Johnson County Budget Meetings Schedule
Calendar lists 9 a.m. budget meeting on capital improvements and campus plans at the county administration building. 3 p.m. Iowa City Johnson County Senior Center Commission meets at the senior center. 5:30 p.m. Conservation Board meets in the second floor boardroom. 6 p.m. Compensation Board meets in the first floor conference room.
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Johnson County Board of Supervisors
Iowa City
Johnson County
Johnson County Conservation Board
Johnson County Compensation Board
Dean Supporters Gather for Hilltop Meet and Concert
Activists backing Howard Dean in Precinct 22 hold a 6 to 8 p.m. meetup at Hilltop Lounge with a Ben Schmidt concert. Organizers provide contact at 319 338 3063 for attendees.
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Shimek
Dean
Ben Schmidt
Hilltop
Howard Dean
Out and About Local Arts and Training Calendar
Private Pesticide Applicators Training runs 9 30 a m to noon at the National Guard Armory Washington fee 15. Regina Preschool Christmas Concert at 10 a m Regina Chapel Ruth Hulbert organ at noon First Methodist Church. Riverside Theatre presents The Last Five Years 7 p m at Riverside Theatre through Sunday Old Creamery Theater Holiday Hijinks 1963 8 p m Price Creek Stage Amana performing through Sunday 1 800 35 AMANA www oldcreamery com
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National Guard Armory
Washington
Regina
Regina Chapel
Ruth Hulbert
First Methodist Church
Riverside Theatre
Old Creamery Theater
Price Creek Stage
Amana
Oldcreamery.com
Children Storytime Sessions at Local Libraries
Storytime at North Liberty Community Library starts at 10 a.m. Preschool Storytime follows at 10 30 a m in Hazel Westgate Story Room at Iowa City Public Library.
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North Liberty Community
Hazel Westgate
Iowa City Public Library
Senior Activities Schedule for Morning Walks and Tours
Trailblazers hiking at 8:30 a.m. in Lower City Park parking lot. Contact 354-9569. Bob Zeman hosts a 10 a.m. event at English Valley Nursing and Care Center in North English. A 1 p.m. visit to Hillside Estates in Williamsburg. Phone (319) 848-4886.
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Lower City Park
Bob Zeman
English Valley Nursing and Care Center
North English
Hillside Estates
Williamsburg
University of Iowa Campus Arts and Public Events Schedule
The University of Iowa lists upcoming arts and public events including School of Music Double Bass Ensemble at noon in Colloton Pavilion, Bijou cinema screenings of Thirteen and Carnage, and readings at Prairie Lights Books. Also notes Child Check by appointment at Grant Wood Area Education Center and holiday programs at the senior center with Santa history and A Christmas Carol reading.
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School of Music
Atrium
Colloton Pavilion
al Hospitals
Iowa Memorial Union
Bijou
Dai Guilliam
Tim Budd
Prairie Lights Books
Grant Wood Area
Holiday Rd
Coralville
Santa Claus
Yates
Marcel and the Dirtball joins craft book tradition
Iowa City artist Monica Leo hand carved 28 rosewood blocks and aided by Floyd Pearce uses old printing presses for a limited run of 550 copies of Marcel and the Dirtball a story of sibling cat rivalry. Anne Leo Ellis wrote the tale in the early 1980s but found no publisher until now.
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Susan J. Demas
The
Gazette
Iowa City
Marcel
Monica Leo
Pterodactyl Press
Cumberland
Floyd Pearce
Iowa
Leo
Eulenspiegel Puppet Theatre Company
West Liberty
Mak
Anne Leo Ellis
Reading Rainbow
Marcel and
Ellis
New York City
Buzz Orr
the Gazette
the Dirtball
Lone Tree
Marcel and the
Rosewood
Marcel and the Dirtball now available at two Iowa shops
The book is on shelves at Eulenspiegel Puppet Theatre’s Owl Glass Puppetry Center in West Liberty and Prairie Lights Books in Iowa City. Hardcover editions cost 28.50 dollars and softcover 18.50 dollars. Leo says the project came together after meeting Pearce through the Iowa Arts Council in the late 1980s and likens a children’s book to editing a poem to its essence.
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Marcel and the Dirtball
Eulenspiegel Puppet Theatre Company
Owl Glass Puppetry Center
N. Calhoun St
West Liberty
Prairie Lights Books
S. Dubuque St
Iowa City
Marcel
Leo
Pearce
Iowa Arts Council
Floyd
Crime report dates in Iowa City listed by location
A sequence of dated reports records robberies and incidents in Iowa City from December 6 to December 12. Addresses include 525 W Benton St, 547 Emerald St, 602 Westgate St, 116 S Linn St, 1131 Third Ave, 325 E College St, 218 E Washington St, 216 E Washington St, 426 S Johnson St, 810 Benton Dr, 507 S Gilbert St, 5 Primrose Ct, 855 Highway 1 West, 220 S Dubuque St, and 631 S Van Buren St. Each entry notes the day of the incident.
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W. Benton St
Emerald St
Westgate St
S. Linn St
Third Ave
E. College St
E. Washington St
S. Johnson St
Benton Dr
S. Gilbert St
Primrose Ct
Public Safety Dec 9 and 6 Incident List
A sequence of public safety notices lists multiple street blocks and programs with dates in December. Locations include Whispering Prairie Avenue East Washington Street Crestview Avenue and Court Street North Dubuque Street East Industrial Park Road and Burlington Street. The entries reference domestic violence intervention and related activity across several blocks.
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East Washington Street
Crestview Avenue
Court Street
North Dubuque Street
Industrial Park Road
East Burlington Street
Ul confer 1 200 degrees at University of Iowa weekend ceremonies
The University of Iowa will confer more than 1200 degrees at winter commencement across five ceremonies Friday and Saturday. Graduates include 290 in Graduate College 215 in Business 680 in Liberal Arts and Sciences Education Medicine and Nursing 55 in Engineering and 27 in Law.
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Iowa City
University of Iowa
Graduate College
Henry B. Tippie College of Business
College of Engineering
College of Law
Colleges of
Liberal Arts and Sciences
Education
Medicine
Nursing
Tippie College of Business
E Graduate College
Hancher Auditorium
David J. Skorton
Henry B. Tippie
Carver Hawkeye Arena
Shorton
Red Cross Extends Toy Drive Deadline In Iowa City
The American Red Cross Grant Wood Area Chapter keeps Holiday Angels program open with a Thursday deadline extension. Over 80 children are registered as volunteers seek new unwrapped toys and gifts. call 319 337 2119 for details on needed items.
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Iowa City
American Red Cross
Grant Wood Area
The
Red Cross
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Clapp Recital Hall
Phillip Jones
Boyd Law
Levitt Auditorium
Pat Cain
John Allen
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