Mt. Pleasant News

BALTIMORE, MD? Tanner Liechty of Mt. Pleasant, was named to the Dean?s list for academic excellence for the spring 2013 semester at The Johns Hopkins University. To be selected for this honor, a student must earn a grade point average of 3.5 or higher on a 4.0 scale in a program of at least 14 credits with at least 12 graded credits.Tanner Liechty is the son of Todd and Denise Liechty and attended Mt. Pleasant ...

DEAR ABBY: My 22-year-old daughter and her two young children live with me. She doesn't work, which is fine. I don't mind supporting her because I'd rather have the kids see their mom.I spent most of my life as a single mom, working long hours and not seeing my kids. My work has finally paid off, and I'm at a point where, while not rich, I can support my daughter and grandbabies.The problem is the baby daddy. ...

An ordinance adopting rules and regulations for deer hunting in the city limits awaits Mt. Pleasant City Council action tonight.The council, during its regular meeting at 7 p.m. in City Hall, also will host a first reading of a proposed ordinance changing the speed limit on North Gand Avenue.Other tentative agenda items include a pubic hearing on the proposed lot sale on the 400 block of North Broadway and a ...

By BROOKS TAYLOR Mt. Pleasant NewsMt. Pleasant Community schools enlarged its Salem campus Monday night, accepting the donation of a residential lot just west of the Salem Elementary School.James and Roma Dean of Salem, owners of the land, made the donation, which was accepted during the Aug. 12 school board meeting.Mike Wells, Mt. Pleasant Superintendent of Schools, said the donors put no restrictions on ...

The Old Threshers Reunion is in need of more individuals to open their homes for the ?Local in Home Stay Program.?Bev Hamm, coordinator of the program, said her current list of homes already is filled with guests and there is a lot of visitors looking for a room to stay in while attending the Reunion Aug. 29-Sept. 2.Residents willing to opening their home to Old Thresher visitors should contact Hamm at 319-257-3...

Members of the Mt. Pleasant Lions Club hosted a ?Back to School Family Picnic? Tuesday evening in Mt. Pleasant?s Central Park. The picnic was open to all community residents and over 500 people attended the event. In the top photo, Lion Tracy Hudson serves hot dogs. The event also featured a ?bouncy castle,? donated by Mt. Pleasant School District principals. Lion member Dr. Cory Ellerbroek served as the ?keeper ...

Midwest Old Threshers will have its annual briefing meeting tomorrow (Wed.) night at 7:30 p.m. in the performance level of the theatre museum.Threshers officials says this is an important meeting designed to familiarize all groups, churches, organizations and individual participants with guidelines and rules for the 2013 Old Threshers Reunion.Agenda items include set-up days and tent erection schedule, and new ...

By BROOKS TAYLOR Mt. Pleasant NewsA lot of people will be spending a lot of time soon plotting the path of the Mt. Pleasant Community School District for the next five years.Superintendent of Schools Mike Wells, during Monday night?s school board meeting, outlined an ambitious strategic planning program that he hopes to include input from over 120 community residents, parents, faculty members and students.?Th...

There are people who love pets. Currently, I have a pet dog and have had pets most of my life, so I would be in the group labeled pet people. Within the group of pet people, there is a variety of types and styles of pet people. There are the exotic pet people, the one-pet person, the multi-pet people and then there are those that have ?Wow, how many?!?!?!?As I mentioned above, I have a pet. My pet is a six-year-o...

DEAR ABBY: My father-in-law died two weeks ago. The services were beautiful. Many people sent flowers, but one arrangement ? a bouquet of white flowers ? arrived anonymously. I didn?t think much about it, just that someone wanted to express sympathy. Now my mother-in-law has become frantic with concern about the flowers. She sobs over not knowing who sent them and ? we think ? suspects they came from an old or ...

Larrysha Donea Lawrence, 20, Burlington, probation violation ? five years in jail.Thomas Holmes Jr., 52, no known address, probation violation ? five years in jail.Todd Allam Cosby, 29, Burlington, probation violation ? shall submit to inpatient treatment at the Iowa Residential Treatment Center, 365 days at a residential treatment facility.Justin Jay Sallee, 28, Homeless, probation violation ? 14 days in jail ...

Construction crews had a large concrete pour yesterday as they cemented Grand Avenue from south of its intersection with Mapleleaf Drive to the railroad overpass, top photo. Work is also continuing on the walking/biking trail and the sidewalk. The trail is located on the east side of Grand and the sidewalk on the west side of the street.