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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 18, 2006
Page
7
The Johnson County Salvation Army requests box or oscillating fans or cash donations to help start distributing fans the week of June 26. Johnson County residents may receive a fan every other year with ID proving residency. Distribution continues while supplies last. call (819) 337-3725 for details. Last year the group provided 120 fans.
Ballots for the July 18 Lone Tree City Council special election are available for early voting at the Johnson County Auditor's Office in Iowa City. Absentee ballots require the Iowa Official Absentee Ballot Request Form and may be mailed to 913 S. Dubuque St. Forms are sent free. For information call (319) 356-6004.
The Gazette invites readers to mail in photos showing themselves with the paper during summer travels. Submit non returnable copies with names, towns, date, destination, and home phone. Deadline is August 23 for print. digital submissions via listed site and email.
Location details place Lone Tree in southeast Johnson County near Highway 22, about 16 miles from Iowa City and 43 miles from Cedar Rapids. The 2004 population is 1,161 with a median age of 35.1 from 2000 census data. Founders included Sullivan J. Devoe and John W. Jayne, town platted in 1872 and incorporated the same year. The early town boasted multiple stores and services. A noted tree inspired the town name. it died in the late 1960s from Dutch elm disease.
The Cedar and Iowa Rivers area used a single tree as a survey landmark. About 16 000 buffalo sheltered beneath it, shading prairie grass and protecting the tree from fire. The region recalls major fires including a December 10 1940 blaze that engulfed the entire main street.
Celebration at the African American Historical Museum and Cultural Center of Iowa runs through June 26 with music games history fashions and food. Events include Fashion Show Extravaganza Back in the Day storytelling and Black Music Fest plus readings from the Emancipation Proclamation and related talks.
More than 200 Eastern Iowans are among 725 people and groups receiving Governor Volunteer Awards this week. The ceremony at Linn-Mar High School Marion listed honorees by state agency including the Iowa Commission on Volunteer Service Iowa Department for the Blind and others for long time community service and volunteer contributions across Iowa.
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