http://www.axtora.com/homesites/us/iowa/barnes/ Barnes, IA News http://www.axtora.com/homesites/us/iowa/barnes/content/56036ea66db74f1355ee6edd71b03b94.html A proposal to replace the 30yearold HyVee grocery store at 8601 Douglas Ave in Urbandale would mean neighboring businesses would need to relocate http://www.axtora.com/homesites/us/iowa/barnes/content/5cdd1972935ddce640bc209a7606449d.html Dancers converged at CSPS in Cedar Rapids Saturday for Global Dance Fest 2008 The event was the first at the performing arts facility since June's flooding The festival continues through Sunday http://www.axtora.com/homesites/us/iowa/barnes/content/9d50ac063a2926b5550c76f2be038396.html SIOUX CITY The Waterloo Black Hawks busted out of a preseason slump Thursday with a 53 exhibition victory over the Sioux City Musketeers in the United States Hockey League Fall Classic http://www.axtora.com/homesites/us/iowa/barnes/content/6cff108dcab5f0c86b9a7959464b5af7.html Dan Newton will bring his CafAccordion Orchestra to Arts on Grand in downtown Spencer for a special concert at 7:30 pm Saturday Sept 27 CafAccordion Orchestra CAO performs an eclectic mix http://www.axtora.com/homesites/us/iowa/barnes/content/225ad9bcab79778adbd00e7fb45796d9.html A woman accused of trailing her exhusband a carnival worker across the country before stabbing him to death here is set to plead guilty Friday http://www.axtora.com/homesites/us/iowa/barnes/content/dd560545a0661b1b7d3a31fdf7663899.html Connie Dighton has a story to tell as do thousands of other Iowans who endured June's historic floodingGathering those stories has become a mission for organizations aiming to record the history of the floods for future generationsThe Carl and Mary Koehler History Center and area libraries are among groups grappling with the challenge of preserving memories of a flood that displaced more than 5000 families and damaged more than 1000 businesses in Cedar Rapids aloneThe story for Dighton 807 O Ave NW began in the neighborhood where she has lived since she was 9The buildings and the lawn everything was destroyed she said We had two hours before we had to get stuff out of the basement Then they shut all of our power off and told us we had less than an hour to get the rest of our household stuff out It was pretty bad That the flooding is considered historic hasn't been lost on people like Cedar Rapids historian Mark Stoffer HunterIt's important to collect this information while the memories are fresh he said Someone can look at it years from now to get an accurate depiction of what happenedImagine he mused if historians had a complete record from the 1905 Quaker fire or the 1919 Douglas Starch Works explosion in Cedar Rapids Brad Wilson 55 of Springville tells his story of sandbagging efforts to save one of the Cedar Rapids wellsI was living in Des Moines in '93 so I had some experience with what could happen in a big flood he said As the waters were rising I traveled to Coggon in northern Linn County I saw the massive flash flooding that was heading toward Cedar RapidsWhen I got back home I decided to volunteer to sandbag Stories throughout Linn County will be collected by The History Center in a project called Capturing History AliveThe center is working with Coe College to gather about 100 oral histories and8212; audio and perhaps video and8212; to archive in its libraryResearchers 20 years from now can listen to it and know what life was like in those neighborhoods before the floods and what it was like to experience the floods of 2008 project coordinator Beth Miller said A Palo flood victim's story began when her family started moving items up from the basement She left when a mandatory evacuation was ordered but her husband stayed to keep the sump pump runningHe called at 9 o'clock that night saying water was coming over the road and he was leaving she said her voice breaking When we got back to our home the water was five feet higher than they predicted Her story and those of Dighton and Wilson were recorded as part of a project called CR See Our Good StorySteve Groner of Marion owner of Information Security Education started the selffunded effort with Guaranty Bank's Robert Becker They asked libraries to provide recording sitesGroner said the two wanted to promote positive stories that surfaced after the floods Recordings are posted on the project's Web site and will be kept in library archives he saidThe nonprofit StoryCorps could record some stories in Cedar Rapids Groner said but no date is setStoryCorps is involved in an effort with University of Iowa Libraries in Iowa City called Under the Current: Collecting Stories from the FloodKristi Bontrager library public relations coordinator said interviews of 72 people will be done Sept 30 to Oct 11 at the UI Main Library and Iowa City and Coralville librariesInterviews will be distilled into threeminute stories and archived at the UI libraries and Library of Congress Some might be played on National Public Radio http://www.axtora.com/homesites/us/iowa/barnes/content/ecb75feeca41c755fdea7dcf7b404bea.html The Charles City Park and Recreation Board will move forward with riverfront plans despite the announcement that some of the state economic development dollars it had hoped to acquire for the riverfront project have been diverted for flood relief purposes http://www.axtora.com/homesites/us/iowa/barnes/content/702c98c1100fff66610740aeb0ab21fd.html Indianapolis Motor Speedway chairwoman has speedy filly entered in Valley Junction