SULLIVAN'S SALVOS
June 7, 2009
Sullivan’s Salvos 6/9/09
Happy Father’s Day to all the dads out there. I lost my own father ten years ago, and I have missed him every day since. Please take some time this week to reach out to the dads in your life.
The summer season of celebrations has begun, and the season continues Friday-Sunday in North Liberty with the annual North Liberty Fun Days celebration. For more info, see: http://www.northlibertyiowa.org/fundays/index.htm.
Johnson County will be part of a very neat project later this month when the 7th annual Project AWARE passes through. AWARE stands for A Watershed Awareness River Expedition, and Project AWARE volunteers canoe down various Iowa Rivers removing trash.
This year, from Saturday, June 20 until Saturday, June 27, Project AWARE volunteers will cover roughly 80 miles of the Cedar River, from Center Point to roughly Muscatine. This includes 2 days in Johnson County.
On Wednesday, June 24, the group will start at Palisades-Kepler State Park near Mount Vernon, and paddle 8.6 miles to Sutliff, where they will camp overnight on land owned by Dan Clark. On Thursday, June 25 the group will paddle paddle 15.4 miles to Cedar Valley Park near Tipton.
Melissa and I are canoeing the 24th, and you are welcome to join in the fun! Canoes are provided, and volunteers can work one day or all week. For more information on volunteering, see http://www.iowadnr.gov/volunteer/aware/index.html
The Cedar River is full of trash, particularly after last year’s floods. We all have an obligation to clean up our environment; this is a great way to do your part locally.
Do you have an interest in the outdoors that you would like to share with others? If so, you may be one of the people the Johnson County Conservation Board is looking for!
Throughout the summer and early fall the Conservation Education Center at Kent Park is open to the public on weekends and holidays from 1-4. The JCCB is currently seeking more volunteers to help staff the CEC.
Volunteers answer questions from the public and ensure that someone is in the CEC to interpret displays and to hand out literature. All volunteers attend a short volunteer orientation to familiarize them with the building, the displays and the answers to commonly asked questions. Volunteers are an integral part of the visitor experience at F.W. Kent Park and their efforts help staff to provide additional educational programs.
If you are interested in joining this great team of volunteers at the CEC, please contact Naturalist Brad Freidhof at (319) 645-1011 or bfreidhof@co.johnson.ia.us.
Good luck to Dave Redlawsk and Aletia Morgan as they leave Iowa City for Rutgers University. Many of you know Aletia, who served admirably on the ICCSD Board of Directors. Her husband Dave is a Political Science professor who served a stint as Chair of the local Democratic Party, and served as a key part of the campaign team that got Dave Loebsack elected to Congress.
It is always sad to see good folks leave Johnson County, but that is the nature of our community. Best wishes, Aletia and Dave!
An invitation from Gary Sanders to the readers of Salvos:
PARTY----SUNDAY, JUNE 14, 1-4 pm, LOWER CITY PARK, SHELTER 6 (by the parking lot)
BRING FOOD/DRINK IF YOU FEEL LIKE IT
(rain date, Sunday June 21, 1-4pm, Upper City Park, Shelter 3)
TO CELEBRATE GETTING MY FIRST SOCIAL SECURITY CHECK ON JUNE 17, AND TO HONOR FRANCES PERKINS, THE DRIVING FORCE IN ESTABLISHING SOCIAL SECURITY IN 1935 (AS FRANKLIN DELANO ROOSEVELT'S SECRETARY OF LABOR)----------
EVERYONE IN IOWA CITY INVITED. REPUBLICANS MUST BRING NOTARIZED STATEMENT THAT THE NEW DEAL SAVED AMERICA.
BRING YOUR OLD WORK PHOTOS--PRIZES AWARDED!!!
SPECIAL(invited) GUEST---KIRSTIN DOWNEY, AUTHOR, "FRANCES PERKINS:THE WOMAN BEHIND THE NEW DEAL"
NO ONE UNDER 40 ALLOWED UNLESS ACCOMPANIED BY A SOCIAL SECURITY RECIPIENT OR BY SPECIAL PERMISSION.
DID YOU KNOW? All road embargoes for 2009 have now been lifted.
Anyone interested in learning more about County government should take a look at the County website-
www.johnson-county.com
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---Rod
posted by Rod Sullivan @ 7:15 AM
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