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Kenny Bode enjoys a Dr. Pepper at the Porta Westfalica Festival.
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Pastor Bill Groennert, center, gathers with those who organized his retirement party June 8 at Turner Hall. Christ Community Church in Columbia celebrated Groennert’s 40th anniversary of his ordination and his retirement. Following a morning service, family, friends and church members gathered at Turner Hall.
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Hope Christian Church members can add a name to the Prayer Wall.
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Barb Miller, left, and Ingrid Soraghan serve streudel and pretzels at the Sister Cities booth.
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Mayor Kevin Hutchinson grills seven types of sausage at the Kiwanis food stand.
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Shade trees and a cool breeze provide a refreshing atmosphere for Music At Metter.
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Reliable Sanitation’s Tim Scheibe and the City of Columbia’s Jackie Hausmann welcome participants to the Columbia Recycle Event. |
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BHMG Engineer Dave Stephens, left, addresses the Waterloo City Council regarding the town’s recent power outages. Also in attendance are, left to right, IMEA representatives Kevin Wagner, Troy Foder and CEO Ron Earl.
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The rising water of the Mississippi River in Monroe County.
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The rising water of the Mississippi River in Monroe County. |
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The rising water of the Mississippi River in Monroe County. |
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The rising water of the Mississippi River in Monroe County. |
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While spending a day at Daytime Discoveries in Valmeyer, Luke Kilhafner, 5, said he is very proud of his father, Rod, especially on Father’s Day. “I like to help my father. He lets me paint, put screws on the bench and mow the grass. Dad also lets me hold his tools and measure stuff,” said Luke.
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Cooling off in the shade at the Fults Church during the the Monroe County Garden Tour are, left to right, first row, Ken Knobloch, Merrill Prange and Karen Poole; and second row, Arnold Juelfs, Mary Veach, Goldie Juelfs and Sheryl Prange
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The Fults Church garden features a walkway and plenty of seats for taking a break. It is maintained by Merrill and Sheryl Prange. The garden was one of eight locations featured June 14 as part of this year’s Monroe County Garden Tour. The event, which started in 2004, is sponsored by the Master Gardeners at the University of Illinois Extension office in Waterloo.
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Sister Cities of PortaLoo held a "Farewell" brunch at Dreamland Palace June 7 to say "auf Wiedersehen" to Matt Barton and Ben Gummersheimer before they leave for their four-week student exchange trip to Porta Westfalica, Germany.
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Sarah Ulrich and Jade Levendoski, right, sell raffle tickets for the wagon of booze during the SPPS Summer Picnic. |
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Jade Levendoski, Jana Geller, Scott Geller, and Laura Sebastian dress up for Flag Day during the SPPS Picnic.
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Waterloo Mayor Tom Smith spent time in the dunking booth at the SS. Peter and Paul Church Picnic. Among those throwing strikes to plunge him into the water was his grandson, Kyle Everett.
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Work continues on the railroad repairs along the Bottoms.
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Otto Faulbaum, left, enjoys an evening with friends at the Waterloo Muni Band Concert.
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The Waterloo Municipal Band plays free Tuesday concerts at the Courthouse Bandstands. |
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