Gazette to host summer neighborhood block parties in Ely area
The Gazette promotes summer events in Van Vechten Park Marion Mobile Home Park Harrison Elementary Isaac Newton Christian Academy Jones Park Cottage Grove Ely and Donnelly Park areas with gatherings 4 30 to 6 30 p m. A 6 15 p m photo will appear in the next Gazette. The piece highlights affordable taxes and living in a peaceful Ely environment.
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van Vechten Park
Marion Mobile Home Park
Harrison Elementary
Isaac Newton Christian Academy
Jones Park
Cottage Grove Place
Ely
Ely Community
Donnelly Park
Nixon
Ely's sleepy town grows with new housing and steady spirit
Longtime Vavra Lumber Co. hums in Ely 1872 town amid new investment. Mayor Lonnie Tjelmeland backs growth as subdivisions rise, a $20,000 firemen donation funds a playground, churches expand, and residents describe Ely as a peaceful但 welcoming place to live while population climbs from 500 in 1990 to over 1,100 with city hopes for 4,000 in five to ten years.
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Vavra Lumber Co
Ely
Ed Vavra
Lonnie Tjelmeland
Lonnie
Father Allen
Cedar Rapids
Ann
Jacob
Tom Thelmeland
F.J. Krob and Co
ESPN
St. John's Lutheran Church
First Presbyterian Church
Airport National
Tjelmeland
Roberta Hamdorf
Hiawatha
Dean Rathie
Lori
John
Potter crafts big life in small town Ely gallery
Clary Illian, 58, Cedar Rapids native, runs her gallery and studio in the century old Odd Fellows Hall on Dows Street in Ely Iowa. She renovated the former lodge to house kilns a gallery and an apartment. Illian maintains a wide mailing list and is active in community work including Linn County curbside recycling.
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Bie
Soi
Clary Illian Fine
Odd Fellows Hall
Dows Street
Cedar Rapids
Garrison
Ely
Iowa City
Ing
Clary
Linn Co
Potter Clary Lilian
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Judi Grobin
Steve Grobin
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Lake Macbride
Tom Tjeimeland
Wes Buresh
Gary Reyhons
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