Events This Week: August 19-25

Back to school, as Iowa City district students return Wednesday. In the Deeth-Steele-Cox home this means our guys are the Big Kids at their respective schools: sixth grade at Horn and eighth grade at Northwest. Double school transition next year.

Back to school week also means the school board election kicks up a notch. Candidate Jim Tate is hosting an event Thursday 5-7 at the Wildwood Smokehouse and Saloon. Donations not required but welcome.

Karla Cook is hosting a pair of listening posts: 4 to 5:30 p.m. Tuesday A at the Coralville Library and 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. Thursday at the Iowa City Public Library. Brian Kirschling has three: From 5:30 to 6:30 p.m. Monday, at the Shimek Ice Cream Social; 6 to 7:30 p.m. Tuesday at the North Liberty Rec Center, and 6 to 8 p.m. Thursday, at Coaches Corner.

Three more justice center forums this week:

Monday, August 19, 2013, 11:30 AM – 1:00 PM
Coralville Public Library
1401 Fifth Street, Coralville
Supervisors Neuzil and Etheredge 

Friday, August 23, 2013, 9:00 – 10:30 AM
Iowa City/Johnson County Senior Center, Assembly Room
28 South Linn Street, Iowa City
Supervisors Rettig and Harney 

Sunday, August 25, 2013, 4:00 – 5:30 PM
Johnson County Administration Building, lower level conference room
913 South Dubuque Street, Iowa City
Supervisors Harney and Sullivan

Friday night Terry Branstad makes a fundraising stop in Solon for Bobby Kaufmann.  Also on hand: State Rep. Guy Vander Linden.


2nd CD Democrats are hosting a day-long workshop in Oskaloosa Saturday.

State labor activists get to see Howard Dean in Des Moines Wednesday.


And look for an Official announcement out of Waterloo soon...