Weekend conference addresses Catholic sexual abuse crisis in Iowa City
A public event at Faith United Church of Christ covers survivor testimony and community action. Speakers include Janine Geske Craig Levien Linda Pieczynski and David Clohessy with panels from national and local experts. Sponsored by Iowa City Call to Action and others. registration via SNAP network site.
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Faith United Church of Christ
1609 Deforest St
Wisconsin Supreme Court
Janine Geske
Marquette University
Craig Levien
Davenport
Linda Pieczynski
Call To Action
David Clohessy
Iowa City
SS. Philip and James Parish
Grand Mound
Iowa
SNAP
Snapnetwork.org
Coralville Camp Site Study to Be Presented at Luncheon
University of Iowa archaeologists uncover a well preserved Late Woodland camp near the Iowa River in Coralville. Bill Whittaker will discuss the Edgewater Park finds at a Friday luncheon, detailing early farming signals and trade networks along the river. Cost 13 dollars. checks to Johnson County Historical Society. RSVP by Thursday. call 319 351 5738.
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Iowa River
Coralville
University of Iowa
Office
State Archaeologist
Bill Whittaker
State Office
Iowa River Power Company
First Ave
Edgewater Park
Johnson County Historical Society
Kent Park expands as Johnson County living museum opens new wetlands
Kent Park near Tiffin advances as the Easterly Valley Project develops seven pond and wetlands areas across a 395 acre watershed. Four wetlands are completed with three others advanced. a 2.3 acre fishing pond gains 90 percent funded by a Fish Habitat Stamp Grant.
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Gazette
Oxford
F.W. Kent Park
Tiffin
Highway 6
Johnson County Conservation Board
Conservation Education
MMS Consultants Inc
Iowa City
Johnson County Secondary Roads Department
Conservation Board
Fish Habitat
Iowa City scrip on display traces rare 1930s issue
A display at Hills Bank and Trust Co shows Iowa City Cham ber of Commerce scrip issued in 1858 with a $3 bill and stamps on the back. Dean Oakes, a collector, notes federal law barred living portraits. the stamps funded redemption. The piece notes Hawarden as origin of local scrip and cites collectors’ rarity estimates and missing memories.
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Owa City
Iowa City
Franklin Roosevelt
Oakes
United States
Chamber
Hawarden
Iowa
Yale
Irving Fisher
Mason City
3Rian Ray
the Gazette
Hills Bank and Trust Co
Old Capitol
Dean Oakes
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Kent Park
Johnson County
By Kelly Rohder
Harry Graves
Clear Creek
Graves
Iowa Department of Natural Resources
Wehde
Gravés
Kent Park Lake
Laura Segall
Emil Meyers
Meyers
Perrin
Florida
Charles Beckman
D.W. Krumm
Marlene J. Perrin
Iqwa
City
Myfsbonline.com
NAS Iowa Realty Commercial
Arouni
Nkers
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