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New life given to old home
The big, white house located on N. Calhoun Street was once the women’s nursing home. My own mother, Deborah Tedrow, known hereabouts as Jim and Bonnie’s eldest daughter, Deborah Keith (WLHS class of ‘68), remembers visiting her great-grandmother there. “She seemed to like it there,” Tedrow said,...
Letter to the Editor | Don’t use my tax dollars to kill raccoons
This year’s raccoon bounty bill, House File 2665, is state-sanctioned, taxpayer-subsidized animal cruelty. The legislation’s goal is to incentivize the trapping, clubbing, and skinning of raccoons. Lawmakers in committees on the bill have said the fur trapping industry is hurting because of low sales. They also say that raccoons are eating too much corn.
‘Thank you, Chris’ — Iowa City mourns death of music programmer
If you’ve ever attended a show at the Englert Theatre, Gabe’s, Trumpet Blossom Cafe, or the James Theatre, you have likely met Chris Wiersema. But you wouldn’t spot him on the stage or even in the program credits. Rather, he was the kind, sharp-witted, and unconditionally welcoming usher who was the first to greet you at the door.
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