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St Bridget’s Cemetery to host Memorial Day Mass May 25

SOLON– Memorial Day Mass will be offered for de-ceased veterans and loved ones on Monday, May 25, at 9 a.m. at St. Bridget’s Cemetery, Nolan Settlement. Bring family, friends and lawn chairs. The church and cemetery are located at 2136 St. Bridget’s Rd. NE, Solon.

By Jen MooreSolon EconomistSOLON– Kelsey Bumsted and

Kari Juhl call themselves the “wheels on the bus.”

Though the pair is responsible for bringing a Walking School Bus to Solon this past March, they say it’s the kids who have been the ones in the driver’s seat.

“It’s the big topic at school. The kids are really the ones making it grow,” Bumsted said. “We’re just making sure (they’re safe) while they just pick up new people left and right.”

A Walking School Bus is a chap-eroned group of children who walk a designated route to school. It follows a regular timeline with specifi c spots

where more students can meet and join in, like an actual bus route.

Juhl played a role in creating North Liberty’s Walking School Bus for Garner Elementary three years ago. When her family moved to Solon, she wanted to bring the initiative to her new community.

“I really liked the idea of… giving children a healthy way to school and bringing the community together with it,” Juhl said.

Juhl brought the idea to Bumsted, who has three children of her own in Solon schools. Shortly after, the two were handing out fl iers to families in their neighborhood to let every-one know about the new program, which takes place every Monday and Wednesday morning.

Though Garner’s walking school bus was partially funded from a grant, Solon’s is made up purely of volunteers with a passion for keeping kids safe and healthy. Both programs follow the national organization’s Safe Routes to Schools guidelines in the creation and implementation of the Walking School Buses.

So far, the feedback for the pilot route along Plum Street has been overwhelmingly positive, Bumsted said, with many parents calling it a great and creative way to impact children’s safety and health.

“But the thing is, it’s not (either of those things), which is why it’s

New “ride” to schoolParents test out Walking School Bus in Solon

Audrey Michels, Tess Richards, Mary Richards, Kate Richards, and Grant Bumsted walk with Kelsey Bumsted as part of a Walking School Bus organized by parents Kari Juhl and Bumsted. (photo by Jen Moore)

By Lori LindnerSolon EconomistSOLON– This spring, Solon High

School’s Fifth Street Jazz vocal ensemble earned the district’s fi fth state Iowa Jazz Championship title in eight years.

It puts Solon in front of its other 3A level competitors across the state in terms of championships earned, and gives vocal mu-sic director Joel Foreman yet another reason to sing praises for his dedicated students.

Going to championships is an auditioned process, and schools must submit an audio recording even to be considered to attend. About 30 to 35 schools are chosen to com-pete each year.

“In the state of Iowa, vocal jazz at the high school level is a little bit newer,” said Foreman. The Iowa Jazz Championship competition has existed for just nine years. “But it’s defi nitely a growing art form. It’s very common around the country.”

Nine years ago, when Foreman fi rst of-fered the opportunity for a jazz choir, 40 kids signed up. The choir did not compete that initial year, but in its second year, an audi-tioned group went to the state competition and won Solon’s fi rst vocal jazz champion-ship. That enthusiasm has sustained, and allowed Foreman to eventually create four different jazz groups that regularly perform each school year: Premier (a women’s en-semble), and the mixed jazz ensembles of Mainstream, Blame It On Our Youth, and Fifth Street Jazz.

From a student perspective, jazz may not the most common type of music in a high schooler’s iPod, but Foreman’s students have learned much from studying the genre.

Senior Brittany Slusher said after middle school show choir, studying jazz was a good option for her.

“It was the next opportunity for us to explore and grow in our music, and I really think I’ve seen a lot of growth in myself as a musician, because jazz makes you focus on so many areas of musicianship and tech-nique,” said Slusher.

Senior Tyler Puettmann also came to high school with musical experience, but jazz was new to him.

“Mr. Foreman is a very good teacher. I didn’t want to do jazz choir, but he con-vinced me to, and now I’ve been doing it for four years,” said Puettmann. “The more you listen to jazz, the more you naturally pick up all the little things that jazz musicians will do– the swing, the rhythm, and all the different techniques professionals use. I really love it.”

Lillee McAtee is a junior who also fi nds that studying jazz improves other musical skills.

“A lot of people think the most diffi cult part of jazz is the improvisation,” said McA-tee. “That’s when you have to make your own notes and rhythm to match the setting

They’ve got that swingSolon’s Fifth Street Jazz earns new state title

Members of Solon High School’s Fifth Street Jazz vocal ensemble after earning the district’s fi fth state Iowa Jazz Championship title. (photo courtesy Joel Foreman)

Jazz championship: Continued on page A8

By Doug LindnerSolon EconomistSOLON– The Solon City

Council is continuing down the path of allowing utility terrain vehicles (UTVs) on city streets, but there are some reservations.

At a May 6 meeting, council members referred a draft ordinance allowing utility vehicles to the streets committee, along with the golf cart ordinance approved back in 2011.

Three city council mem-

Proposed UTV ordinance sent to council committeeGolf cart ordinance also to be reviewed

bers, however, had concerns about the proposed utility vehicle ordinance and about the enforcement of the cur-rent golf cart law.

The idea to allow utility vehicles on city streets was introduced at an April 15 meeting by council mem-ber Casey Grover. Grover said he was responding to residents’ requests to allow the carts, versions of which are used by both the city and the school district.

The draft version of the

Utility vehicles: Continued on page A3

By Jen MooreSolon EconomistSOLON– Solon is taking

a fi rmer stand when it comes to bullying in schools.

At the May 11 school board meeting, administra-tion presented the fi rst read-ing of the district’s updated anti-bullying/harassment policy, which was approved by the board.

Solon Community School District defi nes bullying as “intentionally aggressive behavior, repeated over time that creates an imbalance of power. This type of behavior can include but is not limited

Zero toleranceNew policy provides a more thorough approach in preventing and handling bullying

to the following: targeted acts or threats, or intent to hurt someone with no regret or remorse for the intended victim.”

This defi nition is in line with state policy that aims to prevent all types of bullying, including cyber bullying: that which takes place on-line through social media platforms.

The new policy is based on training all three build-ing principals received in February with consultant Amanda Easton, creator of Easton Bullying Investiga-tive Systems. This training helped provide a complete understanding of steps to be taken in preventing and dealing with bullying inci-dents.

While Solon’s current anti-bullying/harassment policy clearly states that bullying isn’t tolerated in schools and that all inci-dents will be dealt with by administration, there was no standard for how such incidents were addressed. This led to inconsistencies between cases and across schools.

Easton’s system uses a step-by-step plan that han-dles everything from how to report an incident to what measures should be taken to protect the victim, how staff should get involved, and suggested consequences for offenders.

Solon senior Eric Holtorf gives his mother Jennifer a hug after his name was read at Solon High School’s graduation ceremony Sunday, May 17, in the high school gymnasium. (photo by Doug Lindner)

SENIORS DEPARTAnti-bullying: Continued on page A2

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And because everything is thoroughly documented, it gives the district greater protection if an incident should go to court.

“It gave us a process to make sure we do things in the right order, with the right focus, and asking the right questions, to really get to what the issue is,” Solon High School Principal Na-than Wear said. “It’s a very defensible policy.”

He added that the new policy is more transparent, because parents, students, and staff can easily see what steps will be taken to address all cases of bullying, resulting in less confusion for all those involved.

“(The new system) will help us defi ne what bully-ing is, what we’re doing to prevent it, and what our response will be if it hap-pens,” Wear said. “Parents always ask whenever there is a concern ‘what are you going to do about it?’ Now it’s all laid out for them.”

The policy also provides better protection for stu-dents who report bullying and for those who witness it, which the district hopes will encourage students to come forward if they see or experience it.

Easton served as primary investigator for the Des Moines School District for over 11 years before she began offering her services to school districts across the state. She will travel to Solon on Aug. 21 to work with all teachers, coaches, bus drivers, and other staff.

Director Dean Martin felt the new policy would be a positive fi rst step in address-ing the problem.

“I know this is a very im-portant topic for the district and having a good policy in place is a good start,” Martin said.

Though the new system won’t become a part of district policy until it is approved for the upcoming school year, all three build-ings have been implement-ing Easton’s methods since the training.

Wear has found that, even though the system requires more action steps, handling cases has been easier be-cause administration knows exactly how to proceed.

He hopes that with consis-tent use, the schools will see a reduction in the number of bullying cases that occur.

“We don’t tolerate bully-ing at all and this gives us a

really thorough way to send that message,” Wear said. “We’re going to investigate every claim we have… and make sure anything that’s reported to us goes through this process.”

The second reading of the proposed policy will take place at the board’s June meeting.

Middle school, fine arts packages to be re-bid

The district will also re-bid two of the bid packages for the new middle school and fi ne arts addition.

The package for roofi ng and sheet metal was revised to offer subcontractors an al-ternative package that used a generic PVC specifi cation, instead of a specifi c manu-facturer. The package’s ba-sis bid was also changed to use Ethyline-Propylene-Di-ene-Monomer (EPDM) roofi ng materials instead of PVC. This came at the rec-ommendation of contractor Story Construction.

The district will also re-bid the paints and coatings package, after the package received no bids. There was slight confusion as to where to send bids for the package, according to administration, but Story is in the process of contacting companies who submitted incorrectly to have them resubmit.

Those bids will be due by June 2, with a public hear-ing scheduled for June 8 to award contracts.

Summer school, fall feesWear also presented the

board with summer school offerings for the upcoming summer break. Those cours-es will include Spanish, physical education, health, and credit recovery for at-risk students.

Wear said that health was a new course offering for the summer and the high school had already seen a large amount of interest, with 22 students signed up to take the class.

Finally, the board dis-cussed student fees for the upcoming school year. Most fees stayed the same as pre-vious years; however, So-lon’s breakfast fee increased from $1.45 to $1.60.

Superintendent Sam Mill-er said while lunch fees have increased in the past year, breakfast fees have largely stayed the same and the in-crease was a result of federal guideline changes.

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a good idea, “she said. “We’ve gotten to a point now where walking to school seems so novel, like it’s out of this world.”

In addition to giving kids a chance to burn off extra energy before they get to the classroom, a Walking School Bus also prioritizes children’s safety.

Kids who walk from Plum Street have to cross Highway 1, which sees a large amount of traffi c, es-pecially in the mornings as kids are getting to school. Though the City of Solon added a signalized cross-walk across Highway 1 near the old Casey’s Gen-eral Store, Bumsted and Juhl said kids don’t always utilize it and the path still isn’t safe enough for an elementary aged student to walk by him or herself.

The Walking School Bus, Juhl and Bumsted said, also offers an oppor-tunity to teach kids how to be smart and considerate pedestrians.

“A lot of people have lost the rules of the road.

We’re trying to make a responsible group of kids who make responsible decisions,” Bumsted said.

Solon’s Walking School Bus differs from North Liberty’s in that it in-cludes middle school-aged students. Juhl said this gives the older students the chance to take on lead-ership roles as they help chaperone the elementary school children.

“We wanted to involve them and let them be men-

A group photo of April 29th’s Walking School Bus participants outside the Solon Middle School. (photo by Jen Moore)

Walking school bus (Continued from page A1)

tors to the younger kids as well,” Juhl said.

Juhl and Bumsted see the Walking School Bus as a way for kids to expand their social circles and get to know kids outside their classroom. Bumsted said through the program, kids get the chance to spend time with other children that they might not normal-ly befriend.

“I see the kids forming this group where before, they didn’t know each oth-

er, but now they’re walk-ing together so they share something in common,” Bumsted said.

The two also hope that as the kids continue to walk with them, they will also become trusted adults in the eyes of those students.

Next year, Juhl and Bumsted want to establish more routes in Solon to include even more children and further work with the schools and parents to increase knowledge about the program.

“The kids are loving it. I always hear ‘I love to walk to school, I love to be with my friends in the morning,’” Bumsted said. “Children want to get involved.”

Parents who are interest-ed in having their children participate in the Walking School Bus, or those who would like to volunteer in the program, may email Juhl and Bumsted at solon.wsb@gmail.com to obtain more information and permission slips.

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SOLON CITY COUNCILAPRIL 29, 2015SOLON, IOWA

SOLON CITY HALL Mayor Steve Stange called to order the special City Council meeting at 5:30pm. Roll Call: Mark Krall, Steve Duncan, Casey Grover, Dale Snipes and Mark Prentice. Mayor Stange stated let the record show on the agenda Steve Duncan is listed twice with Mark Prentice being omitted. Motion by Krall to approve the agenda. Seconded by Duncan. New Business – Job Applicant interview for City Administrator Position (This agenda item may be a closed session if so requested by the City Administrator applicant per section 2.15 (j) of the code of Iowa) Mayor Stange introduced Dave Van Dee and asked if he would like to go into closed session with Van Dee saying he would. Motion by Grover to go into closed session pursuant to Iowa Code Chapter 21.5 (j) allowing closed session. Seconded by Krall. Roll Call Vote: Krall, Duncan, Grover, Snipes and Prentice. All Ayes. Motion Carried. 5-0. Motion to Adjourn by Krall. Seconded by Snipes. All Ayes. Motion Carried. 5-0. ATTEST Susie Siddell, City Clerk (Not present at meeting, minutes wrote by listening to tapes) Steve Stange, Mayor

SOLON CITY COUNCILAPRIL 29, 2015SOLON, IOWA

SOLON CITY HALL Mayor Steve Stange called to order the special City

Council meeting. Roll Call: Mark Krall, Steve Duncan, Casey Grover, Mark Prentice and Dale Snipes. Mayor Stange stated let the record refl ect on the agenda Steve Duncan was listed twice and Mark Prentice was omitted. Motion by Krall to approve the agenda. Seconded by Grover. Roll Call Vote: Krall, Duncan, Grover, Prentice and Snipes. All Ayes. Motion Carried. New Business – Job Applicant interview for City Administrator Position (This agenda item may be a closed session if so requested by the City Administrator applicant per section 2.15 (j) of the code of Iowa) Mayor Stange introduced Chris Nosbisch and asked if he would like to go into closed session with Nosbisch saying he would. Motion by Grover to go into closed session pursuant to Iowa Code Chapter 21.5 (j) allowing closed session. Seconded by Krall. Roll Call Vote: Krall, Duncan, Grover, Prentice and Snipes. All Ayes. Motion Carried. 5-0. Motion to Adjourn by Krall. Seconded by Snipes. All Ayes. Motion Carried. 5-0. ATTEST Susie Siddell, City Clerk (Not present at meeting, minutes wrote by listening to tapes) Steve Stange, Mayor

SOLON CITY COUNCILAPRIL 30, 2015SOLON, IOWA

SOLON CITY HALL Mayor Steve Stange called to order the special City Council meeting at 5:30pm. Roll Call: Mark Krall, Casey Grover, Mark Prentice and Dale Snipes: Absent: Steve Duncan. Mayor Stange stated let the record show the agenda

shows Steve Duncan twice with Mark Prentice omitted. Motion by Krall to approve the agenda. Seconded by Grover. Roll Call Vote: Krall, Grover, Prentice and Snipes. All Ayes. Motion Carried. 4-0. New Business – Job Applicant Interview for City Administrator Position ( This agenda item may be closed session if so requested by the City Administrator Appli-cant per section 21.5 ( j) code of Iowa. Mayor Stange introduced Aaron Burnett and stated he had requested to go into closed session with his interview. Motion by Krall to go into closes session pursuant to Iowa Code Chapter 21.5 ( j) allowing Closed Session. Seconded by Prentice. Roll Call Vote: Snipes, Prentice, Grover and Krall. All Ayes. Motion Carried. 4-0. Motion to Adjourn by Snipes. Seconded by Grover. All Ayes. Motion Carried. 4-0. ATTEST Susie Siddell, City Clerk (Not present at meeting, minutes wrote by listening to tapes) Steve Stange, Mayor

SOLON CITY COUNCILAPRIL 30, 2015SOLON, IOWA

SOLON CITY HALL Mayor Steve Stange called to order the special City Council meeting. Roll Call: Mark Krall, Casey Grover, Mark Prentice and Dale Snipes: Absent: Steve Duncan. Mayor Stange stated let the record show the agenda shows Steve Duncan listed twice with Mark Prentice omitted. Motion by Krall to approve the agenda. Seconded by Grover. Roll Call Vote: Grover, Prentice, Krall and Snipes. All Ayes. Motion Carried. 4-0. New Business – Job Applicant interview for City

Administrator Position (This agenda item may be a closed session if so requested by the City Administrator applicant per section 2.15 (j) of the code of Iowa) Mayor Stange stated they would be interviewing Cami Rasmussen and questioned Rasmussen if she would like to go into closed session. Rasmussen stated no she did not. Council questioned Rasmussen, a few questioned asked of Rasmussen where why was she interested in applying for the position, what made her choose manage-ment as a profession, her greatest accomplishment and greatest disappointment, hardest part of administrator job, experience in planning and zoning codes, experience with grant writing, role in budget, fund transfers, and questions on handling employees. Other questions towards Rasmussen was on how she works with the public and community. She was asked what she felt was her role in the decision making. Rasmussen was asked on her experience on negotiations. Mayor Stange questioned Rasmussen if offered the job what would she wish as compensation. After questions were fi nished Mayor Stange stated they would discuss and decide on top two candidates and discuss compensation and talk with the City Attorney and make a decision next week. Snipes thanked Rasmussen for everything she has done for the community. Motion to Adjourn by Grover. Seconded by Krall. All Ayes. Motion Carried. 4-0. ATTEST Susie Siddell, City Clerk (Not present at meeting, minutes wrote by listening to tapes) Steve Stange, Mayor

SOLON CITY COUNCILAPRIL 30, 2015

SOLON, IOWASOLON CITY HALL

Mayor Steve Stange called to order the special City Council meeting at 9:27pm. Roll Call: Mark Krall, Casey Grover, Mark Prentice and Dale Snipes: Absent: Steve Duncan. Motion by Krall to approve the agenda. Seconded by Grover. Roll Call Vote: Krall, Grover, Prentice and Snipes. All Ayes. Motion Carried. 4-0. New Business – City Administrator Position – Eval-uation of credentials for potential hiring ( this agenda item may be a closed session if so requested by the City Administrator applicants per section 21.5 (j) of the Code of Iowa part i: to evaluate the professional competency of an individual whose appointment, hiring performance or discharge is being considered when necessary to pre-vent needless and irreparable injury to that individual’s reputation and that individual request a closed session.) Mayor Stange stated all applicants requested this meeting to be closed. Motion by Grover to go into closed session pursuant to Iowa Code Chapter 21.5 (j) allowing closed session. Seconded by Krall. Roll Call Vote: Krall, Grover, Prentice and Snipes. All Ayes. Motion Carried. 4-0. Motion to Adjourn by Grover. Seconded by Snipes. All Ayes. Motion Carried. 4-0. ATTEST Susie Siddell, City Clerk (Not present at meeting, minutes wrote by listening to tapes) Steve Stange, Mayor

PUBLIC NOTICE: CITY OF SOLON

SOLON– The excitement is building as Solon prepares to welcome Magnus Mac-Farlane-Barrow, founder of Mary’s Meals, who will include a stop in his visit to Iowa to launch his recent book.

MacFarlane-Barrow will talk about his new book “The Shed That Fed A Million Children: The Extraordinary Story of Mary’s Meals,” on Friday, May 29, at St. Mary Catholic Church in Solon.

Books will be available for purchase at the event for $21.99. Solon has earned a special place in Magnus’ heart due to the wide-reaching support that has continued over recent years and is one of only three cities he will visit in the U.S. launch. Mary’s Meals is a global charity that aims to break the cycle of poverty by providing children with a nutritious daily meal in a place of education.

Prior to the book signing, a 5K run and 1 mile run/walk will start at 6:30 p.m. on Friday, May 29, at St. Mary Church, located at 1749 Racine Ave. NE, Solon.

All proceeds, including entry fees for the walk/run, will go to Mary’s Meals.

“Be A Hunger Hero” is the theme of the run/walk and attendees are encouraged to dress as superheroes. Participants are chal-lenged to choose their own entry fee with the question, “$19.50 feeds one child for one year. How many children will you feed?”

The mother/daughter team of Theresa and Olivia Bonnema are organizing the event. Eight-year-old Olivia explained that she was motivated to help after watching “Child 31,” a fi lm about Mary’s Meals.

“That’s just wrong that children should have to live in a dump. They deserve better!” she said. Olivia has given presentations to her church groups promoting the event.

Theresa Bonnema explained how the idea for the run came about.

“During Lent, we were saving our coins for Mary’s Meals. Olivia kept asking how she could raise more money. Doing chores for her grandparents or collecting change around the house could only get her so far,” she said. “We knew we needed to cast a wider net and reach more people. We enjoy participating in fundraiser runs, and my husband Adam had the idea to organize one ourselves. We hope to see lots of families participating in this together. There’s no better way to teach our children how to be

charitable than by participating in charity events with them. And there’s no job more important than teaching our children to help others.”

Pre-register by May 25. Make checks payable to Mary’s Meals and send name, address and email to Theresa Bonnema, 4141 Crosheck Rd. NE, Solon, IA 52333.

Register the day of the run at 5:30 p.m. For more information, contact Theresa at 319-499-8930. Post-run food will be pro-vided by Solon restaurants and GFWC/Iowa Solon Women’s Club.

Students are supporting the effort in many ways. The Solon High School girls track team, under the direction of Coach Brent Sands, recently presented Olivia with a check for $300 which will feed 15 children for an entire school year.

Head football coach Kevin Miller will be the emcee of the event and has been a long-time supporter.

“I believe the Mary’s Meals Organization does a tremendous job of effectively com-municating the vision of the organization,” he said. “Our student body and staff un-derstand the vision of the program and the value that it serves. Mary’s Meals also does a great job of illustrating the value of service and how simply an individual can contribute to the organization and make a signifi cant impact on the lives of many students.”

The local chapter of the General Federa-tion of Women’s Clubs is also very involved. Eileen Hageman coordinates over 20 volun-teers helping with this project.

“We are a group of volunteers looking to make the world a better place,” she said. “Helping with the post-run/walk reception and book signing is actually a very natural progression of our active support of the read-ing programs and libraries which we have traditionally supported. We became aware of the Mary’s Meals project in September when Patty Erusha presented a program. For our club, this is one of two international programs we are actively supporting. It’s amazing that a small local project has grown to international involvement.”

Solon restaurants are joining the effort by offering contributions of food. Big Grove Brewery, Frida Kahlo Mexican Restaurant and D & D Pizza are supporting the event.

As Eileen Hageman observed, “Mary’s Meals has been a project that seems to have unifi ed the community. I have seen church, school, youth and community organizations work together for this common cause.”

Solon community rallies to support Mary’s Meals

Members of the Solon Girls track team present Olivia Bonnema with a check for $300 to benefi t Mary’s Meals. (contributed photo)

ordinance, borrowing from an ordinance adopted by the city of Knoxville, was con-sidered at the May 6 meeting with a full council present.

Mayor Steve Stange sug-gested forwarding the ordi-nance to committee, but he polled council members as to whether there was support for moving ahead.

There was some.Grover spoke in support,

and while the council mem-bers voted unanimously to have the draft reviewed by committee, almost all had questions or concerns.

Council member Mark Prentice pointed out incon-sistent language between the two ordinances.

“(In) one of them we had speed limits, the other one we don’t have speed limits, it just says to reference the traffi c laws,” Prentice said. “One of them talks about operating on public streets, roads. It doesn’t mention Highway 1 and the other one does.”

It would be helpful, espe-cially to law enforcement, if the two laws used similar language, he said.

Council member Mark Krall agreed.

Recalling the original dis-cussion regarding the golf cart ordinance, Krall said he favored making Highway 382 and 5th Street off limits to both golf carts and UTVs.

“Those main arteries are quite busy,” Krall noted.

Solon’s city ordinance currently allows proper-ly-permitted golf carts op-erated by drivers age 18 and

older to be driven on most city streets from sunrise to sunset between April 1 and Oct. 31. Travel on Highway 1 is prohibited, although carts are allowed to cross the highway.

Krall also questioned whether the UTVs should have added requirements like headlights, brake lights and turn signals.

The golf cart ordinance has been fairly successful, but the city has received complaints, Krall noted. He said would be comfortable monitoring the golf carts for another year before allowing UTVs.

Council member Dale Snipes also expressed re-luctance about adding to the traffi c trying to cross High-way 1. Even with the traffi c signal that will be added to its intersection with Main Street, Snipes said, carts and UTVs will continue to cross where it’s convenient.

Enforcement was also on his mind.

The council learned in April that some residents had registered UTVs as golf carts, he said. Snipes said he has seen adults on the streets breaking the rules and wondered how the city could ensure that people are following the guidelines.

Krall also spoke to en-forcement, noting he didn’t want Johnson County sher-iff’s deputies following ev-ery golf cart and UTV in town.

“I don’t want them trying to find a problem,” Krall said. “But if there is a prob-

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SOLON– Solon’s Music on Main Street Concert Series will kick off a six-week pro-gram on June 3 featuring “Kindred Spirits.”

Concerts begin at 7 p.m. on Wednesday evenings starting June 3 for the six-week run. Attendees are urged to bring lawn chairs and a picnic basket to enjoy music and the community.

The Iowa City Community Band will perform June 10 followed by Leo Shima Country Sounds on June 17.

The Eastern Iowa Brass Band will take the band stand on June 24.

There are two more concerts to follow in July. “The Ladds” from Dubuque will be new to the Solon Bandstand Stage offering traditional Irish music and dancers. “The Ladds” program will begin at 6 p.m.

The concert series will conclude with a visit from our neighbors, the Mount Vernon

Solon Music on Main Street concert series returns June 3 for 6 weeks

Community Band.Rain location for the concerts will be St.

Mary Catholic Church. Several businesses and organizations have

contributed to the 2015 concert series: the City of Solon, the Solon Beef Days Com-mittee, the Solon Women’s Club, Adam Haluska/Edward Jones, Ellison Insurance, Fitzpatrick Chiropractic, the Solon Barber-shop, Kathy Hanes, El Sol Mexican Cuisine, Frida Kahlo Mexican Restaurant and Lucy’s Bakery, the Solon Economist, Big Grove Brewery, Mottinger Real Estate Group and Bridge Community Bank.

Those who would like to fi nancially con-tribute to Music on Main Street or provide sponsorship or concessions on a concert evening may contact Nancy Upmeyer by phone at 319-331-1553 or via email at nan-cyupmeyer@hotmail.com.

lem, I defi nitely want them to take care of it, and en-force that rule and write that ticket.”

Stange thought the impact of allowing UTVs wouldn’t be any greater than the cur-rent number of golf carts, and said the ordinance could be clarifi ed in committee.But he didn’t want to add to the workload unless there was enough council support.

“If we do all this work and there’s still three people who aren’t interested in doing it, then it’s a waste of time,” Stange said.

“Unless we can write this thing to make it easy on the sheriff’s department to enforce, then I’m not in-terested,” council member Steve Duncan said. Duncan reiterated his concern re-garding the use of golf carts by underage kids, calling it a safety issue for the city.

Duncan said Solon is still small enough to allow the UTVs, but the laws must be simple enough to understand and enforce.

Some of it is just common sense, said council member Grover.

For the most part, he said, people follow the rules, and the law would be in place for those who run afoul of it. UTV owners would be re-quired to register their vehi-cles with the county, and the city could piggyback on that inspection process, making it easier to administrate.

With a majority of council members willing to contin-ue, Stange asked to also in-clude the golf cart ordinance for review by the streets committee.

Public Works Director Scott Kleppe asked to be included in the meetings, noting he had some ideas for suggestions.

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On the education front there are whispers of an education deal forming. I do not have any details yet but it will likely be known in time for it to be in my column next week. I maintain that, while I am happy, we are nearing a deal, it is absurd that it took us this long to get there. I spoke strongly in caucus about my desire that we set both the 2016 and 2017 education funding this year so that schools do not have to go through next year’s budgets with the same uncertainty as they did this year.

In closing, there is one bill that I am particularly excited about. On Wednesday, the House passed HF631 by a vote of 91-7. The legislation estab-lishes a new chapter in Iowa Code entitled the Iowa First-Time Homebuyer Savings Ac-count Act which is an effort to try to incentivize young people to save and plan for the single biggest purchase of their life - their fi rst home. We want that fi rst home to be in Iowa. Spe-cifi cally, the bill provides for the establishment of a fi rst-time homebuyer savings account. The account holder must be a resident of Iowa. An account can be established individually or jointly with a spouse so long as both individuals are fi rst-time homebuyers. The account must be an interest-bearing account. The bill now has to be considered by the Senate.

But how do you transport them? I’m driving a Prius Compact these days and there’s no

way they’ll fi t inside the car. I could stick them in as far as they’ll go into the hatch and let the rest hang out an open front window, but I fear the rather lengthy excess would fl op around in the wind and snap in a car going 70 mph. It’s 600 miles to the lake and there’s no way I’m going to drive slower. And what if it’s raining?

Trying to fi t them in the car reminded me of something I saw in Iowa City years ago. A group of college boys were trying to load a telephone pole into a moving van. Why they were doing this I haven’t a clue. Maybe they heard drinks were on the house somewhere and decided the pole could help them reach the keg?

I do know it was entertaining to watch as a dozen beefy young men tried different ways of angling the heavy pole every which way into the box. No matter what corner they pushed it into, a good 4 feet still projected out the back. After several attempts, they took a rest and held a confab. After much gesturing one young man took charge and directed the remaining lads to pick up the pole for one last attempt. His solution: turn it around and try again.

Oh, the value of a college education! No doubt they all got government jobs.

In any event, my solution was to call Dad, living proof that necessity is the mother of invention. His Piece De Con-traption was the old Ford he kept running with hand tools, bailing wire, scraped knuckles and a Zippo. In case you’re wondering, the Zippo lighter doubled as a window defroster. He remembered very well how he used to transport around the cane pole of my youth.

He tied them to the undercarriage of the car.Not only will I have the biggest pole but the longest to

boot.

If the mixture was dry, she added water, if too soupy, she ground up a slice or two of dry crusty bread or some crackers. It hardly ever needed any additional seasoning, probably because most of the things that went into it had been seasoned the fi rst time around.

The whole thing was plopped into a greased casserole dish and topped generously with blobs of butter, then baked until it was heated through and brown and crusty on top.

When it was my turn as the wife and mother, I found that my mother’s and grandmother’s tactics didn’t work with my family. My husband defi -nitely didn’t want to find G r a n d m a ’s little dishes of beans or sweet corn on the table; my meat-loving sons never left enough roast beef to feed a small cat, leave alone enough to make a batch of good, meaty hash. And our youngest child had food allergies that prohibited some of the necessary ingredients. With two dogs and a cat, there was always a way to get rid of the less appealing leftover portions of meat.

I needed to work out some recipes to use up leftovers that were mainly from the vegetable side of the menu.

I tried corn pancakes to deal with the surplus roasting ears. Popular with everybody but the one allergic to wheat. I discovered I could smuggle carrots into anything made with tomatoes, as long as they were fi nely chopped or ground up. In fact, they improved the chili by serving as a thickener and taking the acid edge off the tomatoes. One of my sons now prefers it and adds carrots to his own chili when he makes it. Fortunately, my family all like my versions of Chinese meals, and it’s easy to toss in some leftover vegetables to add color and clean out the fridge.

I discovered long ago that I can put just about anything in the fi lling I make for egg rolls because they can’t see it. Sneaky, huh?

My favorite vehicle for leftovers though, is potato soup. It uses those leftover boiled potatoes, and you can add broccoli and cheddar cheese; cream style corn and bacon crumbles; or salmon or shrimp for seafood chowder. The possibilities are limited only by the variety of your leftovers.

My paternal grandmother was a child in Germany before emigrating to the United States as a young teenager. She was from a large family. I’m not sure just how many siblings she had, but the one family photo of them that I remember looked like enough children to populate a country school-house. Possibly close to a dozen all told.

I expect that nothing was ever wasted in that family. Clothes would be handed down, remade and recycled until they ended up as rag rugs and dust cloths, and every morsel of food was eaten by either the family, the chickens or the pig. I remember being amazed at my grandmother’s frugality– she never wasted a bite of food, not one bean, crust of bread, or even an apple core.

When she ate an apple, she ate it all. Seeds, stem, the works. She would save three peas left after a meal and, when it was time for the next meal, set them on the table hoping someone would eat them. If they were still there after the meal, Grandma either ate them herself or put them back in the refrigerator.

My mother would probably surreptitiously dump them after her third or fourth try, but, in matters of more plentiful leftovers, Mother had some less obvious tricks of her own.

Mother’s favorite vehicle for smuggling leftovers back onto the table was roast beef hash. Now, Mother made the world’s best pot roast. Brown all the way through, fl avorful, tender and juicy, it smelled heavenly and made incredible rich, brown gravy. She usually served it with boiled potatoes and a vegetable from our garden—either fresh in-season or from the dozens of jars she had canned or packages she had packed for the freezer. Part of the secret of her delicious pot roast was its size. She maintained that it was impossi-ble to make a good roast with a small cut of meat, so there was always enough for everybody for one or two meals, followed by roast beef sandwiches for supper. A day or two later, it would be turned into her famous roast beef hash.

I don’t know how many times I watched, even helped her make it. There was no recipe except for lots of on-ions, all the leftover roast beef, gravy, and potatoes, any and all leftover vegetables that might be loitering in the refrigerator including fresh celery or cabbage, and any scraps and bits of meat that hadn’t been eaten in the last few days. This might include leftover breakfast bacon or sausage, a hotdog, hamburger patty, a slice of meatloaf, a couple fried chicken wings, half a pork chop—just about anything except fi sh. She had a grinder attachment on her big, powerful Mixmaster and everything would be ground up and mixed thoroughly.

What I learned about leftoversSetting the record straight

Antonia Russo made some inaccurate assertions about me in the newspaper last week.

Let’s set the record straight. In each of three library dis-play windows I created during more than 20 years living in Solon my process did not involve Ms. Russo. I asked the librarian for a time slot. Sometimes they were available and sometimes not.

At no time were any of my displays political. The one to which she referred to was part of my work with a 501(c)(3), which is restricted from political advocacy.

I have no plans to use the display window. At three times in 20 years, I have likely used up my share of turns.

I take issue with Russo’s statement, “The display windows were arguably the most popular part of the library.”

A library is more about books and other media available for patrons than anything else.

That these resources, including an interlibrary loan program that can get almost any book for a patron, exist in our small community, inside such a generous facility, is remarkable.

Library resources are, and should be, available to every-one on an equal footing.

Paul DeatonSolon

Running for re-electionMy name is Dave Roberts, I want to be re-elected to the

North Liberty District seat on the South Slope Board of Directors. I have served eight years on the board and want to continue to serve. I have been a customer of South Slope for 47 years and will continue to be. I am passionate about South Slope employees and cooperative members, and look forward to continuing service to the cooperative and helping it grow to serve the members.

South Slope has changed since I was fi rst a member, with Agda Alt being the operator who answered when I went to make a call to now where we deal with continuing changes. We now deal with installing fi ber to the home to provide cable TV and Internet, the declining land lines and ever changing government regulations. South Slope has fantastic employees that care about the members and continuing to grow with the changes in technology.

My wife and I have a son living in San Diego; Rita works at the North Liberty Flower Shop. I retired from Procter and Gamble after 34 years of service. I am currently a contract project manager working at Procter and Gamble. I was on the North Liberty City Council and was mayor for many years. I am a charter member and treasurer for the Optimist Club of North Liberty.

Please return your ballot so that your voice may be heard.Thank you.

Dave RobertsNorth Liberty

Watch for South Slope ballotI remain certain I’d do a good job in representing all the

North Liberty and Coralville South Slope Co-op members on its board. Why? Because I want to make all members appreciate their part-ownership of South Slope. It is through our members’ ideas and suggestions this Co-op will best fl ourish. I want to ensure that all members have a wide-open means to provide their ideas and suggestions.

All us members should have a voice in how South Slope is run. I plan to listen to all cooperative members and then work with workers and management, to ensure we actually implement that membership input. In that way South Slope will continue to prosper with the local control and great customer service it’s always provided our community.

Don’t forget: South Slope will mail to all members ballots for the election on May 18. You must complete and return your ballot by June 7. I ask for your vote, please, and rec-ommend that you watch for your ballot and return it as soon as reasonably possible.

Thank you for voting for me,Paul McAndrew, Jr.

North Liberty

YOUR THOUGHTS

Pole storiesI’ve been getting ready for my second annual fi shing

trip to northern Minnesota and the Bender’s fi shing camp. Been there a half-dozen times, but last year was so much

fun I decided to go every year.Brother “Boom Boom” Bob, and his buddy, “Gonzo”

Rob, make the arrangements, bring up the boat and the bulk of the gear. Last year they towed Rob’s 18-foot Lund complete with car-peted deck, stools, ice chests, grills, cup holders and filled with enough food for a village. For fi shing there’s an arsenal of poles, tackle, tools, baits, depth finders and depth charges (just kidding). To the delight of everyone, they also bring along a comedy routine: The Bob and Gonzo Show. Other campers come and go quietly almost unnoticed; the circus is town when they roll up.

This year, besides my two regular rod and reels, I plan to take along “Old Yeller,” a cheap but extra-sturdy outfi t purchased at a farm implement store that stocks everything– shotguns sold next to the wedding dresses. I may not be the best fi sherman in the boat, but I have the biggest pole.

I also decided to take along a couple of one-piece, 15-foot long cane poles purchased at an antique store a few years back. I remember fi shing with them as a kid and enjoying the simplicity of the rig. You put three feet of line at the end with a hook and small sinker. Plop the business end in the water and yank it out if you get a bite. No balers to close, drags to set or bird nests of monofi lament to untangle.

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Another week has come and gone with no adjournment. On the positive side there has been incremental progress. The House and Senate have passed most of their budgets. This means that most of the budgets are in a conference committee where 10 members (equally from the House and Senate and equally between Republicans and Democrats) will attempt to work out the differences. Many of you have contacted me in regards to some of the House budgets passed. Both House and Senate budgets are starting points for negotiations. I will make sure I speak to each budget Chair personally about any concerns you have expressed to me.

One budget that remains outstanding is the HHS budget. Deals are pending to keep the mental health institutions open for a while longer, and dollars are being sought to address the growing needs for mental health in this state.

Many of you have also emailed me with concerns about the Governor’s move to privatize Medicaid in the state. From what I hear from both Democrats and Republicans, there is indeed some merit to the proposal but there are also some areas of concern. I have requested a litany of information from the Governor’s offi ce. My main goals are that the state has the facilities to match the needs, the dollars to address the concerns, and that those of you who are in the fi eld as mental health workers keep your jobs. Those of you who are working in the fi eld are the backbone to Iowa succeeding in addressing mental health concerns. The case workers, social workers, nurses and a host of other dedicated professionals are on the front lines of service and caring. I appreciate all of the conversations I have had with so many of you.

Iowa teachers deserve our appreciation

For more than 30 years, the National Parent Teachers Association has designated a week in May as a special time to honor the men and women who use their passion and skills to educate our kids. Teacher Appreciation Week is a celebration of the contribution and sacrifi ce teachers make for students, schools and communities every day.

In classrooms across Iowa, talented, hardworking teachers are nurturing a new generation of thinkers, doers and dreamers. They prepare our students to take on the challenges of the future. Our best teachers are role models who show students how to work hard, think hard and become well-rounded, engaged grownups. They encourage our children’s passions, inspire their imaginations and help them realize the best in themselves.

I ran for the Legislature to build on Iowa’s reputation as a leader in edu-

cation. One way I can thank our teachers is with my vote to fund local schools - the backbone of our communities. Adequate funding will ensure the continued success of teachers and schools in providing opportunities for our kids.

As you thank your children’s teachers this week - or per-haps a special teacher who’s had a big impact on you - we will be working to show our appreciation here at the State-house. Senate Democrats remain committed to increasing student achievement and improving teacher quality.

Thanks to all the teachers, parents, school board members and students who are emailing, phoning, petitioning and visiting the Capitol to encourage all legislators to provide enough dollars to give local schools the resources they need to avoid teacher layoffs, larger class sizes, and cuts to course offerings and extracurricular activities. Your ad-vocacy has helped make serious discussions about school funding a reality.

Kevin KinneyIOWA SENATE

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Donations continue to be accepted through the Johnson County Armory and Veterans Memorial Fund at the Com-munity Foundation of Johnson County for the bricks. Infor-mation regarding the procurement of the bricks is available at www.johnson-county.com/memorial. The webpage also maps the location of each brick and includes a link to the honoree’s biography, if available.

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NORTH LIBERTY– On Memorial Day, May 25, at 1:30 p.m., the Army Corps of Engineers, at Coralville Lake, will be honoring 11 local military veterans. The 45-minute cer-emony will be conducted at the East Overlook Picnic Area located on the east side of the dam at Coralville Lake. The public is invited to help in recognizing and honoring these Johnson County Veterans.

Honorees for this year’s dedication are:PFC Eugene W. Dunn: For courage and dedication while

serving with the U.S. Army during World War II. Service Dates: April 7, 1944-March 18, 1946

CAPT Joseph M. Greer: For courage and dedication while serving with the U.S Air Force during the Vietnam War. Service Dates: Aug. 13, 1969-Dec. 3, 1974.

LTC Allyn D. Gronewold: For courage and dedication while serving with the U.S Army during Operation Iraqi Freedom and Operation Enduring Freedom. Service Dates: Sept. 29, 1981-present.

HM2 Oliver A. Havens: For courage and dedication while serving with the U.S Navy during the Vietnam War. Service Dates: Aug. 22, 1966-Aug. 11, 1970.

CPT James R. Higginbotham: For courage and dedication while serving with the U.S Army during Operation Iraqi

Freedom. Service Dates: Feb. 1, 1985-present. SGT John J. Kamp: For courage and dedication while

serving with the U.S Army during the Vietnam War. Service Dates: Feb. 18, 1969-Jan. 4, 1971.

SPC Matthew C. Macke: For courage and dedication while serving with the U.S Army during Operation Iraqi Freedom and Operation Enduring Freedom. Service Dates: Nov. 28, 2003-Oct. 28, 2012.

MAJ David L. Nixon: For courage and dedication while serving with the U.S Army during Operation Iraqi Freedom and Operation Enduring Freedom. Service Dates: Aug. 24, 1979-present.

LCPL Rickey K. Peters: For courage and dedication while serving with the

U.S. Marines during the Vietnam War. Service Dates: Sept. 30, 1966-Jan. 31, 1968.

SSG Gregory C. Touzani: For courage and dedication while serving with the U.S Army during Operation Iraqi Freedom. Service Dates: Jan. 3, 2006-Oct. 2, 2011.

S/SGT Benjamin L. Wright: For courage and dedication while serving with the U.S. Army during World War II. Service Dates: April 7, 1944-May 18, 1946.

Veteran’s Trail Dedication Coralville Lake

CEDAR RAPIDS– Kirkwood’s Interactive Camps for Kids (K.I.C.K) offers kids, ages 9-15, career exploration with hands-on activities, throughout the summer beginning June 15.

K.I.C.K camp formats are designed to engage kids with activities they enjoy while introducing them to different career fi elds. Subjects covered are frequently offered in higher education. STEM and culinary camps have been the most popular in recent years.

According to K.I.C.K. program coordinator Kristin Hanneman, “Not only do we conduct research on what type of camps are popular, but our campers also evaluate the camps when they are completed and give us great feedback about camps they want to see the following summer. We create many advanced classes from students who want more from the original camp. We take the input from the campers very seriously and design camps that are educational and interactive.”

Some of the new camps this year include: Ultimate Clay-mation and Stop Animation, College Preparation, Advanced Crime Scene Investigators, Newspaper Camp, How to Run a Restaurant, CSS Drawing and Animations, Pre-Algebra and Geometry, and Shark Tank. On average more than 1200 area

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kids experience K.I.C.K. camps each summer. Camps are offered in both Cedar Rapids and Iowa City with limited space available.

More information on K.I.C.K. camps can be found at www.kirkwood.edu/kick.

IOWA CITY– Riverside Theatre explores the poetic side of summer with two shows about love and letters, “Cyrano” adapted by Jo Roets, and “Love Letters” by A.R. Gurney, onstage June 19 through July 12.

“Cyrano,” directed by Jody Hovland, is based on the orig-inal Edmond Rostand play “Cyrano de Bergerac” about a great swordsman and poet whose love is stifl ed by his huge nose. This charming, family-friendly adaption by Jo Roets has but fi ve actors, including a live musician.

A.R. Gurney’s “Love Letters,” directed by Ron Clark, reveals a 50-year relationship lived through letters. River-side will feature three dynamic actor pairings reading from the funny, moving and intriguing correspondences between Melissa Gardner and Andrew Makepeace Ladd III.

Performances will take place June 19 through July 11 at Riverside Theatre, 213 N. Gilbert St. in Iowa City. Tickets are available and range from $18-$30. The closing night performance of “Cyrano,” on July 12, will be held outdoors at Harvest Preserve located at 1645 N. Scott Blvd. in Iowa City. For details and tickets, visit riversidetheatre.org or call 319-338-7672.

As an added summer bonus, enjoy a UI Iowa Young Writers’ Studio poetry presentation by students (including those from the Iowa Youth Writing Project) and “Cyrano” actors after the June 20 production of “Cyrano,” and bring your own poetry to perform for Poetry on Stage, following the July 1 “Cyrano” show. Attendees are required to visit riversidetheatre.org to register. Both of the poetry events are free and open to the public.

About the Shows“Cyrano” returning guest artists include Steven Marzolf

Riverside Theatre announces its Summer on Gilbert Street, June 19-July 12(Cyrano), joining us from Arkansas, New York-based actor Kelly Gibson (Roxane), and Chicago actor Ron King (Chris-tian). Rounding out the “Cyrano” cast is veteran actor Tim Budd and Felipe Carrasco, who will write and perform live music for the show. The entire “Cyrano” cast was seen last together for Riverside’s “Othello.”

Artistic director Jody Hovland says of this “Cyrano” ad-aptation, “The play works on so many levels: as a piece of dramatic poetry, a moving romance, a thrilling adventure, and an always relevant tale of how self-image can limit our dreams. It is a both a great entertainment and an unforgettable love story. And the adaptation is tailored for a versatile acting ensemble and imaginative, theatrical staging – making it a great fi t for what we do best on Gilbert St.”

Three pairings of actors will play Andrew and Melissa in “Love Letters”: Maggie Conroy and David Q. Combs on June, Saffron Henke and Patrick DuLaney on June 23, Jody Hovland and Ron Clark on June 30 and July 7.

Hovland explains, “Andy and Melissa’s fi ery correspon-dence begins in early childhood and sails back and forth for 50 years– and we get to listen in on their observations, their lame jokes and their most intimate thoughts. While the staging is deceptively simple– a table, two chairs and a pair of actors reading from a lifetime of letters, postcards, notes and seasonal greeting cards– the experience is full-bodied.”

Professional designers bring to life Summer on Gilbert Street, they are David Thayer (lighting), Kevin Dudley (scenic), Tyler Wilson (costumes), Drew Bielinski (sound), with fi ght choreography by Jason Tipsword.

Those seeking to learn more about the upcoming shows should visit riversidetheatre.org/summer.

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Sunday School10:45 a.m.

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Sunday Service 10 am70 S. Kansas Ave., North Liberty

Masses: Saturday 5:00 p.m.Sunday 8:30 a.m. & 10:30 a.m.

St. Mary’sCatholicChurch

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Just 10 minutes NE of North Liberty2 blks north of the new Solon High School

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Our Lord’s Church

131 North Market Street, Solon • 624-5056

Pastor: Dennis Arnold

Sunday Worship Service: 9:00 a.m.Children & Adult Sunday School: 10:15 a.m.

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IOWA CITY– In its fi rst annual Employment Destinations Index, the American Institute for Economic Research (AIER) uncovered the eight factors that infl uenced migration pat-terns of college grads ages 22-35 among 260 metro areas, large and small.

Iowa City ranked the highest for its population category.“This is a very special place and more young people are

learning they can thrive here,” said Mark Nolte, ICAD Group President. “Unlike major metros, you can really get involved here at an early age and create the kind of life you want.”

Contributing factors to Iowa City’s top ranking were college degree density, low rents, lots of restaurants and bars, labor market conditions, as well as an increasingly diverse population.

Nolte adds that Iowa City has always had a vibrant cultural scene and an authentic embrace to diversity of thought.

“As more housing stock is created specifi cally for young professionals, I think we are going to become regulars on lists of this nature,” said Nolte.

According to AIER’s research, the most important factors in the index in all metros were, in descending order:

1. A high density of people with a college degree2. A low unemployment rate3. The ability to get around without a car“With the Employment Destinations Index, we identify

what captures young people’s imagination and entices them to test the waters in cities large and small,” said Rosalind Greenstein, director of research and education at AIER. “After making the economic decision to move, the young and educated are looking for places where they can have a meaningful work/life balance.”

The cities that ranked highest in each size category were Washington, D.C.; the Bridgeport-Stamford-Norwalk, Conn. area; Ann Arbor, Mich.; and Iowa City.

New index shows recent college graduates are moving to Iowa City

Eastern Iowa Brass Band to perform a free concert at the Herbert Hoover Presidential Museum on Memorial Day

WEST BRANCH– On Monday, May 25, at 2 p.m., the Eastern Iowa Brass Band will perform a free concert on the front lawn of the Herbert Hoover Presidential Museum. Please bring a lawn chair or blanket to sit on. In case of rain, the concert will be held at the West Branch United Methodist Church, 203 N. Downey St. For over 25 years, the Eastern Iowa Brass Band (EIBB) has been entertaining audiences throughout Iowa, the Midwest and even beyond. The 35-member band performs from a repertoire which fea-tures original works for brass band, as well as arrangements of well known orchestral and wind band literature. Featured soloists are frequently used in concert programs which also include marches, medleys, hymn tune arrangements, folk songs, Broadway show tunes and novelty features. Members of the EIBB come from all over Eastern Iowa. As the only brass band of this type in Iowa, the EIBB presents a truly unique musical experience.

Currently on display at the Herbert Hoover Museum is the temporary exhibit “The Making of the Great Humani-

IOWA CITY – The Community Foundation of Johnson County (CFJC) will accept grant applications beginning June 1. Grants may be submitted for programming or capital projects. The grant application deadline is Friday, July 10, at 5 p.m.

Nonprofi t, 501.c.3 organizations can apply for grants by visiting the Community Foundation’s website at www.communityfoundationofjohnsoncounty.org and clicking on “Grants from the Endowment.” Grant guidelines and examples are listed online to assist applicants with their grant requests.

Applicants will be assigned a password, when they start the process, which allows them to complete the application process in phases if they are interrupted. Applicants are also required to attach budget and fi nancial information with the application.

Grants in the following areas will be considered: Arts, Cul-

ture and Humanities; Education Environment and Animals; Health and Human Services; and Public and Societal Benefi t.

Community Fund affiliates in the communities of Coralville, Lone Tree, North Liberty, Swisher, Tiffi n and University Heights will have opportunities to review and determine grant applications from non-profi t organizations serving their locations.

Organizations that received a grant last year are remind-ed they must fi le a report before June 30, in order to be considered for another grant. Forms are available at http://communityfoundationofjohnsoncounty.org/pages/grants-from-the-endowment.php by clicking on Grant Report.

This is the seventh year applications can be completed and submitted online. For additional information about the Community Foundation grant application, contact Mike Stoffregen, executive director, at 319-337-0483.

Community Foundation opens grant process June 1

tarian: Herbert Hoover and World War I.” Learn how the war dramatically altered the life of Herbert Hoover from successful mining engineer to “The Great Humanitarian.” The exhibit includes a recreated war trench that visitors can walk through.

The Herbert Hoover Presidential Museum is located in West Branch and is open daily from 9 a.m.-5 p.m. The concert is free and open to the public. Regular admission is charged to go through the museum galleries. For more information please call 319-643-5301.

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THURSDAY, MAY 21 Early Out, 1:45 PM V Girls Golf @ Central DeWitt w/Maquoketa, 4 PM V-FS Girls Soccer @ Mid Prairie, 4:30 PM Trapshooting - Solon/Davenport Dual @ Muscatine Ike’s, 5 PMFRIDAY, MAY 22 L3 Baseball Orange v. Black, 5 PM V-FS Girls Soccer v. Benton Community, 5:30 PMSATURDAY, MAY 23 Trapshooting @ CCSC Final Season Tournament (AM/PM)MONDAY, MAY 25 HS Band - Memorial Day Performance, 7:15 AM Memorial Day: No School V Baseball v. Muscatine, 5 PMTUESDAY, MAY 26 L2 Baseball @ Wilton, 5 PM L3 Baseball v. CCA, 5 PM V Boys Soccer, First Round District v. Mid-Prairie, 6 PMWEDNESDAY, MAY 27 Last Day of School Early Out, 1:45 PM L3 Baseball @ Monticello, 4:30 PM V-FS Girls Soccer v. Regina, 5:30 PMTHURSDAY, MAY 28 L3 Baseball v. Anamosa, 5 PM V Baseball @ CR Jefferson, 5 PM L2 Baseball @ Anamosa, 5:30 PM L2/L3 Softball @ Anamosa, 5:30 PM V Softball @ Vinton-Shellsburg, 6 PM V Boys Soccer, District Final @ West Liberty, 6 PM

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Movie Clips“Still Alice” Alice Howland, happily married with three

grown children, is a renowned linguistics professor who starts to forget words. When she receives a diagnosis of Early-Onset Alzheimer’s disease, Alice and her family fi nd their bonds thoroughly tested. Her struggle to stay con-nected to who she once was is frightening, heartbreaking, and inspiring.

“Black or White” Left to raise his beloved granddaugh-ter, a grandfather faces a legal battle when the little girl’s paternal grandmother seeks custody, forcing the families to confront their true feelings on race, forgiveness and understanding.

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Family caregiver programKathy Good, a Cedar Rapids resident, will describe her

family’s experience with Alzheimer’s and the challenges she has faced as a caregiver. As a result of her experiences, Kathy is partnering with Mercy Hospital in Cedar Rapids, to create a resource center for all family caregivers. Kathy invites you to share your caregiving situations: solutions as well as challenges. Your input will be very helpful as she works toward creating this much needed resource for area families. Wednesday, May 27, from 10 to 11 a.m.

Preparing for summerWith the summer reading program right around the cor-

ner, you and your family should stop by the library soon to update any changes in your account information (address and/or phone number), renew expired cards, and/or pay any fi nes down to below $5. Also, even at a dime a day fi nes can add up quickly, so signing up for weekly account information reminders is one way to stay informed. These steps will ensure you will be able to enjoy using the library during our busiest season without hassle.

Summer reading kick-off partyThe 2015 Summer Reading Program is for readers of all

ages. This summer’s theme is “Every Story has a Hero” and the library will be offering programs, prizes, storytimes and more. The Summer Reading Program offi cially begins during the kick-off party on Thursday, May 28, from 5 until 6:30 p.m. The kick-off party is an opportunity for families to pick up reading logs and hear about the various programs the library will offer over the summer.

Teen summer reading kick-off party

Attention middle school and high school students: The Solon Public Library will be having its annual kick-off party for teens on Tuesday, June 2, from 2-4 p.m. During this program, we will be playing superhero games, eating snacks, and watching the movie “Marvel’s The Avengers.”

Meal and a MovieMeal and a Movie will be Friday, May 29, from 11 a.m.

until 3 p.m. The movie is free, but registration is required for the catered meal and costs $7.50 for an entrée, vegetable, and dessert. The movie follows the meal and usually begins around noon. Call Sandra Hanson at 624-2710 to register, or sign up at Old Gold Dining.

This month they will be showing “Black or White.” Left to raise his beloved granddaughter, a grandfather faces a legal battle when the little girl’s paternal grandmother seeks custody, forcing the families to confront their true feelings on race, forgiveness and understanding.

Dates to rememberStorytime: Every Tuesday morning at 10:30 a.m. for

children ages 2 through 5. The public is welcome to enjoy stories, songs and a craft.

Early-Out May 21: LEGOs. This program will run from 1:45 to 2:45 p.m.

Scrabble Night May 27: in the library meeting room. Bring your own snacks and Scrabble board. 7–8:30 p.m. We’re ready for a game... or two!

Summer Reading kick-off party Thursday, May 28, from 5 until 6:30 p.m.: The 2015 Summer Reading Program is for readers of all ages. This summer’s theme is “Every Story has a Hero.”

LEGO Club June 1: Meetings are held the fi rst Monday of each month, 6-7 p.m. For kindergarten and up.

Teen summer reading kick-off party Tuesday, June 2, from 2-4:30 p.m.: This party is for fi fth grade and up.

Meal and a Movie: From 11 a.m.-3 p.m. Last Friday of the month. The movie is free, however registration is required for the catered meal. The meal costs $7.50 for an entrée, vegetable and dessert. The movie follows the meal and usually begins around noon. Call Sandra Hanson at 624-2710 to register or sign up at Old Gold Dining.

Anime Club June 22: Meetings will be held every fourth Monday of each month, 3:30-4:45 p.m. For fi fth grade and up.

SOLON– The Solon Beef Days Committee is proud to announce this year’s recipients of their annual donations, requested through February and earmarked each year in April, to be given back to the community and surrounding area. The following organizations and activities were chosen on the merit of their projects as this year’s recipients:Solon Park & Rec. (third of three-year commitment) $2,000Solon Post Grad Scholarships .................................. $3,000Win with Reading Program (Author Sponsor) ......... $1,200Solon Spartan Stadium (4th of 5 year commitment) ........... ................................................................................ $2,000Project Prom (run wristband booth) ............................ $500Solon 175th Birthday Celebration (Sept. 18-20) ...... $3,000Solon Park & Rec. (Capital program for 2 ball fi elds) $2,000Solon Spotlight ........................................................ $2,000Lake MacBride State Park (Park Entrance, Eagle project) ................................................................................ $2,000Lake MacBride Fireworks(Cottage Reserve) ........... $1,500Solon Boy Scouts (tent replacement) .......................... $600Music on Main Street ................................................... $500Solon Senior Advocates (Computer instructor/Bus signs) ............................................................................... $1,200Legion park pavilion roof ......................................... $1,500Johnson County Sheriff (Handcuffs/equipment for Re-serves) .......................................................................... $500Solon Dance Team (help at Kids Corner) .................... $500Solon Wrestling Team (New fl oor/mat area)(Run Bean Bag Tourney) .................................................................... $2,800Solon Trap Shooting Team (Parade Security) .............. $500Solon Cross-Country (Help Beef Days 5K) ................ $750

Solon Boys Soccer team (2 year commitment, 1st of 2) $500Solon Public Library (summer reading program) & ride tickets ............................................................................ $250Solon Robotics Program ( 27 Solon Students) ............ $375Solon Community Food Pantry (75 families) .............. $500Brett Smith Memorial Run ........................................... $250Solon Lakeview PTO (Spartan Dash) .......................... $2502015 Total Committed ............................................. $40,175

The Solon Beef Days Committee has donated approxi-mately $438,000 over the past 43 years to local organiza-tions, activities and projects.

“Thanks to the community, this was the best year ever. Our charter is to touch as many worthy projects and activi-ties within the community and surrounding area,” said Gary Bentrim, President of Solon Beef Days Committee. “We look at the number of people we are going to impact along with the betterment of the community.”

Bentrim said the Beef Days committee is the organizer and catalyst to put on the annual celebration where many of the non-profi t organizations within the community hold their largest fund raiser.

“Without Beef Days, many would not have the funding to do all of the great things they are doing.” Bentrim said. “It’s the one event each year that the whole community can be proud of, as it funds many of the activities that go on throughout the year.”

This year Solon Beef Days will be celebrating its 44th anniversary, to be held on Friday, July 17, and Saturday, July 18.

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of the song. A lot of people fi nd that diffi cult to do, but it really helps people become better musicians.”

Foreman said unlike the challenge of performing a classi-cal piece of music, where choirs attempt to replicate exactly what is on the page and sing it exactly as the composer intended it to be performed, jazz allows more freedom.

“What I love about jazz is that it taps into the creative side of the students. They have an understanding of how the arranger set the melody, but they can choose what kind of feel they give it– whether it’s swing, or bossa, or funk– or they can change the melodic line,” said Foreman. “They can put their own stamp on a solo and make it their own.”

Jazz pieces can be performed by tens of thousands of performers over history, Foreman said, “and each time it’s different. That’s what’s exciting. When you put your jazz hat on, you get to be creative.”

That’s both a challenge and a healthy outlet for the students, Foreman said. Learning to perform jazz for an audience is not easy.

“We have a lot of practice,” said McAtee. “Mr. Foreman does a very good job of teaching us what we are supposed to be doing.”

“But sometimes he throws you under the bus,” Puettman joked.

Foreman explained.“We talk about how sometimes it’s like a diving board

moment, and you just gotta jump. There’s no other way in the pool. You’re standing on the edge, and you just have to go for it.”

But he doesn’t expect students to be great jazz soloists from the start; he begins with a few basic elements and builds upon them.

“In jazz, we start with ‘here are a few notes you can use, or here are some syllable choices you have.’ We give defi ned parameters to start, and then work from the inside out, up to a full solo.”

However, having a few good soloists does not automati-cally translate to a championship ensemble when it comes to jazz, McAtee noted. It requires working together.

“It’s a team. You have to make sure you are all blended, you all know what to sing, when to sing it, and what to put stress on,” said McAtee.

That takes focused practice, Puettman added, but there

is even more to it than rehearsal.“The more you practice, obviously the more you will

understand, but when you are friends with everybody in the group and you spend time together, you know how they think, how they act, and you make a connection with them that makes the music better,” Puettmann said.

A lot of personal communication happens even during performances while onstage, said McAtee.

“You feed off one another,” she said. “You are constant-ly communicating with your eyes and there a lot of vibes going on.”

Studying jazz has made these performers more technical musicians and consumers of music. It has also helped stu-dents become profi cient at recognizing various jazz styles and the subtle differences in each, said Slusher.

“When you start singing more and more jazz, you start to fi nd your own strength and what you like, since there are so many subcategories in jazz. It’s really cool to fi nd your own little style that you really like to do,” Slusher added.

One way Foreman encourages students to develop their styles is to have them pick their own solo pieces, and then go out and fi nd several different artists who perform the same song. Each sound will be unique, Foreman said, with its own infl uences.

“They will fi nd artists I’ve never heard of, so I grow right along with them,” said Foreman. And listening to jazz is equal in importance to practicing it, he said.

“The beauty of jazz is we try to make each performance different, so between festivals or contests, we listen to our performance tapes and talk about how we can change it or try different things or add things for fun to make each performance fresh,” said Foreman.

Slusher said “fresh” was not her initial reaction to jazz.“When you fi rst hear jazz, you think it’s old music, that it’s

from the past,” Slusher elaborated. “But you have to really give it a chance and start listening and fi nd what you like.”

Foreman agreed. “It’s like the sushi of music,” he joked. “You just have to try it. Experience it for yourself. When we recruit kids at the middle school or at the high school to get kids in jazz, it’s not necessarily something that sells itself. But the experience they have, and the hard work they put in and the product they turn out– that’s what recruits.”

The 2015 jazz season is over for Solon High School

Jazz championship: Fifth title in eight years (Continued from page A1)

Solon High School’s Blame It On Our Youth vocal en-semble placed third at the Iowa Jazz Championships, the group’s highest fi nish to date. (photo courtesy Joel Foreman)

students, but the musicianship they’ve learned and the memories they’ve made will keep these performers part of the in crowd for the rest of their lives.

“The fun that we have and the opportunities created, whether it’s solos or competitions, it’s all another opportu-nity for kids to perform,” Foreman said. “Both (instrumental music director) Mr. Cervantez and I would say our goal is not for every kid that comes out of here to be a professional musician, but if we can instill a love for music and make them lifelong consumers, these are the kids who are going to pass that passion on to their kids. That’s what we want.”

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Misel and Eckrich attend Iowa State Leadership Conference

CORALVILLE– Two Solon High School Future Busi-ness Leaders of America (FBLA) students attended the Iowa State Leadership Conference (SLC) in Coralville on March 12-14. There were over 800 students from across the state in attendance.

From Solon, Katy Misel competed in Personal Finance, Job Interview and Leadership, while Kyle Eckrich com-peted in Cyber Security and Leadership events.

Kyle placed second in the Cyber Security event, which qualifi ed him for competition at the National Leadership Conference (NLC). This year’s NLC will be held in Chi-cago from June 28-July 2.

Solon FBLA students are currently working on a pen pal project with an elementary class, to help Kyle prepare for his event at the national competition, and planning fundraisers to help offset Kyle’s expenses for the National Leadership Conference.

FBLA is the largest business career student organization in the world with approximately a quarter million students in 6,000 chartered high school and college chapters. Its mission is to bring business and education together in a positive working relationship through innovative leader-ship and career development programs.

During the SLC, students will compete to be a state winner within their respective business fi elds to qualify for the national conference. Some events consist of written tests while others have a performance component with business professionals serve as judges.

For more information about FBLA, or how a Solon High School student or local business can get involved, please call or email Jodi Leimkuehler at 319-624-3401 or jleimkuehler@solon.k12.ia.us.

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By Ed HadenfeldtSpecial to the EconomistMT. PLEASANT– The

Solon boy’s track team made the most of the opportunities given to them at last week’s district meet held in Mount Pleasant.

While the team fi nished runner-up to host Mount Pleasant, the Spartans quali-fi ed an impressive 13 events for this week’s state meet to be held at Drake Stadium in Des Moines.

Under the format used to determine state qualifiers, the top two fi nishers in each event move on. The final eight spots in each event are determined by ranking per-formances from across the state at the various district meets.

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Twice as nice: Throwers Katy Misel and Shelby Gunnells, with throwing coaches Brad Wymer and Joe Hanes fl anking them, celebrate another trip to state, after qualifying in both the discus and shot put May 14 at the regional meet in Mount Pleasant. (photo by Joe Wilkinson)

By Joe WilkinsonSpecial to the EconomistMOUNT PLEASANT– A win at regional

is great… but it quickly takes a back seat to ‘what happens now?’ at the 2015 State Co-ed Track & Field Meet, May 21-23 at Drake Stadium in Des Moines.

Solon’s girls were regional winners May 14 in a fi eld that included last year’s Class 3A champion– Davenport Assumption. The Lady Spartans placed in 17 of the 19 events, with fi rsts in the shot put, discus, 4x400 relay, sprint medley relay, 4x200 relay, and high jump. Solon racked up 169.5 points, outdistancing Assumption (140) and Mount Pleasant (136) in the eight-team state quali-fying regional meet at Mount Pleasant.

Assumption won the 2014 Class 3A team title. Mount Pleasant was second. Solon fi nished 14th.

As regional qualifying times, jumps and distances were posted, coaches fell to work again; fi ne-tuning lineups, wondering what will they do to get maximum output from their teams. “The team race is going to be rough. There are probably seven or eight schools that could battle it out for the top three spots,” assessed Solon head coach Brent Sands. “Decorah, Wahlert, and Assumption

could be the top teams to beat… along with others like Pella, Mount Pleasant, Boone and ADM.”

In 3A, fi rst and second place in an event punches your ticket to state. Individual en-tries do not change. Substitutions are allowed on relays, so long as the girl was a pre-sub-mitted alternate. That is where coaches weigh whether a potential half-second here, a solid handoff there can yield a couple more points through the three days of the state meet.

“All our relays got through– with some sitting pretty good,” noted Sands. “However, you never know what moves other teams may make to improve the teams that ran at district. I would like us to medal in at least four of our (seven) relays.”

Billed as the largest high school track meet in the U.S., Iowa’s state track meet features boys and girls, across all four enrollment classes, competing over three days. “As a team we plan to keep the goal that we had all year– to place in the top three at every meet. It has worked so far, but this isn’t your everyday meet,” admitted Sands. “We defi nitely have our work cut out for us.”

Girls win regionalField events lead the way to state track meet

Solon girls: Continued on page B2

lon duked it out on top, with 175.5 points and 156 points respectively. CCA was a distant third with 108 points, while Washington, Fort Madison, Davenport Assumption and Keokuk rounded out the fi eld.

The Spartans won seven events and finished run-ner-up in two others to col-lect automatic tickets to the Class 3A 2015 State Co-Ed Track and Field Meet.

Individual fi rst place fi n-ishes belonged to Matt Ro-eder in the high jump (5-10), Zach Nunemaker in the long jump (21-5.75) and Connor Ham in the 110-meter high hurdles (14.02).

The shuttle hurdle relay

Spartans second; 13 events qualify for state track meet

Solon boys: Continued on page B2

Connor Ham (second from left) has a leg up on the competition in the 110-meter high hurdles at the regional track meet held May 14 in Mount Pleasant. Ham won the event to advance to the statee meet this week. (photo courtesy Constable Images).

Four wins in a row heading to postseason SOLON– Solon’s varsity soccer team won four matches

in a row and jumped to a winning record just in time to peak in the postseason.

The Spartan boys defeated Washington 2-1 on the road Monday (May 18) and had a regular-season fi nale scheduled for Tuesday (May 19) at Center Point-Urbana.

Then it’s a week off before Class 1A substate soccer begins with Solon hosting a first-round game against Mid-Prairie Tuesday, May 26, with a 6 p.m. start. A win would advance the Spartans to a second round game at West Liberty Thursday, May 28, with the Substate 6 champion-ship and a berth in the state tournament to be decided at Iowa City Regina Saturday, May 30.

The May 18 win against the Demons put Solon’s record at

9-8, above .500 for the fi rst time this season. The Spartans have rattled off four wins consecutively since three losses in a row to ranked opponents earlier in May.

“We felt like we could and can compete against the top tier teams,” said head coach Jeremy McMurrin. “By doing that and continuing to play the same way against lesser opponents, we feel like that will give us the edge. The progression is coming along nicely.”

Since a loss to Dyersville Beckman May 5, Solon has defeated Mount Vernon (3-0), West Delaware (4-0) Inde-pendence (6-1) and Washington.

Spartan soccer: Continued on page B2

Dylan Doyle looks to turn the corner against West Del-aware. (photo by Doug Lindner)

2 SOLON ECONOMIST

MAY 21, 2015SECTION B SOLON SPORTS

SOLON CITY COUNCILMAY 6, 2015

SOLON, IOWASOLON CITY HALL

Mayor Steve Stange called to order the regular City Council meeting at 5:31pm. Roll Call: Casey Grover, Steve Duncan, Dale Snipes and Mark Prentice. Absent: Mark Krall. Also Present: Public Works Director Scott Kleppe, City Administrator Cami Rasmussen and City Clerk Susie Siddell. Motion by Krall to approve the agenda. Seconded by Grover. Roll Call Vote: Grover, Duncan, Krall, Prentice and Snipes. All Ayes. Motion Carried. 5-0. Motion by Grover to approve the consent agenda including minutes from the April 15, 2015 and April 22, 2015 meetings, list of bills, trea-surer’s report, transfers, building permits, event application for Hunger Hero Run May 29, 2015 and event application for Wedding in Gazebo September 6, 2015, Hitlin & Chamberss. Seconded by Krall. Roll Call Vote: Snipes, Krall, Prentice, Grover and Duncan. All Ayes. Motion Carried. 5-0. Fire Department Report: Mayor Stange stated the Annual Fire De-partment Breakfast was coming up. Sheriff’s Department Report: LT. Adolph requested if the City had a complaint from a resident or they witnessed a wrong doing with golf carts, that staff get a name and number of the witness, they would then be able to follow up and contact that person. Mayor Stange stated the City appreciates all the Sheriff’s Dept. does for the town. Public Works Report: Kleppe stated youth baseball and softball were underway as well as mowing. Kleppe stated Beef Days, with Don Ellis representing them, presented a check of $4000 to the City of Solon. $2000 is the last of three payments toward renovation of the original baseball fi elds with the other $2000 being the fi rst of three payments towards the new baseball fi elds at the Nature Center. Kleppe informed Council himself and Rasmussen met with Nancy Upmeyer and she will taking over Music on Main this year. Kleppe stated a bearing on the North Oxidation Ditch has been replaced with Wendler Engineering doing the work and also replacing the rotor baffl ing. Kleppe informed Council a resident at 623 S. Iowa experienced a sewer backup March 15th in which the notifi ed the City. Action Sewer had jetted the sewer main with only a small amount of tree roots observed. Kleppe received a video recording from the resident’s sewer repair contractor. Kleppe turned this into insurance with the adjuster concluding this was not City liability. Kleppe informed Council on some issues with communications with the wells, Essco Engineering had been working on this the last couple of weeks and believes it is now working correctly. Kleppe stated there have been Ragbrai meetings with possible vendors and volunteers, with Ragbrai being July 24th involvement has been slow with the City needing support to make it successful for Ragbrai. Kleppe stated Conner Wiseman will be starting Monday as our seasonal maintenance worker at $9.50. City Engineer Report: None Library Report: None City Attorney Report: None Presentation - Declaration of Older American Month: Mayor Stange read the Mayoral Proclamation for Older American Month for 2015 Solon Seniors of the Year: Larry Meister, Sandy Hanson and Jean Erhart attended Council Meeting to present Don Erusha and Marvin Stastny with the 2015 Senior of the Year Awards. Old Business - Ordinance No. 421: Motion by Krall to approve the second reading of Ordinance No. 421, amending the location of the City Council regular meetings. Seconded by Grover. Roll Call Vote: Grover, Duncan, Krall, Prentice and Snipes. All Ayes. Motion Carried. 5-0. New Business – Conditional Use Permit Request: Rasmussen stated Travis Schade was represent to a Conditional Use Permit Request within the two mile fringe area pertaining to his landscaping business. Schade

will take before the County Board of Adjustment on May 19th. Motion by Grover to approve the Conditional Use Permit to Travis Schade. Seconded by Duncan. Roll Call Vote: Grover, Duncan, Krall, Prentice and Snipes. All Ayes. Motion Carried. 5-0. Off Road Utility Vehicles: Prentice stated he would like to see a Golf Cart and UTV Ordinance language to be similar. Krall would also like to see them blend together, Krall also stated he remembered when the dis-cussion started with Golf Carts it was discussed to wait a few years before allowing UTV’s or vehicles to that nature and felt maybe they should wait another year. He also has some concerns with the main highway and questioned if UTV’s should be required to have headlights, turn signals and taillights. Snipes stated he had some reluctance with crossings of the busy highways and concerns about licensing with residents already licensing non golf carts. Grover reminded Council that anyone that would register their UTV with the City would fi rst have to register with the County and have a County tag. Mayor Stange questiond Council if they would like the streets committee to discuss further or would like to drop discussion. All Council members stated they would like the committee to look further into. Kleppe asked to be included in these meetings. Golf Cart Ordinance Review: Mayor Stange stated the streets com-mittee should also review the Golf Cart Ordinance to see if they would like to make any changes. Solon Ragbrai: Kleppe stated the Ragbrai committee started the plan-ning process. There will be a vendor fee which has not been determined yet. Kleppe stated seed money was being asked for to help with some of the costs. Rasmussen stated $1000 was being requested. Kleppe has had to reserve the big tent used at Beef Days, the hand station and porta johns. Mayor Stange stated the City will be covering the cost of the tent because it needed to be rented right away, but the Legion would be over seeing it, if the Legion does well with sales the agreement is to reimburse the cost of the tent. Motion by Duncan to approve $1000 seed money to the Ragbrai Committee. Seconded by Krall. Roll Call Vote: Grover, Duncan, Krall, Prentice and Snipes. All Ayes. Motion Carried. 5-0. Ordinance No. 422: Rasmussen stated this was discussed at a previous meeting, increasing the Mayor payment of all meetings attended to $40 and receiving the yearly compensation of $375 with still receiving the yearly payment of $1920. Council members receiving $40 per all meetings attended and any events required to attend. Motion by Krall to approve the Mayor and Council compensation changes. Seconded by Grover. Roll Call Vote: Grover, Duncan, Krall, Prentice and Snipes. All Ayes. Motion Carried. 5-0. Resolution No. 15-10: Rasmussen stated this resolution would increase the City’s depository amount at Solon State Bank from two million to fi ve million. Motion by Grover to approve Resolution No. 15-10, raising the depository amount at Solon State Bank. Seconded by Snipes. Roll Call Vote: Grover, Duncan, Krall, Prentice and Snipes. All Ayes. Motion Carried. 5-0. Other Business – Council Committee Reports: There will be a School Committee Meeting on Monday. City Clerk Report: None City Administrator Comments: Rasmussen reminded Council of the Public Input Meeting Monday 6-7pm. There will be a Small Cities Meeting here at City Hall June 4th. Rasmussen stated herself and Kleppe have been reviewing Websites and the Solon Area Community Foundation is moving forward with the Freedom Rock, Council discussed possibly lighting at the Rock. Rasmussen thanked Linda McCoy for helping out at the City Offi ce the previous week. Council Comments: Duncan questioned the progress on the stop light on highway one with Kleppe stating they were waiting for an offi cial letter from the D.O.T. Mayor Comments: Mayor Stange congratulated Cami Rasmussen for being hired as full time City Administrator, they would be working on her contract. Mayor Stange stated they had many great applicants. Motion to Adjourn by Krall at 6:35pm. Seconded by Grover . All Ayes. Motion Carried. 5-0.

ATTESTSusie Siddell, City ClerkSteve Stange, Mayor

CITY OF SOLONWARRANTS REPORT MAY 6, 2015

Action Sewer & Drain Ser; Sewer Cleaning .................................264.38Advanced Systems Inc; Contract Payment ...................................162.45Aero Rental; Bale Chopper ...........................................................143.00All Covered; Extended Service Agreeme .....................................383.90 It Services .............................................................................1,982.50 It Services ..................................................................................30.00Alliant Utilities; Utilities ............................................................6,229.83 Utilities ......................................................................................23.39 Utilities ......................................................................................20.08 Utilities ......................................................................................63.56 Utilities .................................................................................1,233.78 Utilities ......................................................................................20.61 Utilities ....................................................................................220.43 Utilities ....................................................................................140.19 Utilities ......................................................................................99.00 Utilities ......................................................................................27.17 Utilities ....................................................................................170.93Alphagraphics; Golf Cart Permits ...................................................53.76 City Map Posters .....................................................................325.39Avesis Third Party Admin; Insurance .............................................52.20Baker & Taylor; Books .................................................................163.50 Video .......................................................................................136.12 Video .........................................................................................21.86 Video .........................................................................................40.56 Books ........................................................................................93.36 Books ......................................................................................765.28 Books ......................................................................................281.71Barnyard Screen Printing; Baseball Tshirts ...............................1,507.00Brown, Kris; Conference Reimbursement ....................................100.00Carquest; Supplie ............................................................................56.51 Picnic Table Plaques .................................................................17.27 Picnic Table Plaques .................................................................20.69Casey’s General Stores I; Fuel ......................................................350.48Cogran Systems; Pay Pal ..............................................................100.00Demco; Supplies ...........................................................................257.06 Supplies ...................................................................................505.16Dorsey & Whitney LLP; Legal Services ...................................2,500.00Elliot, Kevin; Reimbursement Fox Ridge .....................................250.00Gordon Lumber; Supplies .............................................................238.00Grey House Publishing; Books .....................................................139.50Haluska, Kendra Or Adam; Reimbursement Fox Ridge ...............100.00Hawkins Inc; Chemicals .................................................................35.00 Chemicals ..................................................................................55.00Iowa Business Supply; Supplies ...................................................228.49Iowa One Call; Locates ...................................................................40.50Jdm Concrete LLC; Concrete Work ...........................................1,109.94JJJ Enterprises Inc; Storm Sewer Work .....................................1,780.00Joe’s Quality Window Cle; Window Cleaning ...............................75.00Johnson County Refuse In; Recycling .......................................3,676.50Karsten, Kelsey; Zumba Instructor ...............................................300.00Kleppe, Scott; Cell Phone Reimbursement .....................................60.00Koch; Contract Payment .................................................................78.70 Contract Payment ......................................................................51.62Lee’s Ag Clinic; Hose .......................................................................7.44Market Street; It Service ...............................................................197.50 It Service ...................................................................................60.00Martinek, James H; Attorney Fee ..............................................1,625.00Mcatee, Jerry; Cell Phone Reimbursement .....................................40.00Mcmaster-Carr Supply; Parts ..........................................................16.01

Parts.........................................................................................127.76Metlife-Group Benefi ts; Insurance ...............................................183.72Micromarketing Associate; Audio ................................................124.63 Audio.......................................................................................211.19 Audio.........................................................................................95.89 Audio.......................................................................................268.22 Audio.........................................................................................28.49 Audio.........................................................................................27.78Midamerica Books; Books ..............................................................26.90Midamerican Energy; Utilities ........................................................10.00 Utilities ......................................................................................28.51 Utilities ......................................................................................71.35 Utilities ....................................................................................102.55 Utilities ......................................................................................52.84 Utilities ......................................................................................10.00 Utilities ......................................................................................42.79 Utilities ......................................................................................77.70Midwest Safety Counselor; Calibration ........................................140.00Mt Vernon Ace Hardware; Supplies..............................................344.41Municipal Supply Inc; Meters ...................................................1,572.00Offi ce Express; Supplies ...............................................................118.67 Supplies ...................................................................................148.15 Supplies ...................................................................................142.99 Late Charge .................................................................................1.89Oriental Trading Company; Supplies............................................738.67Precision Midwest; Gps Training..................................................490.00Randy’s Carpet; Carpet-Library .................................................1,234.35Rasmussen, Cami; Cell Phone Reimbursement ..............................60.00Reeve, Mike; Cell Phone Reimbursement ......................................60.00 Mileage Reimbursement ...........................................................24.00Richards, Dave; Cell Phone Reimbursement ..................................40.00Rubber Ducky Carwash; Truck Washes ..........................................87.71Schimberg Co; Parts......................................................................884.00Solon Hardware; Supplies .............................................................270.69Solon State Bank; Library-Petty Cash ..........................................249.67Stull, Tim; Cell Phone Reimbursement ..........................................40.00Susie Siddell; Cell Phone Reimbursement .....................................60.00Test America; Testing ....................................................................697.20Thomson Reuters - West; West Law .............................................230.02Tumbleweed Press Inc; Subscription ............................................349.30Tyler Technologies; Contract Payment ......................................6,521.84Upstart; Supplie ............................................................................210.46US Postmaster; Water Bill Mailing ...............................................374.00Van Winkle-Jacob; Inspector Fees .............................................9,931.88Veenstra & Kimm; Engineer Fee ..................................................175.35 Engineer Fee .............................................................................97.50 Engineer Fee ...........................................................................715.00 Engineer Fee .............................................................................63.00Visa; City Offi ce .............................................................................41.61 Library .......................................................................................45.00 Public Works ........................................................................1,077.38 City Offi ce ...............................................................................489.98 Rec Dept. .................................................................................652.58Wellmark Bluecross Blues; Insurance .......................................5,856.42Payroll Claims; Total ...............................................................43,310.67

General Fund ............................................................................67,864.15Trust & Agency Library ................................................................505.16Road Use Tax Fund ....................................................................4,004.63Special Revenue Levy ................................................................6,984.90Water Utility .............................................................................13,435.39Sewer Utility ............................................................................14,969.79 ..........................................................................................107,764.02

PUBLIC NOTICE: CITY OF SOLON

SOLON CITY COUNCILAPRIL 29, 2015SOLON, IOWA

SOLON CITY HALL Mayor Steve Stange called to order the special City Council meeting at 5:30pm. Roll Call: Mark Krall, Steve Duncan, Casey Grover, Dale Snipes and Mark Prentice. Mayor Stange stated let the record show on the agenda Steve Duncan is listed twice with Mark Prentice being omitted. Motion by Krall to approve the agenda. Seconded by Duncan. New Business – Job Applicant interview for City Administrator Position (This agenda item may be a closed session if so requested by the City Administrator applicant per section 2.15 (j) of the code of Iowa) Mayor Stange introduced Dave Van Dee and asked if he would like to go into closed session with Van Dee saying he would. Motion by Grover to go into closed session pursuant to Iowa Code Chapter 21.5 (j) allowing closed session. Seconded by Krall. Roll Call Vote: Krall, Duncan, Grover, Snipes and Prentice. All Ayes. Motion Carried. 5-0. Motion to Adjourn by Krall. Seconded by Snipes. All Ayes. Motion Carried. 5-0. ATTEST Susie Siddell, City Clerk (Not present at meeting, minutes wrote by listening to tapes) Steve Stange, Mayor

SOLON CITY COUNCILAPRIL 29, 2015SOLON, IOWA

SOLON CITY HALL Mayor Steve Stange called to order the special City

Council meeting. Roll Call: Mark Krall, Steve Duncan, Casey Grover, Mark Prentice and Dale Snipes. Mayor Stange stated let the record refl ect on the agenda Steve Duncan was listed twice and Mark Prentice was omitted. Motion by Krall to approve the agenda. Seconded by Grover. Roll Call Vote: Krall, Duncan, Grover, Prentice and Snipes. All Ayes. Motion Carried. New Business – Job Applicant interview for City Administrator Position (This agenda item may be a closed session if so requested by the City Administrator applicant per section 2.15 (j) of the code of Iowa) Mayor Stange introduced Chris Nosbisch and asked if he would like to go into closed session with Nosbisch saying he would. Motion by Grover to go into closed session pursuant to Iowa Code Chapter 21.5 (j) allowing closed session. Seconded by Krall. Roll Call Vote: Krall, Duncan, Grover, Prentice and Snipes. All Ayes. Motion Carried. 5-0. Motion to Adjourn by Krall. Seconded by Snipes. All Ayes. Motion Carried. 5-0. ATTEST Susie Siddell, City Clerk (Not present at meeting, minutes wrote by listening to tapes) Steve Stange, Mayor

SOLON CITY COUNCILAPRIL 30, 2015SOLON, IOWA

SOLON CITY HALL Mayor Steve Stange called to order the special City Council meeting at 5:30pm. Roll Call: Mark Krall, Casey Grover, Mark Prentice and Dale Snipes: Absent: Steve Duncan. Mayor Stange stated let the record show the agenda

shows Steve Duncan twice with Mark Prentice omitted. Motion by Krall to approve the agenda. Seconded by Grover. Roll Call Vote: Krall, Grover, Prentice and Snipes. All Ayes. Motion Carried. 4-0. New Business – Job Applicant Interview for City Administrator Position ( This agenda item may be closed session if so requested by the City Administrator Appli-cant per section 21.5 ( j) code of Iowa. Mayor Stange introduced Aaron Burnett and stated he had requested to go into closed session with his interview. Motion by Krall to go into closes session pursuant to Iowa Code Chapter 21.5 ( j) allowing Closed Session. Seconded by Prentice. Roll Call Vote: Snipes, Prentice, Grover and Krall. All Ayes. Motion Carried. 4-0. Motion to Adjourn by Snipes. Seconded by Grover. All Ayes. Motion Carried. 4-0. ATTEST Susie Siddell, City Clerk (Not present at meeting, minutes wrote by listening to tapes) Steve Stange, Mayor

SOLON CITY COUNCILAPRIL 30, 2015SOLON, IOWA

SOLON CITY HALL Mayor Steve Stange called to order the special City Council meeting. Roll Call: Mark Krall, Casey Grover, Mark Prentice and Dale Snipes: Absent: Steve Duncan. Mayor Stange stated let the record show the agenda shows Steve Duncan listed twice with Mark Prentice omitted. Motion by Krall to approve the agenda. Seconded by Grover. Roll Call Vote: Grover, Prentice, Krall and Snipes. All Ayes. Motion Carried. 4-0. New Business – Job Applicant interview for City

Administrator Position (This agenda item may be a closed session if so requested by the City Administrator applicant per section 2.15 (j) of the code of Iowa) Mayor Stange stated they would be interviewing Cami Rasmussen and questioned Rasmussen if she would like to go into closed session. Rasmussen stated no she did not. Council questioned Rasmussen, a few questioned asked of Rasmussen where why was she interested in applying for the position, what made her choose manage-ment as a profession, her greatest accomplishment and greatest disappointment, hardest part of administrator job, experience in planning and zoning codes, experience with grant writing, role in budget, fund transfers, and questions on handling employees. Other questions towards Rasmussen was on how she works with the public and community. She was asked what she felt was her role in the decision making. Rasmussen was asked on her experience on negotiations. Mayor Stange questioned Rasmussen if offered the job what would she wish as compensation. After questions were fi nished Mayor Stange stated they would discuss and decide on top two candidates and discuss compensation and talk with the City Attorney and make a decision next week. Snipes thanked Rasmussen for everything she has done for the community. Motion to Adjourn by Grover. Seconded by Krall. All Ayes. Motion Carried. 4-0. ATTEST Susie Siddell, City Clerk (Not present at meeting, minutes wrote by listening to tapes) Steve Stange, Mayor

SOLON CITY COUNCILAPRIL 30, 2015

SOLON, IOWASOLON CITY HALL

Mayor Steve Stange called to order the special City Council meeting at 9:27pm. Roll Call: Mark Krall, Casey Grover, Mark Prentice and Dale Snipes: Absent: Steve Duncan. Motion by Krall to approve the agenda. Seconded by Grover. Roll Call Vote: Krall, Grover, Prentice and Snipes. All Ayes. Motion Carried. 4-0. New Business – City Administrator Position – Eval-uation of credentials for potential hiring ( this agenda item may be a closed session if so requested by the City Administrator applicants per section 21.5 (j) of the Code of Iowa part i: to evaluate the professional competency of an individual whose appointment, hiring performance or discharge is being considered when necessary to pre-vent needless and irreparable injury to that individual’s reputation and that individual request a closed session.) Mayor Stange stated all applicants requested this meeting to be closed. Motion by Grover to go into closed session pursuant to Iowa Code Chapter 21.5 (j) allowing closed session. Seconded by Krall. Roll Call Vote: Krall, Grover, Prentice and Snipes. All Ayes. Motion Carried. 4-0. Motion to Adjourn by Grover. Seconded by Snipes. All Ayes. Motion Carried. 4-0. ATTEST Susie Siddell, City Clerk (Not present at meeting, minutes wrote by listening to tapes) Steve Stange, Mayor

PUBLIC NOTICE: CITY OF SOLON

Leading the Lady Spartan delegation at state– as they have all year– are the throws, high jump and sprint relays. Solon’s Shelby Gunnells is seeded fi rst in the shot put and second in the discus. Backing her is Katy Misel, fourth in the discus and 12th in the shot. Gunnells, defending 3A champion and two-time Drake Relays high school champ, goes in with a regional throw of 46-1/4, nearly three feet better than the No. 2 seed, but still a foot-plus below her best this year. Her discus fl ing, 133-0, trails last year’s winner, Dubuque Wahlert’s Maddie Nilles’ 148-foot toss.

On the Blue Oval at Drake, less than fi ve seconds– about a second per girl– separate top 4x400-meter relay seed Pella from Solon’s 4:11.23 (Mady Shafer, Kristina Shelman, Eva Platz and Jordan Smith) regional fi nish. Less than a second separates No. 1 Decorah from Solon’s 1:51.56 in the 800-me-ter medley relay (Haley Bell, Emily Ira, Sydney Lawson and Jordan Smith at regionals). Even in the fast-as-lightning 4x100, Bell, Ira, Alexis Sands and Lawson’s 51.27 clocking at Mount Pleasant was just more than a second from Dubuque Wahlert’s 50.05. A seamless handoff, a dropped baton from another team… and fourth or fi fth place becomes second or third… with the points that go along with it.

“We have an opportunity to score with several individuals. I think all of our fi eld event people are in good position,” said Sands. “Then we hope that we can earn some more points with our individual runners, as well.”

Other potentials points are possible from qualifi ers Josie Durr in the high jump, Lawson in the 100, Jordan Smith in the 400, Emma Moss in the 400 hurdles, the shuttle hurdle relay (which relied on Katie Folkerts, Moss, Sands and Molly Duckett at the regional meet), the 4x200, (with Bell, Moss, Shelman and Lawson at the regional) distance medley 1,600 (run at regional by Alli Prybil, Jessica Heick, Shafer and Trish Coberly) and the 4x800 (which had Molly Walkner, Smith, Folkerts and Sophie Nicol toting the baton at Mt. Pleasant).

Solon girls(Continued from page B1)

(Luke Ira, Josh Prybil, Bo Black, Ham, 59.58) the 4x200 relay (Nunemaker, Spencer Lawson, Brandan Childs, Emilio Villagrana, 1:32.24), the 4x100-meter relay (Roeder, Nate Christensen, Childs, Ham, 44.08) and the 4x400-meter relay (Trevor Yahr, Payton Nicol, Austin Kennedy, Villagrana, 3:36.06) also captured fi rst place and an automatic berth.

Second-place fi nishes came from Ham in the 200-meter dash (second, 22.46), Jake Schaeckenbach in the 800-meter run (2:05.46) and the distance medley relay (Nicol, Villagra-na, Yahr, Zach Kienholz, 3:47.97).

Other Solon qualifi ers for the state track meet included (with respective district fi nish):

– Halston Durr in the long jump (third place, 20-10); – Kolby Melsha (fourth, 49-7) and Michael Kline (fi fth,

49-0) in the shot put; – and Tanner Wymer in the discus (fourth, 155-0).Other place winners at the state qualifying meet included:100-meter dash: Lawson, fi fth, 11.75; Christensen, sixth,

11.76;400-meter dash: Schaeckenbach, fourth, 52.67; Kennedy,

fi fth, 53.83200-meter dash: Nunemaker, sixth, 24.18.The Spartans are hoping to repeat as team state champions,

having won the title last year under head coach Mark Sovers. This year’s meet is expected to come down to the wire with a balanced fi eld of several teams competing for the 3A state title. The meet is combined with the girls and runs Thursday through Saturday.

Solon boys(Continued from page B1)

At Mount Vernon May 6, Dylan Doyle, Brandon Kramer and Parker Mueller all scored goals, while Brandan Childs and Kramer picked up assists.

Mueller had two more goals May 12 at home against West Delaware. Kramer and Keegan Paisley added the other goals in the 4-0 win.

“Parker is starting to develop nicely for us,” McMurrin noted. “His nose for the goal and ability to put the ball into the goal for us is top-notch. He has one of the best shots to come through Solon in my 11 years and he is defi nitely the best free-kick taker I’ve had since I’ve been at Solon.”

Solon’s defense held both Mount Vernon and West Del-aware in check, with goalie Logan Linderbaum collecting only a single save during the two shut-outs.

The offense came out fi ring against Independence May

15 at home, with Doyle, Kramer, Mueller, Spencer Lawson, Adam Nelson-Ockenfels and Josh Prybil hitting the scoring column in the 6-1 win. Childs (2), Doyle, Lawson, Zach Nunemaker and Prybil collected assists.

Paisley and Kramer scored for Solon against Washington in the 2-1 win May 18, while Linderbaum added two saves.

McMurrin said his team has improved on the defensive side of the fi eld more than on the offensive side. “Offen-sively we will continue to be dangerous,” he said. “We made some personnel adjustments that helped us out, and we have become much more organized.”

Solon has given up more than two goals in only three matches this year, and two of those came at the beginning of the year. A total of two goals were allowed by the Spartan defense over the course of the four-game winning streak.

Spartan soccer (Continued from page B1)

SOLON– Despite inju-ries and scheduling issues, Solon’s varsity girls soccer team is holding its own as it heads into the backstretch of the season.

The Lady Spartans moved to 8-4 on the season with a 5-1 win over Western Dubuque Monday at home. Solon also picked up wins against West Delaware and Independence, but fell to 3A opponent Cedar Rapids Prairie.

“Although the score does not show it, we did really well at Prairie,” Solon head coach John Tucker said after the 7-1 loss. “They are a very skilled team and have been a strong force in their class. We held our own, and I was proud of

the girls’ effort given the circumstances.”

Josie Durr scored the lone unassisted goal for the Lady Spartans against Prairie.

There had been plenty of scoring to go around for Solon May 12 at West Delaware.

Emma Moss scored four times for the Lady Spartans, while Durr and Johanna Metz each racked up a hat trick (three goals) and Katie Folkerts added a goal in the 11-1 win. Durr collected four assists while Moss had three; Tara Lance was also credited with an assist.

“That game was very lopsided,” Tucker said. “We worked very well together as a team and had posses-sion for the majority of the

game.”West Delaware reported

their goalie had 42 saves.It was the second game

for Nichole Oberthien as goalie for the Lady Spartans. Oberthien came in to replace an injured Ali Herdliska May 8 at Muscatine and has been guarding the Solon goal since.

“Nichole is doing a great job for us in the goal, com-ing up with some great saves,” Tucker said. “We asked a lot of her to step in, mid-season, and play at this level. But she was willing to do what she needed to do in order to help the team be successful. We will continue to work with her on fine tuning her skills to be ready for postseason play.”

First will come the con-clusion of the regular sea-son. Solon visits Mid-Prairie Thursday, May 21, and hosts Benton Community Friday, May 22, before a May 26 home match against No. 2 Iowa City Regina to close out the year.

The Class 1A Region 7 road to the state tournament begins Tuesday, June 2, with Solon hosting a fi rst-round match against West Delaware at 6 p.m. A win would advance the Lady Spartans against Dyersville Beckman or Monticello Friday, June 5, in Solon. The Region 7 champion will be determined Monday, June 8, at Davenport Assumption.

Emma Moss speeds down the fi eld past Western Dubuque players during Solon’s 5-1 win Monday. (photo by Doug Lindner)

Lady Spartans wallop West Delaware, 11-1

3NORTH LIBERTY LEADER • SOLON ECONOMIST

MAY 21, 2015 SECTION BHAWK TALK

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Hawkeye women’s basketball wrap part 2

Melissa Dixon set or tied the arena records for most 3-pointers made at fi ve different places during her career as an Iowa Hawkeye. (fi le photos by Don Lund)

By Don LundSports WriterThis is the second part of a two-part look

at the great season the Hawkeye women’s basketball team had this year.

Iowa fi nished 26-8, 14-4 in the Big Ten, which was good enough for second place.

The Hawks went to the Sweet 16 for the fi rst time since 1996 and the senior class is the winningest class since 1991 with 93 victories.

Iowa averaged 79.5 points per game, which is a program record for scoring of-fense for the second straight year.

Samantha Logic, Bethany Doolittle and Melissa Dixon were the highest-scoring trio in Big Ten history with 4,379 points.

I sat down with Jenni Fitzgerald, who has been with Lisa Bluder for 15 years at Iowa and eight years at Drake as an assis-tant coach.

To put the kind of effort and hard work the senior class did in the last four years is hard to describe.

Kathryn Reynolds, Bethany Doolittle, Melissa Dixon and Samantha Logic did a great job on and off the court to lead Iowa the last four years.

I’m going to start with Kathryn even though she didn’t play much because she was injured. She was such a good leader off the court as well as on.

“Kathryn is an incredible girl,” said coach Fitzgerald. “She’s an incredible leader and I don’t think a lot of people recognize all she did for the team. Her leadership was unreal. Even with all of her injuries she was a positive force on this team.”

Kathryn, who is already in law school, was a team captain her senior season and two-time Academic All-Big Ten selection.

“Kathryn did a good job on the bench seeing different things as the game was go-ing on,” said Fitzgerald. “She would make a good coach.”

Bethany was second team All-Big Ten two years in a row. She registered the two highest single-season block totals in school history (106 last year, 89 this year).

“What was amazing about Beth is that she could score with her back to the basket or off the dribble,” said the coach. “She could score from 18 feet out and there are not a lot of centers that could do that. That made her so hard to guard.”

How fun was it to watch Melissa when she got in the zone (which was about every

other night)?She set or tied the arena record for most

3-pointers in a game in fi ve different places (Drake, Rutgers, Illinois, Northwestern and Iowa), and led the nation in 3-point shooting (3.7 per game).

Melissa picked up her defense and got better on taking the ball inside her last two seasons.

“You always new Melissa could shoot and you had to guard her hard, but she developed her game off the dribble and that made her tougher to guard,” said Fitzgerald.

There is not too much more you could say about Samantha Logic.

She will go down as one of the greatest players to put on a Hawkeye uniform.

Samantha is the only player in NCAA history to score at least 1,500 points, grab 800 rebounds, dish 800 assists and snag 200 steals.

That’s pretty cool.“Sam wasn’t a typical point guard,” said

Fitzgerald. “With her size, her strength and the fact she could fi nish with either hand made her so tough to guard. The thing that made Sam so different is that she not only made her teammates better but she knew when it was time for her to take over, it’s time to get Beth the ball because no one could stop her. She had that sense of where the ball should be. You really can’t teach that.”

The four will be missed, but talent is still there for next season.

RETURNING PLAYERSJunior Ally Disterhoft and sophomore

Whitney Jennings are the two returning starters to go along with seniors Claire Till, Kali Peschel and Nicole Smith.

Claire, who has been battling knee inju-ries the last two years, brings some timely rebounds and is not afraid to take a charge.

“The thing about Claire is that she’s undersized as a post but she is tough and says ‘you’re not going to mess with us’ attitude,” said Fitzgerald. “She has a great sense for the ball and does a good job of taking charges.”

Kali has improved a lot this year, played in every game and scored in double fi gures six times, including three of the last fi ve games.

“Kali won the most improved player on our team and I thought the last half of the

season she played incredible basketball,” said the coach. “The best she has played in her entire career. She is a smart basketball player and understands what we want to have happen.”

Nicole hasn’t played a lot but at 6-4, she gave Bethany and Chase Coley some good size to practice against.

“Nicole makes our team better because she does whatever we ask her to and can imi-tate players on other teams,” said Fitzgerald.

Ally, Alexa Kastanek and Haley Schneden make up the junior class.

Ally was second-team All-Big Ten, tied with Melissa Dixon with most points (503 points, 14.8 points per game), started every game and fi nished third on the team with 83 assists.

“Ally does a little bit of everything,” said Fitzgerald. “She poses such a match-up problem for other teams because of how quick she is. She can shoot the three and then go off the dribble.”

Alexa played in 32 games, had 27 assists, only 20 turnovers and was a good defender.

“Lex is a really smart basketball player,” said coach Fitzgerald. “She plays multiple positions also and that’s not always easy to do. She does it really well.”

NEW KIDSThe four freshmen, who will be soph-

omores, added depth and talent to the Hawkeyes.

Whitney Jennings played in every game with 31 starts. She averaged 9.1 points, was second in assists with 92 and third in steals with 35.

“She is the fastest kid I’ve ever coached,” Fitzgerald said. “Crystal Smith was fast, but Whitney is so fast with the ball and I think you’ll see more of that next year.”

Chase Coley played in 29 games this year and averaged 6.8 minutes. She played with

more confi dence at the end of the season.“I think Chase is going to have a great

year after learning from Beth all year,” said Fitzgerald. “The thing about Chase is she is so good with her left hand even though she’s right handed. That will make her so hard to guard.”

Christina Buttenham played in 27 games and shot 46 percent from the fl oor while Carly Mohns played in 14 games and shot 50 percent from the fl oor. Look for both of them to get more playing time and continue to improve.

Iowa has four top recruits coming in next fall. The class is ranked 18th nationally by ESPN.

Tania Davis (5-4), Megan Guatafson (6-3), Tagyn Larson (6-2) and Hannah Stewart (6-2) will be here this summer.

Tania is from Grand Blanc, Mich., and is rated the top prospect in the state of Michi-gan. Tania helped lead her team to two state titles and was named Player of the Year.

“She is really, really fast and with Whit-ney and her on the fl oor together we’ll have a fast and quick back court,” said the coach. “She is a true point guard and she will be able to push it and set people up.”

Megan is from Port Wing, Wis., where she was a two-time fi rst-team all-state selection.

“Megan is a true center,” said Fitzgerald. “She’s left handed and she likes to play with her back to the basket. She can shoot with range as well.”

Tagyn is from Sioux Falls, S.D., where she was a three-time all-state selection.

“She can play small or power forward,” said coach Fitzgerald. “My guess is she’ll play both. She’s long and athletic.”

If I had to guess the starting fi ve for next season I would have Whitney, Ally, Kali, Chase and it will be interesting to see who the fi fth starter is.

If the new kids can come through, look for the Hawks to be in the hunt once again.

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7SOLON ECONOMIST

MAY 21, 2015 SECTION BPUBLIC NOTICES

PUBLIC NOTICE: JOHNSON COUNTY BOARD OF SUPERVISORSCost of this publication: $127.00Fiscal year to date cost(as of 7/1/14): $7,008.56

THE JOHNSON COUNTY BOARD OF SUPERVISORS

FORMAL MEETING MINUTESMAY 7, 2015

Chairperson Harney called the Johnson County Board of Supervisors to order in the Johnson County Administration Building at 9:00 a.m. Members present: Mike Car-berry, Pat Harney, Terrence Neuzil, Janelle Rettig, and Rod Sullivan. Unless otherwise noted, all actions were taken unanimously. Iowa City residents Del Holland and Douglas Narveson spoke and accepted the following resolution.

RESOLUTION 05-07-15-01RESOLUTION OF SUPPORT FOR THE CALL TO AMEND THE CON-

STITUTION Whereas, free and fair elections are essential to democracy and effective self-government, and Whereas, the free speech rights of all natural persons must be protected so that diverse views will be heard regardless of the wealth, standing or position of the speaker, and Whereas, corporations are granted spe-cial advantages such as limited liability, perpetual life and favorable treatment of the accumulation and distribution of assets that are not available to natural born citizens. Whereas, prior to 2010, federal law had prohibited corporations and unions from using their general treasury funds to make independent expenditures that expressly advocate the election or defeat of a candidate through any form of media in connection with certain federal elections. Corporations were allowed to participate in the political process by establishing sepa-rate segregated funds (known as political action committees), funded by donations from stockholders, employees or members of unions, Whereas, these restrictions based on corporate identity were upheld by the United States Supreme Court in Austin vs. Michigan Chamber of Commerce (1990), when the Court recognized a compelling governmental interest in preventing “the corrosive and distorting effects of immense aggregations of wealth that are accumulated with the help of the corporate form and that have little or no correlation to the public’s support for the corporation’s political ideas.” Whereas, in 2010 the Supreme Court in Citizens United vs. The Federal Election Commission reversed the decision in Aus-tin, ruling that no suffi cient governmental interest justifies limits on the political speech of nonprofi t or for-profi t corpora-tions. As a result, limits on the expenditure of corporate general funds that expressly advocate for the election or defeat of a can-didate, were found to be unconstitutional, and Whereas, the decision in Citizens United and the massive investment in recent elec-tions by corporate interests has sparked a grassroots effort, embodied in the Move to Amend campaign, which calls for an amendment to the United States Consti-tution to state that the rights protected by the Constitution are the rights of natural

persons only and that Government shall have the power to regulate, limit, or pro-hibit contributions and expenditures for the purpose of infl uencing elections and that all levels of government shall require that all permissible contributions and expenditures be publicly disclosed. Now, therefore, be it resolved that the Johnson County Board of Supervisors here-by supports the call for an amendment to the Constitution to ensure that corporations are not deemed to have the same Consti-tutional rights as do natural persons and allowing government to place reasonable limits on the political activities of artifi cial entities such as for-profi t and not for profi t corporations. Motion by Rettig, second by Sullivan, to approve Resolution 05-07-15-01. Motion by Sullivan, second by Car-berry, to approve claim number 15006063 for $10,250.00 to All Traffi c Solutions as approved by a majority of the Supervisors. Roll call: aye: Carberry, Harney, Neuzil, Sullivan; nay: Rettig. Motion by Sullivan, second by Neuzil, to approve the claims on the Auditor’s Claim Register as approved by a majority of the Supervisors.Action Sewer & Septic ..................115.00Adam Finken ...................................60.00Adam M Gebhart ............................60.00Adrian Stutzman ...........................110.75Advanced Drainage Syst ...............384.43Airgas North Central .....................548.86Alexis Fire Equipment ..................430.13Alliant Energy ...............................367.80Amy Lynn Barney ...........................23.50Angela Weible-Jones .......................87.75Ardick Equipment Co In ...............562.50Atco International .........................382.00Big Brothers Big Siste ..................296.23Bound Tree Medical Llc ...............883.56Carrie J Rowald .............................110.00Central Iowa Distribut ...................668.50Certifi ed Laboratories ...................215.95Chris Henze .....................................60.00Chris Wisman ..................................30.00Christene S Collyer .........................28.31City Of Iowa City ......................26946.17City Of Iowa City - Ut ..................309.66City Of Iowa City-Ac ................32190.17City Of Swisher Swis ..................1750.00Community Corrections ..............1750.00Computer Solutions Lt ................3500.00Cr Pharmacy Services .................1771.00Cs Services Asheville I ...................30.00Dana Greer Dba Coralv ..............2500.02Dave Wilson ....................................85.28Delta Dental Of Iowa ..................6916.23Dolphin International ....................450.00Dr Charles Huss ..........................1717.00Eastern Iowa Light & P .................150.00Ecolab Pest Elimination ..................81.25Edon Apartments ...........................450.00Edward Bartels ................................60.00Eldon Slaughter .............................120.00Electric Motors Of Iow .................110.34Electronic Engineering ..................177.35Erin C Turner ..................................13.00Fastenal Company .........................585.33Four Oaks ......................................829.00Gary Boseneiler ............................146.88Gay & Ciha Funeral Ho ..............2100.00GE Capital .....................................152.20Grainger ........................................186.57Graphic Printing & Des ................181.25Greg Parker .................................1592.87Gregory J Downes .........................500.00

Harrys Custom Trophies ...............108.76Hawkeye Touchless Inc ....................7.62Henry Schein .................................456.84Hy Vee Food Stores.......................150.00Hy-Vee #1281 ...............................299.97I Wireless ........................................34.08Icit .................................................500.00Imagetek Inc ................................1716.13Insight Public Sector .....................242.64Interstate All Battery .....................100.00Iowa Bridge & Culve ..............189323.02Iowa Business Supply L ................420.21Iowa City Area Devel ................12500.00Iowa Law Enforcement Ac .............55.00Iowa Law Enforcement I ..............250.00Iowa Paper Inc ..............................134.20Iowa Valley Rc&D ......................3750.00Isac ..................................................50.00Isaca Treasurer ..............................160.00James R Miller ..............................120.00Jana K Garrelts ..............................351.00Jarod L Webb ..................................40.00Jim Donovan .................................120.00Joanne Downes ...............................44.40John A Conner .................................52.96John Mike Hennes ...........................60.00Johnson County Agric ...............23750.00Johnson County Audito ...............5340.69Johnson County Histor ................9575.00Johnson County Region ..............4250.00Johnson County Second ..............1225.12Johnson County Treasur ................249.46Joshua F Busard ............................235.92Karrie Truitt ..................................298.75Kate Bengtson ...............................346.40Kay Carr ..........................................60.00Kevin W Braddock ..........................60.00L-3 Communications Mob ............288.75Ladiester S Lamaster .....................175.00Laser Tech USA Inc Dba ..............209.94Lensing Funeral Servic .................590.00Liebovich/Pdm ............................1097.86Linn County Rec ...........................121.07Ll Pelling Co Inc .........................2316.00Lonny Pulkrabek .............................45.00Lori Mulherin Csr .............................9.00Macpine Properties Llc .................450.00Manatron .....................................1278.14Mandy Rose Coates ........................30.00Maria L Buendia Lobato ...............140.00Mark R Stewart ...............................40.00Mayola A Pollet.............................250.00Menards - Iowa City .....................528.80Mental Health Disab ...............622943.00Metal Culverts Inc .......................3797.50Michael J Kennedy .......................120.00Michigan State Police ...................448.75Mickey R Hansen ............................13.00Mid-American Energy ..................150.00Midwest Underground Su .............125.57Modern Manor Inc ........................330.00Moore Medical Llc .........................42.75Neil Shatek ......................................59.95Noelle Murray Dba Murr ..............420.00Oxford Properties Dba ..................400.00Oxford Public Library .................1750.00Paul R Wittau ..................................60.00Physio-Control Inc ....................15970.28Praxair Distribution In ....................19.31Professional Muffl er I ...................103.01Purchase Power - Pit .................25000.00Randy Lee Eckrich ......................4637.50Republic Services Inc ...................769.00Reserve Account ...........................500.00Ricoh USA Inc ..............................386.13Robert D Winstead ..........................59.95Robert J Mahoney ...........................40.00Ronald J Moore ...............................35.76S&G Harvieux Inc Cj Coo ..............35.00

Sandra R Hart ................................477.00Scott Van Keppel Llc ..................5842.32Secretary Of State ...........................60.00Shamyra Marie Jordan ....................10.00Sharon K Butler ............................120.00Society Of Land Survey ................275.00Solon Public Library ...................9693.34Staples Business Advan ................383.12Staples Credit Plan ........................796.47Su Insurance Company ...............1581.50Sycamore Apartments Ll ...............400.00Systems Unlimited Inc ..................135.46Tallgrass Business Res ..................865.01Tapco .............................................352.63The Ctk Group ..............................650.00Travis J Weipert ............................239.60Tru Art Color Graphics .................518.60Ui Healthworks Llc .......................250.50Uniform Den Inc ...........................245.77United Action For You ................4808.87Verizon Wireless ...........................306.09Vj Engineering ............................5350.00Wal-Mart Community .....................69.79Wanda Daniel Dba Chef ...............300.00Wellmark Blue Cross ..............110500.00Wellmark Inc .................................333.62Welter Storage Equip ................10239.40Wendling Quarries In ................13124.90West Claims Recovery S ...............433.44Windstream It-Comm.Llc .............845.13Wjc Ltd ...........................................73.00Zephaniah Samson Leato ..............500.00 Motion by Carberry, second by Sulli-van, to approve the minutes of the formal meeting of April 30, 2015. Motion by Rettig, second by Carberry, to approve the payroll authorizations sub-mitted by department heads, as approved by a majority of the Supervisors. Motion by Neuzil, second by Sullivan, to approve a Renewal Application for a Class A Micro-distilled Spirits Permit for Cedar Ridge Vineyards, Swisher, as sub-mitted by Jeff Quint. Assistant County Attorney Andy Chap-pell and Deputy Auditor Nancy Tomkovicz spoke about the liquor licensing process private individuals must follow when hosting private events at Celebration Farm and other public places. Motion by Carberry, second by Sullivan, to approve a New Application for a Class C Liquor License, for Heuton Wedding Reception, Iowa City, as submitted by Lynn Heuton. Motion by Sullivan, second by Rettig, to approve a New Application for a Class C Liquor License, for Wacker Wedding Reception, Iowa City, as submitted by Dennis Wacker. Motion by Sullivan, second by Carberry, to receive and place on fi le the Recorder’s Report of Fees Collected for the month of March, 2015, in the amount of $160,793.21, as submitted by County Recorder Kim Painter. Continued Public Hearing of February 12, 2015 on Subdivision Application 25581 at 9:35 a.m. Subdivision Application 25581 of James and Evelyn Calef, signed by James Calef, requesting preliminary and fi nal plat approval of Calef Subdivision, a subdivi-sion described as being described located in the NE 1/4 of the SW 1/4 of Section 33, Township 81 North, Range 5 West of the 5th P.M. in Johnson County, Iowa. This is a 2.59 acre farmstead split located on the south side of 210th Street NE, approxi-

mately 1,400 feet east of its intersection with Utah Avenue NE in Cedar Township Planning and Zoning Assistant Planner Josh Busard said Chappell advises de-ferring action until May 14th. Chappell recommended the Board defer action until next week and direct Busard to notify the applicant that the Board will take action on May 14th. Chappell recommended the Board deny the application if the docu-ments are not in order. Motion by Sullivan, second by Rettig, to continue the Public Hearing and defer consideration of Subdivision Application 25581 to May 14, 2015, at 5:30 p.m. Chappell spoke about the action the Board took last week regarding the job description for the Assistant Planning and Zoning Administrator/Sustainability Coor-dinator and for the Transportation and Feel Director. Motion by Rettig, second by Sullivan, to approve the updated job description (at paygrade 21) for the Assistant Planning and Zoning Administrator/Sustainability Coordinator. Motion by Rettig, second by Sullivan, to approve the new job description (at paygrade 24) for the Transportation and Fleet Director position. Motion by Sullivan, second by Carberry, to approve and authorize the Chairperson to send the Dane County, Wisconsin Board of Supervisors and representatives of Community GroundWorks, Madison Area Community Land Trust, FEED Kitchens, and OM Village letters of appreciation for providing tours and information during the Johnson County staff and offi cials visit to Dane County. Motion by Neuzil, second by Sullivan, to approve and authorize the Chairperson to send letters of appreciation to the ar-chitectural fi rms that submitted responses to the Request for Qualifi cations for the Ambulance and Medical Examiner Facility. Motion by Neuzil, second by Sullivan, to approve the SEATS Substance Abuse Policy and Program Update. Motion by Sullivan, second by Carberry, to approve and authorize the Chairperson to sign the Fourth Amendment to the Focus on Youth/Crisis Childcare Contract (DCAT 4-14-118) between the Iowa Department of Human Services and Johnson County Social Services, adding $1,068.16 to Focus on Youth. Motion by Rettig, second by Carberry, to approve and authorize the Chairperson to sign the FY16 Child Protection Unit Wrap-around Support Fund Contract (DCAT 4-16-010) between the Iowa Department of Human Services and Johnson County Social Services in an amount not to exceed $16,320. Adjourned to Informal Meeting at 9:43 a.m. /s/Pat Harney, Chair, Board of Supervisors

Attest: Travis Weipert, AuditorRecorded By Kymberly ZomermaandThese minutes were sent for formal ap-proval and publication on May 14, 2015.

SOLON COMMUNITY SCHOOL DISTRICT A public hearing was held at 6:00 p.m. regarding the Amended 2014-2015 Budget. A motion was made by Brown and seconded by Martin to close the public hearing. Motion carried unanimously. 6:14 p.m.Board of Education- The regular meeting was called to order by Vice-President Jedlicka at 5:30 p.m. with the following members in attendance at roll call: Brown, Martin, Coons, Jedlicka. Absent-Schwab.Welcome to Visitors and Representatives of the Press/Community Visitors and representatives of the press/community are available in a detailed list in the Central Offi ce. T.J McKenzie and Greg Smalley spoke requesting that the roofi ng bid package allow a wider ability of product.Celebration of Achievements: School Board Recognition Month- Ashley Rila was recognized as an Outstanding Educator by the assistive technology team at the AEA. She was presented this award on Tuesday during the Building Bridges Conference. Morgan Kroyman was recog-nized by the Des Moines Register as one of the Top 10 academics in the state! Ron Puettman, Park Ranger sent a letter to thank Solon high school students for their day of service learning.Focus on Learning: Mrs. Rickels, Lori Grimoskas and Andrea Dibble shared the Lakeview fi ve-year ReportConsent Agenda A motion was made by Martin, seconded by Coons to approve the following items under the consent agenda Approval of Minutes, Approval of Claims, Financial Report, Overnight Field Trip(s): FBLA-Chicago, Ill.. Contracts: Alissa McAtee- Varsity Football Cheer Coach, Jessica Frerich-Musical Director, Maliah Fligg-9th grade Softball Coach, Pauline VanEvery- .5 Reading Recovery Teacher, Jason Roethler-High School Special Education, Alicia Brock-Middle School Show Choir. Resigna-tions: Mike Ryan- 8th Boys Basketball, Brooks McLaren- Asst Cross Country, Pat Hatcher- Wrestling Cheer Coach, Skyler Dobernecker-LV Counselor, Kalen Yutzy-ECSE Teacher. Student Teaching Agreement: Cornell College. 2015 Graduation class, 2015-2016 School Fees, Milk Bids- Prairie Farms-$45,632.03, AE-$46,327.1 - Kemps-No Bid, Bread Bids- Bimbo-$8,123.96, Pan-o-Gold Bakeries- no bid Construction Testing & Inspection Services- Team Ser-vices-$49,821.00, Terracon-$61,727.00, Allender Butzke (no bid), Network Firewall Bids: CDW-G $13,500.00, Amazon-$16,961.70, Anti-Bullying/Harassment Policy no. 104, 502.502.10E1, 502.10E2, 502.10R1. Roll Call: AYES: Brown, Coons, Martin, Jedlicka NAYS: None ABSENT: SchwabAction Items Bid Package 07-1 Roofi ng & Sheet Metal Work-A motion was made by Martin seconded by Coons to approve the Bid Package 07-1. Motion Carries 4-0 /1 absentBid Package 09-5 Paints & Coatings- A motion was made by Martin seconded by Coons to approve the Bid Package 09-5. Motion Carries 4-0 /1 absent Board Member Coons introduced the following Resolution entitled “RESOLUTION APPOINTING BANKERS TRUST COMPANY OF DES MOINES, IOWA TO SERVE AS PAYING AGENT, BOND REGISTRAR, AND TRANSFER AGENT, APPROVING THE PAYING AGENT, BOND REGISTRAR AND TRANSFER AGENT AGREE-MENT AND AUTHORIZING THE EXECUTION OF SAME” and moved its adoption. Board Member Martin seconded the motion to adopt. The roll was called and the vote was, AYES: Brown, Coons, Martin, Jedlicka NAYS: None ABSENT: Schwab The President declared the Resolution adopted. Board Member Brown moved that the form of Tax Exemption Cer-tifi cate be placed on fi le and approved. Board Member Coons seconded the motion. The roll was called and the vote was, AYES: Brown, Coons, Martin, Jedlicka NAYS: None ABSENT: Schwab The President declared the motion adopted. **** * Board Member Brown moved that the form of Continuing Disclo-sure Certifi cate be placed on fi le and approved. Board Member Martin seconded the motion. The roll was called and the vote was, AYES: Brown, Coons, Martin, Jedlicka NAYS: None ABSENT: Schwab The President declared the motion adopted. ****** * Board Member Brown introduced the following Resolution entitled “RESOLUTION AMENDING THE RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE ISSUANCE OF GENERAL OBLIGATION SCHOOL BONDS, SERIES 2015, OF THE SOLON COMMUNITY SCHOOL DISTRICT, STATE OF IOWA, IN THE AMOUNT OF $9,605,000, AND LEVYING A TAX FOR THE PAYMENT THEREOF ADOPTED APRIL 13, 2015” and moved its adoption. Board Member Coons seconded the motion to adopt. The roll was called and the vote was: AYES: Brown, Coons, Martin, Jedlicka NAYS: None ABSENT: Schwab The President declared the Resolution adopted. ****** * RESOLUTION APPOINTING BANKERS TRUST COMPANY OF DESMOINES, IOWA, TO SERVE AS PAYING AGENT, BOND REGISTRAR, AND TRANSFER AGENT, APPROVING THE PAYING AGENT, BOND REGISTRAR AND TRANSFER AGENT AGREE-MENT AND AUTHORIZING THE EXECUTION OF SAME 2014-15 Amended Budget- A motion was made by Brown seconded by Martin to approve the 2014-2015 Amended Budget. Roll Call: AYES: Brown, Coons, Martin, Jedlicka NAYS: None

ABSENT: SchwabNext meeting : Friday May 15th- Closed Session 5:30 p.m. High School Conference RoomNext regular school board meeting is set for Monday June 8th- High School Media Center 6:00 p.m.Adjournment: A motion was made by Brown seconded by Coons to adjourn the meeting. Motion carried unanimously. Time: 6:20 pm.

ACTIVITY FUNDKent Ackerson; Girls Socc ................................................................105Aero Rental; ropes & li ................................................................272.35Amazon; Gossamer O ..................................................................946.83Aspi Solutions Inc; Solon Coed ........................................................348Avacentre; Wrestling .........................................................................700B &B Stength Training; 45 lb. Bir .............................................1242.13Beacon Athletics; Cocoa Mat .........................................................342.2Beckman Catholic High School; JH Girls T .......................................50Bradley Bontrager; Girls Socc ...........................................................95Boombah; Softball P ....................................................................289.96BSN Sports Inc; Mark-1 pra ......................................................1210.34Thomas Cahalan; Boys/Girls ...........................................................175Casey’s General Store; 5th grade .................................................233.15Center Point Urbana School District; CPU Girls ..............................135Desmond Cervantez; Reimbursem .................................................. 110Clear Creek Amana School; CCA Coed T ........................................210Brian D Cohen; Girls Socc ............................................................... 119Jeremy Cohen; Boys Socce ..............................................................215Company Store; sweatshirt .............................................................1747Copyworks; Spring Pla ....................................................................14.7Courtyard Marriott; Hotel Room .................................................842.24Davenport North High School; Davenport .......................................200Drake University; Girls HS T ...........................................................250Durant Community School District; Boys Golf ..................................60Peter Eilers; Boys Socce ..................................................................190Jerry Fannon; Boys Socce ................................................................ 116Farner Bocken Company; Miscellane ............................................425.4Fin & Feather; Archery pu ........................................................... 118.69Mary Foreman; Design and .............................................................250Jessica Frerich; Amazon vid .........................................................46.31Santo Gentiluomo; Boys Socce .......................................................326Griggs Music; Flugel rep .................................................................57.5Peter Gustin; Reimbursem ............................................................39.95Harrys Custom Trophies Ltd; HS Coed Tr ..................................871.42Kaitlin Hatcher; Please cut ..............................................................40.3The Instrumentalist; Choral Com .....................................................745Iowa FBLA - Financial Coordinator; FBLA State ............................175Iowa Girls’ High School Athletic Union; IGHSAU Mid ..................100Iowa High School Music Assn; Large Grou .....................................255Iowa High School Speech Assn; readers th ........................................84Iowa State Volleyball; Registerin ......................................................195Iowa Valley Community College District; Boys Track ....................120Dean A Jandik; Girls Socc ..................................................................95Johnson County Crisis Center Food Bank; Please cut ...............1733.29KCCK-FM; Corridor J ......................................................................180Joshua Koza; Reimbursem ..........................................................341.47The Leukemia & Lymphoma Socie; Pennies fo .........................442.73Garret Locke; Show Choir ............................................................27.49M-F Athletic Company; Track Hip; 52.95Maquoketa Valley High School .....................................MAquoketa; 70Marion Ind School District; Marion Boy ..........................................135Dean Or Carole Martin; Reimbursem .............................................. 110Barbara Messer; Hotel Room ....................................................1789.35Mid Prairie High School; Mid Prairi ..................................................75Katy Misel; Please cut ..................................................................79.45Monticello Community School District; Monticello ..........................70Jacob Munson; Reimbursem ............................................................400Bob Murphy; JH Girls T ..................................................................105Music Theatre International; Musical Ro .......................................1955Neff Company; Volleyball ...........................................................577.64Nutrition Fund; Ice cream ..............................................................45.44Luis Parragues; Boys Socce ...............................................................95Jim Patterson; Boys/Girls ................................................................175J.W. Pepper & Sons, Inc.; Canterbury ..........................................79.99Pepsi-Cola; Miscellane ................................................................474.36Quill Corporation; Purell ref ..........................................................96.33Derek Roberts; JH Girls T ...............................................................284Kelli M Roskopf; Supplies f ..........................................................32.34Sam’s Club; Miscellane ............................................................. 1121.43Sam’s Main Street Market; Supplies ..............................................55.87Scott Schultz; Boys Socce ............................................................... 114Sherwin Williams; Repairs fo ......................................................332.54City of Solon; Water/Sewe .............................................................53.81Solon Community Food Pantry; Please cut ......................................700Adam Stahle; Reimbursem ...........................................................42.02Team Express; Demarini V ........................................................1627.06Tipton Community School District; Tipton Boy ...............................140Track and Field and Training, LLC; Fusion II .............................379.07Kent Van Bogart; Boys Socce .......................................................... 119Varsity; 7 dancers ............................................................................1815Verizon Wireless; Data for i ...........................................................80.02VISA; Hotel Room ....................................................................1098.34R.C. Walaska; Girls Socc .................................................................295Wamac Conference; WaMac Girl .......................................................72Carlen Or Christy Welty; Reimbursem ..............................................30West Liberty High School; Boys Golf ................................................60West Music Co; Cables, DI ..........................................................217.92Western Dubuque High School; JH Boys Tr ......................................60Wendy Wheeler; Show choir ........................................................103.6Williamsburg Community School District; Williamsbu .....................60Windstar Lines, Inc; Bus - Jazz......................................................721.7Evelyn Wolfe; Reimbursem ...............................................................30Eric M Wood; Boys Socce ................................................................338Tim Yahr; Reimbursem ......................................................................30

Activity Fund Total ..................................................................33286.68

BEFORE & AFTER SCHOOL PROGRAMAssurant Employee Benefi ts; LTD ................................................16.07Dearborn National; Life ...................................................................5.56GENERAL FUND; Gross/Frin ................................................19145.16Nutrition Fund; BASP Milk ...........................................................300.8Quill Corporation; Clorox Wip ..................................................1076.27Revtrak; May 2015 R ...................................................................289.02South Slope Coop Telephone Co; Telephone ......................................30US Foods; BASP snack ..............................................................2535.76Before & After School Program ........................................... Fund Total 23398.64

CAPITAL PROJECTSAhlers and Cooney, PC; Legal for .................................................. 1150Moody’s Investors Service; Rating for .........................................12350Peterson Contractors, Inc.; Site Work ........................................50530.5City of Solon; Engineerin ...................................................................63Submittal Exchange, LLC; Submittal ...........................................13195Capital Projects Fund Total ........................................................77288.5

ENTERPRISE - SPART-MARTSam’s Club; Items to s .................................................................189.02Enterprise - Spart-Mart Fund Total ..............................................189.02

ENTERPRISE - STONE ACADEMYAlliant Energy; Elec. for ................................................................41.89Enterprise - Stone Academy Fund Total ........................................41.89

GENERAL FUNDAce Hardware; Linoleum R ...........................................................42.96Advanced Systems, Inc; Copier Mai ...........................................574.52Advanced Systems, Inc.; Copier Mai ........................................ 1106.75Ahlers and Cooney, PC; Legal ..........................................................720AIG VALIC; TSA/Annuit ............................................................362.57Alliant Energy; HS Peak El .....................................................17224.43Amazon; BOOKS ......................................................................2994.14American Printing House For The Blind; Braille pa ..........................49Apperson Data Link; test answe ....................................................59.95Apple Inc; BRACKET,HD ............................................................127.9AUS Waterloo MC Lockbox; Mop Soluti ...................................399.22Assurant Employee Benefi ts; LTD ............................................2903.57Auto Medic; oil change ..................................................................34.95B &B Stength Training; 30 lb Birt ...............................................663.79Baker Paper Co Inc; 5x800’whit ..................................................1771.5Barnes & Noble Inc; multiple c .....................................................127.6Best Buy Business Advantage Account; 500GB INTE .................49.99Brecke BG IncBrecke Mechanical Contractors; Clean and ...........416.3BSN Sports Inc; Schutt Air .............................................................1500Camp Courageous; Fees for c ..........................................................78.5Lauren James Cannon; Fund Run R ...................................................50Carolina Biological Supply Co; soil testi .......................................84.09Casey’s General Store; Gas ........................................................1596.38CDW-Government; Belkin VGA ...................................................14.41Cedar Rapids Comm School; OE for HAS ..................................918.15Central Iowa Distributing Inc; Vac Pack B ....................................816.8Desmond Cervantez; Reimbursem ..................................................100Collection Services Center; Child Supp .............................................72Communications Engineering Co; Hook up sp ...........................903.44Continuum Retail Energy Services, LLC; Gas ..........................8509.26CJ Cooper & Associates Inc; Random Sel ...................................367.65Creative Teaching Press; I Have Who .........................................194.91Creston Communtiy School; Hotel room ....................................279.36Dearborn National; Life ...............................................................926.73Dick Blick Art Materials; Blick Prem ............................................76.36E&J Geothermal, Inc.; Labor .......................................................872.85Eric Armin Inc.; Place Valu..........................................................287.77James R Erickson; Jim Ericks ........................................................49.99ESGI; ESGI asses ...........................................................................1074Follett School Solution, Inc; books ..............................................1714.8Kelly Foster; Postage 3/ ................................................................70.81Freeman Lock & Alarm Inc; Single sid ...........................................71.5Grant Wood AEA; New Teache ...............................................23505.13Heinemann; LEVELED LI ......................................................18309.38Karla K Hogan; Meals ...................................................................24.07HORACE MANN INSURANCE; TSA/Annuit ..........................162.67Indian Hills Community College; PSEO Sprin ................................500ING; TSA/Annuit ............................................................................1550ING USA ANNUITY AND LIFE INS CO; TSA/Annuit ........36755.94Internal Revenue Service; FICA ............................................176529.09Iowa Assn Of School Boards; Sam Miller ........................................555Iowa Association of Alternative Education; Workshop ....................155Iowa Communications Network; ICN Fees ...............................1482.69Iowa Department of Revenue; Other Dedu .................................498.62Iowa Dept. Of Human Services; Medicaid R ..........................19877.42Iowa High School Music Assn; Iowa High .........................................25Iowa Testing Program; approximat ............................................5837.83IPERS; IPERS ........................................................................107505.21Johnson County Refuse, Inc.; Garbage ........................................... 1105Jva Mobility Inc; Small slin ...........................................................318.4Michael L Kasparek; May Cell P ........................................................65Kennedy High School; 15 registr ......................................................225Janelle Kerkove; Fund run r ...............................................................50Kirkwood Center For Continuing Education; FLS-241-JH ............4459Krob F J & Co; Tomahawk 5 .........................................................36.64Lakeshore Learning Materials; Draw and W ...............................632.27Jodi Leimkuehler; NBEA Confe ...................................................355.4Mass Mutual; TSA/Annuit .........................................................7950.59Mindware; Extreme Ma .................................................................57.79Modern Control Services, Inc.; MS Auditor .....................................440Modern Piping Service Division; Labor ......................................205.25Nasco; Graph Its ..........................................................................203.08

National Mississippi River Museum; Dubuque Na .......................477.5National Playground Compliance Group, LLC; harness fo ..............120Netchemia; TalentEd R .....................................................................527Network Computer Solutions of Eastern Iowa, Inc.; Service ca ......200North Liberty True Value; shovels ...............................................390.07Offi ce Express; Supplies f .......................................................... 6110.85Trisha Parizek; Fund Run- .................................................................50Payalliance; Monthly Fe ....................................................................7.5Perfection Learning; IASL Award................................................572.08Performant Recovery, Inc.; Other Dedu.......................................497.43Pipe Pro Inc; HS Munchki .........................................................1432.66PlanbookEdu; PTO Funds:................................................................198Plumbers Supply Company; Delta 2302 ........................................93.66Dawn M Posekany; Fund Run R ........................................................50Primary Concepts; My Word Bo ..................................................156.52Professional Educator Of Iowa; Union Dues ......................................47Professional Plumbing Services, Inc; Dewinteriz ........................651.95Karry Putzy; Fund Run R ..................................................................50Quill Corporation; expo marke ..................................................2863.84Ray And Associates, Inc.; Profession ........................................1833.33Raynor Door Inc Of Cedar Rapids; Hook up fi ..............................1654Really Good Stuff Inc; Hot Dots V ..............................................773.59Resto Rides Llc; Replaced b ..........................................................222.5Revtrak; Rev Trak f ..........................................................................7.96Rubber Ducky Car Wash; Car Wash J ...........................................95.89Sam’s Main Street Market; Supplies f ...........................................40.66Schmitt Telecom Partners, Inc; Labor ..........................................739.59Scholastic Inc; Scholastic ..............................................................39.99School Bus Sales; Freight ................................................................ 11.1Schumacher Elevators; Elevator M ...............................................399.4Sean Seaton; ITEC Confe ................................................................150City of Solon; Sewer/Wate .........................................................2445.09Solon Economist; Publicatio ......................................................1343.46Solon Educations Assoc Dues; Union Dues ..............................3052.16Solon Hardware; paint,area ..........................................................146.83Solon Truck & Tractor Repair; wiper blad ................................4235.09Solution Tree; Profession ................................................................6490South Slope Coop Telephone Co; Telephone ...............................703.51Staples Advantage; X-ACTO Sch ................................................642.12Supplyworks; Crew Emera ..........................................................147.34Teacher Created Resources; Assessing ..........................................45.97Teacher Direct; Geography ..........................................................153.16Teacher Synergy LLC; Guided Rea .............................................239.05Terry-Durin Company; NS145 5269..............................................219.1The University of Iowa Biochemistry Stores; Supplies ..............998.55Tiaa-Cref; TSA/Annuit ..............................................................7096.71Timeclock Plus; Clock Fees ..............................................................520Matthew M Townsley; Parking .............................................................7Treasurer State Of Iowa; SWT ......................................................28949Trend Enterprises Inc; Sea Buddie ...................................................35.9US Bank - Offi ce Equip Finance Services; Copier Mai ..............609.45Vernier; Balsa wood ............................................................................23VISA; Flight ($1 ........................................................................1925.27Vista Higher Learning; Vistas 5e ..................................................26650Walmart Community; Groceries/ .................................................330.69Ward’s Science; Petri dish.............................................................. 116.1Wellmark Blue Cross & Blue Shield Of Ia; Health/Den .........83962.37Wellmark Blue Cross Blue Shield of Iowa; Flex Fees......................264Windstar Lines, Inc; Bus - Jazz......................................................556.8Youth Light Inc; Impulse Co............................................................41.9General Fund Total .................................................................652049.06

INTERNAL SERVICE - FLEXWageWorks; Flex Fundi ...........................................................10762.51Internal Service - Flex Fund Total ...........................................10762.51

MANAGEMENTWellmark Blue Cross & Blue Shield Of Ia; Health/Den ...........1713.94Management Fund Total ............................................................1713.94

NUTRITIONAnderson Erickson Dairy Co; AE Inv #: ...................................4688.77Assurant Employee Benefi ts; LTD ................................................81.39Dearborn National; Life .................................................................47.26Earthgrains Baking Co. Inc.; EB Stateme ....................................815.28EMS Detergent Services; MS Chemica ...........................................47.9GENERAL FUND; Gross/Frin ................................................24323.92Martin Brothers; MB Inv#: ........................................................18109.4Pipe Pro Inc; Assess Gar ..............................................................120.75Revtrak; May 2015 R ................................................................. 1146.69Nutrition Fund Total .................................................................49381.36

PHYSICAL PLANT & EQUIPMENT LEVYA Sharkey Demolition Services; Asbestos R ....................................500Apple Inc; Bretford M ...............................................................1799.95Balck Squirrel; Tree Remov............................................................2700Greg Noel’s Nursery & Tree Service Inc; Tree trans ......................2500Johnson County Treasurer; Final Prop ............................................2297Physical Plant & Equipment Levy Fund Total ...........................9796.95

PRESCHOOL TUITION PAYINGAmazon; PicassoTil ...................................................................1635.46Assurant Employee Benefi ts; LTD ................................................19.89Constructive Playthings; Clothing f ............................................. 114.13Dearborn National; Life ................................................................. 11.12Discount School Supply; Teachers L ...........................................1704.6GENERAL FUND; Gross/Frin ..................................................5079.08Lakeshore Learning Materials; Classic bi ..................................2378.48Quill Corporation; Velcro® 3/ .....................................................538.41Revtrak; May 2015 R ...................................................................123.87Walmart Community; Preschool ..................................................334.72Fund Total ................................................................................ 11939.76DISTRICT TOTAL ................................................................869848.31

PUBLIC NOTICE: SOLON COMMUNITY SCHOOL DISTRICT

NOTICE OF BID LETTING CONTRACTORS: NOTICE OF PUBLIC BID

LETTING FOR BID ISSUANCE THREE OF THE SOLON COMMUNITY SCHOOL DISTRICT NEW

SOLON MIDDLE SCHOOL PROJECT AND SOLON HIGH SCHOOL CENTER FOR THE ARTS, SOLON, IOWA AND THE TAKING OF BIDS THEREFORE.

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN: BIDS FOR BID ISSUANCE THREE OF THE SOLON COMMUNI-TY SCHOOL DISTRICT NEW SOLON MIDDLE

SCHOOL AND SOLON HIGH SCHOOL CENTER FOR THE ARTS PROJECT WILL BE ACCEPTED

FOR REVIEW AND CONSIDERATION. Sealed bids for Bid Issuance Three of the Solon Community School District New Solon Middle School and Solon High School Center for the Arts will be received before 2:00 p.m., local time, on June 2, 2015 at the Solon Middle School, 313 South Iowa Street, Solon, IA 52333, – Attention: Sam Miller, Superintendent, Solon Commu-nity School District. Bid security is to be submitted in a separate envelope with the proposal. The Proposals will be publicly opened and read by the Construction Manager at 2:00 p.m. on the 2nd Day of June, 2015 at the District Administrative Offi ces, 301 South Iowa Street, Solon, IA 52333. Neither the District nor its agents will assume liability for the inability of the bidder to submit a bid in

a timely manner. Bids received after the deadline will be rejected. Bidders bear full and complete responsibility for the timely submission of such bid. Separate lump sum proposals for the following Bid Packages shall be submitted on forms supplied as part of the Proposed Contract Documents. Bid Packages are as follows: Bid Package No. 07-1 – Membrane Roofi ng, Metal Panels & Sheet Metal Flashing Bid Package No. 09-5 – Paints & Coatings CONTRACTS: Bids will be received and project constructed under multiple prime contracts as outlined by bid package descriptions listed above. Bids will only be received for the above listed Bid Packages. Bids must be on a lump sum basis. Work at New Solon Middle School and Solon High School Center for the Arts to commence on or before June 18, 2015 and be substantially complete on or before July 15, 2016. DOCUMENT AVAILABILITY: Bid documents will be available for viewing at the Solon District Administrative Offi ces, the Architect/Engineer’s offi ce, the Construction Manager’s offi ce, and at the following locations: Davenport IA: McGraw Hill Construction, 3875 Elmore Avenue

Des Moines IA: Master Builders of Iowa, 221 Park Street Marshalltown IA: Marshalltown Construction Bureau, 709 South Center Norcross GA: Reed Construction Data, 30 Technology Parkway South, Suite 500 Bidders may obtain Bidding Documents for Bid Issuance Three for the New Solon Middle School and Solon High School Center for the Arts Center Project, at the offi ce of the Printer, Rapids Reproductions, Inc., 6015 Huntington Court N.E., Cedar Rapids, Iowa 52402, by calling 319-364-2473 from 8:00 AM until 5:00 PM, Monday through Friday, or through their On-line Plan Room, in accord with the Instructions to Bidders, upon depositing the sum of two hundred fi fty ($250.00) for each set of the Construction Documents. Checks shall be made out to Solon Community School District. The entire deposit will be refunded to bona fi de Bidders upon the return of the Documents, in reusable condition to Rapids Reproductions, Inc. with-in fourteen (14) days after the award of the Project. A separate forty dollar ($40.00) non-refundable check made out to Rapids Reproductions, Inc. must accompany the deposit(s) for each set shipped. Members of Associated Builders and Contractors of Iowa may obtain Bidding Documents by use of the non-cash security method adopted by the ABC of Iowa. Members of

Master Builders of Iowa may obtain Bidding Documents by use of the non-cash security method adopted by the Master Builders of Iowa. Bidders requesting sets through non-cash security method shall include a separate forty dollar ($40.00) non-refundable check made out to Rapids Reproductions, Inc. for each set shipped. BIDDING REQUIREMENTS: Each Bid shall be submitted on the Bid Form provided with the Bidding Documents. Bids shall be addressed and delivered to the District Administrative Offi ces, 301 South Iowa Street, Solon, IA 52333, in sealed envelopes marked with the Project Name, Name and address of Bidder and Bid Package No. All bids shall be sealed and plainly marked. Any alteration of the bid form may be cause for rejection of the bid. Each Bid shall be accompanied by Bid Security in the amount of fi ve percent (5%) of the total bid submitted. Bid Security must be in the form set forth in the Instructions to Bidders and submitted in a separate sealed envelope clearly labeled Bid Security. IOWA STATE SALES TAX: This project is tax exempt. Do Not include Iowa State Sales Tax in any calculation of Bid totals. Contractors and Suppliers will be provided an Iowa sales tax exemption certifi cate for this project. BASIS OF BIDS:

The Bidder shall include all requested Forms and attachments with their submission of the Bid Form; failure to comply may be cause for rejection. The award of contract may be made by the Board of Directors of the Solon Community School District to the lowest responsive, responsible bidder determined on the basis of a combination of the base bid and selected alternates. The right is reserved to reject any and all bids, or any part thereof, and to waive informalities and to enter into such Contract or Contracts as shall be deemed in the best interests of the Solon Community School District. By virtue of statutory authority, a preference will be given to products and provisions grown and coal produced within the State of Iowa, and to Iowa domestic labor. All bids will be governed by applicable provisions in the Iowa Code and Board Policies. A Pre-Bid Meeting is scheduled for Thursday, May 21, 2015 at 3:30 p.m. local time at the Solon High School Library, 600 West 5th Street, Solon, Iowa. Given by order of the Board of Education of the Solon Community School District. Sam Miller Superintendent Solon Community School District

PUBLIC NOTICE: SOLON COMMUNITY SCHOOL DISTRICT

8 SOLON ECONOMIST

MAY 21, 2015SECTION B THE BACK PAGE

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