Archive - May 14, 2012

NORTH LIBERTY– There’s a lot more to making history than reaching a certain age.
The Samuel Ranshaw House in North Liberty is 104 years old, but that was not enough to save it from destruction.
When the city purchased the property in 2004, it was with the intent to level the home and eventually expand the North Liberty Community Center’s parking lot.
But when a few city employees entered the house to take a closer look, they were surprised by its still-handsome interior.

By B. Adam Burke
North Liberty Leader
IOWA CITY– What do a slice of pizza, a floating bunny head, a dinosaur piñata and an armless bear have in common? They are all characters that star in a new comic book created by North Liberty artist Jonathan Sims.
Slicey, Armless Bear, Raptoro and Floating Bunny Head (FBH), are members of a team of super-heroes who must battle robot cowboys in the irreverent and fun first installment of “Floating Bunny Head.”

ANAMOSA– The Solon Lady Spartans clinched the WaMaC East championship Saturday, ending their conference play undefeated for the season. The girls are 12-1 overall and ranked 10th in Class 1A.

DeWITT– Fans following the Solon girls at the state high school track meet this week won’t have much time to slip out to the concession stand for strawberry smoothies. There will be Solon entries in 17 of the 19 events. Adding to the crowd are double qualifiers in five events.

Thank you. The high school dance team is almost to their goal of sending $5,000 in coupons to a U.S. Naval base in Atsugi, Japan. To date, $4,924 in valuable coupons have been sent. One last mailing will go out before the end of the school year and then the team is taking a short break this summer. Please send your coupons to Marjorie Lane at the high school by May 25.