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Meeting every Tuesday at noon at the Iowa City Pizza Ranch.

06/17/2026

ZOOM simulcast meeting (for those not able to attend in-person) at IC Pizza Ranch (located at 171 Hwy 1 W) with Sam Helmick, ICPL Community & Access Services Coordinator and the outgoing president of American Library Association, who spoke about “Threats to Library Access”. Sam spoke about the rich history of libraries throughout Iowa and the many services they offer to their communities. The Iowa government (Governor, House & Senate) have been trying for years to dissemble them through restrictive legislation that economically will cripple them, legislation that has civil penalties (including fines and firing of librarians) and by book banning of “age inappropriate” books by age level. She went on to say that it was an Iowan who conceived of the Library Bills of Rights in 1938 that became the foundation for how libraries should be administered. It was later adopted in 1939 as the national standard. Now the government is saying that it is wrong. This effects public libraries, school libraries and interferes with any joint cooperation between these two entities even though there are 8 such joint agreements already in Iowa.

05/29/2026

ZOOM simulcast meeting (for those not able to attend in-person) at IC Pizza Ranch (located at 171 Hwy 1 W) with Bunny Morrison, R.N. (retired from Mercy Hospital) who spoke in-person about the Nurses Honor Guard. Bunny along two other nurses began forming this service organization honoring deceased nurses in Sep 2024 and it now consists of 40 nurses. She told us about the history of the Guard beginning with the Nightengale Tribute started by the Kansas State Nurses Association in 2003. In 2014, the first actual Guard unit was formed. There are now 24 Guard units in Iowa with each covering about a 50–60-mile range. A nurse (both R.N.& L.P.N.) can request the Guard service before death or a family member can arrange it during funeral planning. The 5-10 minute service is provided without cost to the nurse or family. A minimum of 3 nurses if needed to perform the honor rites but usually there are 10 or so in attendance. This honor means so much to the family of the nurse and is very moving to all in attendance

05/20/2026

ZOOM simulcast meeting (for those not able to attend in-person) at IC Pizza Ranch (located at 171 Hwy 1 W) with Jana Michael, Executive Director of Bird House, who spoke in-person about the features and services offered by her not-for-profit hospice home. The End-of-Life Care home has five private rooms. She said their census varies day-to-day from zero to full. It is not intended to be a long-term care facility but rather a place to spend your last several days with all the wildlife that makes it a very peaceful place to be. They provide 24/7 inpatient services for eight different hospice agencies utilizing a private caregiver agency. Medicaid/Medicare pays for the medicine being dispensed but the $450 daily rate is privately paid including long-term health insurance reimbursements to the deceased family. In their 10 years of existence, they have cared for 500 individuals of all ages. Their budget is $1m/year with the Holiday Lights at Coralville Lake generating about $100k of that amount. Friends and families of deceased clients provide meal train services so that current families don’t have to leave to get fast food. Lois Bird made a substantial donation in her husband’s memory to build Bird House.

05/14/2026

ZOOM simulcast meeting (for those not able to attend in-person) at IC Pizza Ranch (located at 171 Hwy 1 W) with Dr. Rick Walton, who spoke in-person about “7 Marathons on 7 Continents: Running the World”. He didn’t start running in marathons until his brother-in-law challenged him to do so in his early 50s. He continued running in them up to his 80s. After his last one he knew that it was time to call it quits. Rick showed slides of the seven marathons and told which was the toughest, easiest, most interesting and most boring. The marathon in Antarctica was conducted on board the ship that brought 87 persons to the event. They were relegated to running on the ship because the seas were too rough to allow them to disembark on Zodiacs for shore.

05/13/2026

Short’s Burgers Eastside Community Night program
for Iowa City Noon Kiwanis club is scheduled on
Wednesday 13 MAY 2026
between 4:00 to 8:00 p.m.

Short’s will make a generous 15% donation
to I.C. Noon Kiwanis based upon total sales.

We encourage you, your family & friends to eat there then.

Short’s Burgers Eastside is located
at 521 Westbury Dr in Iowa City.

04/30/2026

ZOOM simulcast meeting (for those not able to attend in-person) at IC Pizza Ranch (located at 171 Hwy 1 W) with Doris Montag who spoke in-person about “The Chicken & The Egg or How Do Chickens Do It?”. Doris told how egg production has changed over the years from the farm wife with up to 400 chickens living cage-free to the massive confinement centers with thousands of birds. Farm flocks were prone to pecking order of larger birds dominating smaller birds, outdoor diseases, drastic temperature changes both hot & cold and predators. That system had about a 40% mortality rate and low production rates. By switching to indoors with raised floors with cages the mortality rate declined to 5% and resulted in higher production of eggs. She went on to talk about testing eggs in a glass of water to determine their freshness. Then she talked about how the eggs are fertilized. This was definitely a Laugh and Educate program.

04/24/2026

ZOOM simulcast meeting (for those not able to attend in-person) at IC Pizza Ranch (located at 171 Hwy 1 W) for the Briggs Scholarship luncheon honoring seniors from Regina High School including the presentation of a $2,000 scholarship to Joyce Gaglozou. She is enrolling at Kirkwood Community College in the nursing program to become a labor & delivery nurse. This meeting was open to an interclub and several families of the seniors attended via ZOOM.

Joyce Gaglozou receives Briggs Scholarship from Jim Yardley (top)
Elevven of Twelve Regina Seniors Honored (bottom)

04/02/2026

ZOOM simulcast meeting (for those not able to attend in-person) at IC Pizza Ranch (located at 171 Hwy 1 W) with the Threshold Choir. Beth Broman, Ellie Hochstetler, Carol Hulseberg and Heidi Gingerich appeared in-person to tell us about their choir and to sing us a few tunes. The Threshold Choir is over 25 years old and has 200 chapters with over 2,900 members. The Iowa City chapter started in 2019 and has 12-13 members. They sing 3-part acappella harmony. Their songs are original written especially for their choir to be sung for persons on the threshold of death. Usually, they have 3-4 members go to the home, hospital, hospice or nursing home to sing at no charge. Because hearing is one of the last senses to go, they are able to reach out to those who are even semi-conscious. They consider it their privilege to offer this service.

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Iowa City, IA
52240

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12pm - 1pm

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