a leisurely crawl through the toddler field of the Solon Optimist Club’s Easter Egg Hunt Sunday. The event was rescheduled to April 7 after inclement weather wiped out the original date, and as a result the turnout was a little light.


Council moving ahead with city hall design

Submitted by admin on Wed, 04/10/2013 - 6:01pm
By
Doug Lindner

SOLON– A Cedar Rapids engineering firm has been selected to design Solon’s new city hall.
At a March 20 meeting, city council members approved $3,050 in architectural services for Design Dynamics, Inc. for a design concept, and a full presentation was tentatively scheduled for special council meeting Monday, March 15.


Hawk Talk

Submitted by admin on Wed, 04/10/2013 - 5:52pm
No NIT champ
By
Don Lund

Iowa basketball season came to an end last week at Madison Square Garden with a 74-54 loss to the Baylor Bears.
The Hawks picked a bad time to go cold in their shooting as they hit only 26 percent for the game and missed at least 12 point-blank baskets.
That’s their lowest shooting percentage this season.
I’ve been doing an informal pool asking my friends if they would rather have Iowa make a deep run in the NIT or lose in the first or second round of the NCAA tournament.
Most of them agree with me that it’s fun to see the Hawks win and keep playing, like they did in New York.


Jennie Grimm

Submitted by admin on Wed, 04/10/2013 - 5:46pm

Jennie Crawford Herdliska Grimm, 94, died peacefully Saturday, March 30, 2013, at Mercy Hospice in Iowa City. Funeral services were held April 3 at North English Christian Church with interment at North English Cemetery.
A memorial fund has been established for the North English Christian Church, the English Valley Care Center, and Mercy Hospice in Iowa City. Messages and tributes may be left at www.powellfuneralhomes.com under obituaries.


Douglas Hahn

Submitted by admin on Wed, 04/10/2013 - 5:45pm

Douglas E. Hahn, 68, of Cedar Rapids, died Wednesday, April 3, 2013, at Mercy Medical Center. A celebration of Doug’s life was April 6 at the Avacentre at Brosh Chapel in Cedar Rapids. Burial was at Cedar Memorial Park Cemetery.
Doug was born April 1, 1945, in Cedar Rapids, the son of Robert and Dorothy (Check) Hahn. Doug was born with autism and at the age of 12 moved to Woodward State Hospital. In 1987, he moved back to Cedar Rapids in a Discovery Living Inc. group home, making this his permanent home. He was one of the inspirations for the Association of Retarded Children (Arc).