County seeks rep on Coralville library board
Coralville may add a rural Johnson County representative to its seven member library board to keep funding and reflect rural patrons. The change would require a city ordinance update and a public vote.
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Coralville
Public Library Board
Johnson County
Johnson County Library Funding Task Force
Alison Galstad
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Jeff Horne
Celebrity lamps sought for Old Brick auction event
The Perrin More committee seeks celebrity lamps for an October 8 sale at Old Brick from 10 am to 2 pm with silent and live auctions, plus a 8 pm concert by Public Property. Donations may be dropped at the Laren Law Office or called in. volunteers and lamp parts are requested.
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Carberry
Dennis Kucinich
Ohio
Cleveland
Old Brick
Public Property
Laren Law Office
Bloomington St
Public Power and the Environment Forum Series in Iowa City
Public Power and the Environment Forum schedules events at the Iowa City Public Library Room A with sponsors League of Women Voters Johnson County Environmental Advocates and the Sierra Club. A Sept 29 panel discusses Iowa electric public power utilities and success followed by a Oct 27 debate between Citizens For Public Power and MidAmerican Energy at the IMU. A concert by Dave Zollo Dave Moore Ben Schmidt and Patrick Brickel is set for Oct 30 at The Mill with details online.
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Public Power
Iowa City Public Library
The
League of Women Voters
Johnson County
Environmental Advocates
Sierra Club
Iowa Electric
Citizens For Public Power
Iowa Memorial Union
IMU
University of Iowa
Dave Zollo
Dave Moore
Ben Schmidt
Patrick Brickel
the Mill
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Iowa City
Icpublicpower.org
Tailor’s ironing board links Iowa City shop to family history
The Johnson County Historical Society preserves a tailor’s ironing board donated by Evelyn Monk of Iowa City. The board once belonged to her father Joseph Kanak, a downtown Iowa City tailor who learned in Chicago and ran the Dubuque Street shop with his father. The piece highlights family ties to local tailoring and memories of fabric samples and shop life.
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Iowa City
Evelyn Monk
Johnson County
Frank Kanak
Bohemia
Kanak
Dubuque Street
Joseph
Chicago
Monk
Johnson County Historical Society
PARADE Launches Nationwide Historic Site Contest
PARADE magazine and the National Trust for Historic Preservation with the History Channel have launched a grass roots contest to identify celebrate and revitalize little known American historical landmarks. Ten national winners receive plaques feature in PARADE Dec 11 issue and local media coverage.
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Parade Magazine
America
Parade
The
National Trust For Historic Preservation
History Channel
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