Johnson County Board Meetings and Library Trustees Schedule
Calendar lists a 9 a.m. Johnson Board of Supervisors formal meeting in the supervisors' chambers at the county administration building. A 4 p.m. Johnson County Board of Appeals work session in the lower-level conference room, and a 5 p.m. Iowa City Public Library Board of Trustees meeting.
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Johnson Board of Supervisors
Supervisors
Johnson County Board of Appeals
Johnson County
Iowa City Public Library Board of Trustees
Iowa City Public Library
Out & About Events and Local Theatre Schedule
No fee breastfeeding and more group meets noon to 2 p.m. in Mercy Iowa City McAuley Room. Iowa Environmental Council Renewable Energy Legislation gathers 5 30 to 7 p.m. in Meeting Room E at Iowa City Public Library. The Drawer Boy plays at 7 p.m. at Riverside Theatre 213 North Gilbert Street.
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McAuley
Mercy Iowa City
Iowa Environmental Council
Iowa City Public Library
Riverside Theatre
N. Gilbert St
Preschool Storytime at Iowa City Public Library
Children join a 10:30 a.m. session in Hazel Westgate Story Room for stories and activity time at the Iowa City Public Library.
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Hazel Westgate
Iowa City Public Library
Senior Activities and Talks in University Schedule
A slate of events includes Creative Clay 9 a.m. to noon at the senior center, a Yager Commitment to Diversity Conference in Lindquist Center Jones Commons, poster sale 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. at Iowa Memorial Union, White Privilege 101 noon to 1 p.m. in Room 20, Nursing Building, and an Iowa City Foreign Relations Council Luncheon noon to 1 p.m. at Congregational Church. Also a graduate workshop 12:30 p.m. in Bowden Science Building, Owen Smith comedy 9 p.m. at Wheelroom Iowa Memorial Union, and registration required for several items with contact numbers provided.
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Jones Commons
Lindquist Center
Lucas Dodge
Iowa Memorial Union
Iowa City Foreign Relations Council
Congregational Church
N. Clinton St
Amit Saraf
Bowen Science Building
Owen Smith
Iowa City Chamber Ag Breakfast Series Opens Week
The Gazette lists events this week in Iowa City including the Chamber of Commerce Ag Breakfast Series on Friday at Montgomery Hall with the theme Agriculture Americas High Vulnerability Asset and a $5 ticket. Reservations urged. A Friday English Conversation Group meets at the Public Library, and Moe Vela discusses Hispanic Real Estate at Englert Theatre with salsa music. A bird club field trip departs Saturday morning from Dodge Street Hy-Vee.
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Iowa City Chamber of Commerce Ag
Montgomery Hall
Johnson County Fairgrounds
Iowa City Public Library
National Association of Hispanic Real Estate Professionals
Moe Vela
Englert Theatre
Washington St
Iowa City
Iowa City host preserves Prairie Lights legacy with 900 donated books
Julie Englander, host of Live From Prairie Lights, has donated over 900 autographed volumes to the University of Iowa Main Library over 15 years. WSUI radio and Prairie Lights Books partnership brings authors to readings at 8 p.m. Fridays and other events in Iowa City.
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Jimmie Presley
the Gazette
Julie Englander
Iowa City
Prairie Lights
University of Iowa
Englander
Sonja Elmquist
Gazette
WSUI
University of Iowa Writers’ Workshop
Frank Conroy
Conroy
David Schoonover
Schoonover
Prairie Lights Books
Dubuque St
Jim Harris
Dennis Reese
Reese
Older Iowans Legislature elects four officers at Urbandale meeting
The Older Iowans Legislature held its annual meeting January 19 at the Urbandale Public Library electing four new state board officers Graham Fee chair Betty Kelly vice chair Eve Casserly secretary and Janet Boley treasurer. The group builds links between older Iowans and government and service providers with membership open to all. The next board meeting is February 15 at Aging Resources in Des Moines. For details call 319 351 4903 or 319 364 5340 or write to 5335 Grand Avenue Suite 106 Des Moines IA 50312. West Liberty High School music dept and boosters present the third annual Stars on Stage show choir invitational for class 3A schools February 5 at West Liberty High School 310 W Maxson Ave. Over 600 performers in 14 choirs from across the state perform with finals at 6 p.m. Hudson High School Hudson Middle School Central Lee Center Point Urbana Solon West Burlington Williamsport West Dubuque Hinton Anamosa Westwood Sloan West Liberty Voices Unlimited and West Liberty Middle School. Tickets 8 at the door concessions available. Children 5 and under admitted free.
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Urbandale Public
Graham Fee
Knoxville
Betty Kelly
Iowa City
Eve Casserly
Coralville
Janet Boley
Burlington
Iowans
Iowa
Older Iowans Legislature
Aging Resources
Des Moines
Grand Avenue
Suite 106
West Liberty
West Liberty High School
West Liberty Music Boosters
W. Maxson Ave
Hudson High School
Hudson Middle School
Central Lee
Center Point Urbana
Solon
West Burlington
Williamsburg
West Dubuque
Hinton
Anamosa
Westwood
Sloan
Voices Unlimited
West Liberty Middle School
Mid-Prairie students raise funds for Sri Lanka shelter
Sixth graders at Mid-Prairie Middle School have raised 375 for the Shelter for Physically Disabled Children in Galle Sri Lanka after reading coverage of the December tsunami. They sell hemp bead bracelets for 1 each from 8 to 830 a.m. before classes and will teach Kalona Elementary students to make and sell bracelets, with no announced plans to expand to other schools.
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Mary Zielinski
Kalona
Mid-Prairie Middle School
Galle
Sri Lanka
Nancy Kra
Wellman
Washington Township
Sarah Aldrich-Rietz
Mid-Prairie
Zach Triebold
Zach Williams
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Maria Doria Russell
Christopher Merrill
Pam Houston
Antonio D'Ambrosio
Aaron Lansky
Marvin Bell
Andrew Greer
Curtis Sittenfeld
Rae Armantrout
Kembrew McLeod
Suzanne Lebsock
Nick Arvin
S. Dubuque St
Prairielightsbooks.com
Glander
Stars
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