Archive - Apr 2012

Brett Jeffrey Smith, 19 of Solon, died Monday, April 16, 2012, at The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center in Houston, Texas. Celebration of Life Services were held Tuesday, April 24, 2012, at St. Mary Catholic Church in Solon. Visitation was Monday at St. Mary Catholic Church. Brosh Chapel in Solon is handling arrangements.

Shearon Contreras, 85, of Iowa City and North Liberty, died Sunday, April 15, at Iowa City Care Center.
Family services are planned at a later date.
Shearon was born April 27, 1929, in New York, N,Y. She married Nicholas Contreras in Chicago, where they resided for many years. Shearon moved to Iowa in 2004 to be near family.
Survivors include her three children, Cynthia, Angelo and Gregory; three grandchildren, Jeffrey Ganos of Lake Villa, Ill., Shaila Hickey of Davenport and Stacie Ganos of Coralville; seven great grandchildren, Hailey, Emma, Nicolas, Sariyah, Tavien, Kallen and Kenley.

My college education in Iowa City included a lot more than the things I experienced on campus. Living in Currier Hall, my friends and I had to supply our own Sunday night supper and, since most students didn’t have cars in those days, we often headed for Hamburg Inn, not too many blocks away. My mother’s hamburgers were thin patties of ground beef, fried well done and served unadorned. We made sandwiches with them on sliced white bread and garnished them with catsup, mustard, onion and pickle slices. I often wondered why she didn’t make them square to fit the bread.

TIFFIN— The City Council approved the 2012-2013 budget Wednesday, April 11, during their regular monthly meeting at the Springmier Community Library.
The city’s property tax levy will be $11.97 per $1,000 valuation on regular property, no change from last year. Agricultural land subject to Tiffin’s levy will see a rate of $3.00304 per $1,000 of valuation.

FORT MADISON– Tuesday, April 10, found the Iowa City West High track and field girls in action at the Timm Lamb Pen City Relays. The Women of Troy topped the field in Class A with 126 points, well ahead of second-place Mt. Pleasant (105) and MVC foe CR Jefferson (74).