Archive - Jul 2011

Date

July 5th

Summer Reading Program

Submitted by admin on Tue, 07/05/2011 - 11:00pm

The Summer Reading Program is still being attended in record numbers and T-shirts are flying off the shelf to kids who have completed their reading challenges. Around 50 preschooler and kindergarteners have been coming to the library on Tuesday mornings for Storytime. Last Tuesday, over 40 middle schoolers came to Teens On Tuesdays @ 2 for “A Visit To Asia” programming. Thanks to Nomi’s in Solon for providing all the chop sticks and fortune cookies for this event.


Lakeview furniture coming from Prison Industries

Submitted by admin on Tue, 07/05/2011 - 11:00pm

SOLON-Lakeview Elementary School is set to receive furniture from a rather popular manufacturer: Iowa Prison Industries.
Board of Education members– except Lianne Westcot, who was not present– unanimously approved the $43,606 construction cost during a board meeting on Monday, June 13. As planned, Iowa Prison Industries will build items that include a Madison chair lounge, an oak library table and bookcases for Lakeview’s media center. The project is funded by the Physical Plant and Equipment Levy, said Board President Dave Asprey.


Solon council leans toward Brosh building

Submitted by admin on Tue, 07/05/2011 - 11:00pm

SOLON– It’s narrowed down to one choice.
If there’s going to be a new city hall anytime soon, it’s either going to be the Brosh Chapel and Community Center or nothing.
At a special meeting last week, Solon City Council members decided against considering the Solon Public Library as a potential city hall site and continued discussions about the possible purchase of the Brosh location.


PNE to build Solon support center for wind farm

Submitted by admin on Tue, 07/05/2011 - 11:00pm

SOLON– Officials from PNE WIND USA Inc (PNE), based in Chicago, have announced plans to locate an operations and maintenance center in Solon.  This new facility would support a planned 3,000-acre, 30-megawatt wind farm which was announced in February.
The project is contingent upon Johnson County passing a new land use ordinance for wind farms specific to how and where wind turbines can be sited in the county.


Fox Ridge friends come together in Solon

Submitted by admin on Tue, 07/05/2011 - 11:00pm

By Stephen Schmidt
Solon Economist
SOLON– It was all started by one innocent Fourth of July picnic.
Last year, Kathy Borowski, a resident of the Fox Ridge housing development who moved to Solon with her husband to be closer to her family, decided to get to know her neighbors a bit better by organizing a picnic on the Fourth of July.
As the fiesta commenced, Borowski and the others noticed that most of her neighbors shared an interesting connection: all of them had also moved to Solon from somewhere else in Iowa to be closer to their families.


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Submitted by admin on Tue, 07/05/2011 - 11:00pm
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Apartment cleaners needed for July 31st and August 1st.  $11.00 per hr and must be at least 16 years old.  Apply at 535 Emerald St., Iowa City and bring two forms of ID.
 


Hawk Talk

Submitted by admin on Tue, 07/05/2011 - 11:00pm

By Don Lund
Sports Writer
The Game Time league opened Wednesday, June 22, in North Liberty and it was nice to see the five new Iowa recruits in action.
The very first game had Bethany Doolittle, a 6-3 center from Minnesota, going up Morgan Johnson, a 6-5 starter the last two seasons at center.
Bethany actually held her own against Morgan. She was 7-10 from the floor and hit a 3-pointer to help her team to an 85-61 win.


Edith Miller

Submitted by admin on Tue, 07/05/2011 - 11:00pm

Edith Catherine (Slifka) Miller, 96, of Elkader, died Saturday, June 25, 2011, at Central Community Hospital in Elkader. She was born on June 7, 1915, in Cresco, the daughter of Michael and Leona (Lewis) Slifka. Edith attended and graduated from Cresco High School.


Earl Miller

Submitted by admin on Tue, 07/05/2011 - 11:00pm

Earl R. Miller, 98, of Solon, died Sunday, June 26, 2011, at the Solon Nursing Care Center.
Funeral Mass was held June 30 at St. Mary’s Catholic Church in Solon, with burial at the Oakland Cemetery in Solon. The Reverends James Vrba and Christopher J. Miller (great-nephew) officiated at a parish rosary on June 29. Memorial donations can be made in Earl’s memory to St. Mary’s Church, Iowa City Hospice, or the congregate meals of Solon. Online condolences may be sent for his family through the web at www.gayandciha.com.


James McClintock

Submitted by admin on Tue, 07/05/2011 - 11:00pm

James R. McClintock, 79, of Morley, died Saturday, June 25, 2011, at St. Luke’s Hospital in Cedar Rapids.
A celebration of his life service was held June 30 at Lahey Funeral Home in Olin. Private graveside services were in the Greene Center Cemetery, Morley, Iowa, with military honors.