Freedom Rock comes to Solon as Iowa project expands statewide
Solon joins the Freedom Rock tour as Ray Bubba Sorensen plans to paint a six foot rock commemorating veterans in Johnson County. Denny Gruber of the Solon Area Community Foundation says the project aims to include all armed forces with Legion support and could accelerate timelines for Solon’s 175th anniversary next year.
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Johnson County
Ray “Bubba” Sorensen
Greenfield
Iowa
Sorensen
Maria
Bubba
Maria Sorensen
Scott County
LeClaire
Gruber
Sorensens
Kevin Shima
American Legion
Legion Field
Allamakee
Clayton
Fayette
Delaware
Linn, Jones and
Cedar Counties
The
Gazette
Salon
Linn County
Freedom Rocks Set for Eastern Iowa Counties
Eastern Iowa counties list Freedom Rock sites with tentative 2016 to 2020 painting dates. Sites include Rock in Montezuma, Independence, Marengo, Gladbrook, Brighton, Calmar, and more. Down payments and costs range from 8 000 to 10 000 dollars, with applications via the project site.
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Freedom Rocks
Iowa
Maria Sorensen
Benton County
Shellsburg
Buchanan County
Independence
Iowa County
Marengo
Poweshiek County
Montezuma
Tama County
Rock
Gladbrook
Wind tax credits loom over Iowa workers and energy jobs
Iowa leads the nation in wind energy installations and hosts over 3,000 wind jobs. lawmakers urge extending the wind production tax credit amid industry uncertainty and potential layoffs. Grassley and Reed push for a broader expire act inclusion to protect domestic renewables.
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Loebsack
Iowa
PTC
Grassley
Senate
House
Harry Reid
D-Nev
Towa
American Wind Energy Association
Environmental Entrepreneurs
Gail Parson
Midwest States
Parson
Ernest Istook
R-Okla
American Jobs Alliance
Tea Party Nation
Istook
Tea Party
Wall Street
Curtis Ellis
Washington
Congress
Sexed and comprehensive programs delay sexual activity in youth
Fairholm and others push medically accurate inclusive education. Eyes Open Iowa funds WISE and CAPP programs to implement evidence based curricula across 19 Iowa school districts. They stress age appropriate teaching from early education to older ages, building on healthy body image, decision making and resistance to peer pressure.
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Fairholm
Sexual Health Alliance of
Linn and
Johnson Counties
Katie Jones
Linn County Public Health
Coalition
The
Sexual Health Alliance
Linn- Mar
Washington High School
Jones
Eyes Open Iowa
Eyes Open
Iowa
WISE
Iowa Department of Human Services
Planned Parenthood of
Heartland
Linn County
Keota man charged with first degree burglary in North Liberty
North Liberty police report 53 year old Arthur Hess broke into a garage on Timber Wolf Drive at 4 p.m. October 17, attacked the homeowner, and cut the victim’s forearm. The victim identified Hess, who was unarmed, with injuries requiring hospital care. Hess was jailed in Johnson County on a first degree burglary charge as of Thursday morning. Meanwhile in Iowa City a Thanksgiving meal at River Community Church drew about 500 people, with 35 to 40 turkeys and large sides prepared by volunteers for the annual event.
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North Libertya Keota
North Liberty
Arthur Hess
Timber Wolf Drive
Hess
Johnson County
Owa City
Iowa City
Joshua Tilley
The
River Community Church
Claude Williams
Williams
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