UPCOMING EVENTS:

February 13 - 10:30 am

LEGISLATIVE COFFEE - Mount Vernon City Hall

LWV 90TH. BIRTHDAY Let’s celebrate!!

CHILI DINNER - First Street Community Building

CAPITOL DAY - A yearly event at the Iowa State Capitol to see government in action. Participants listen, learn and talk with legislators. The briefing session held in the morning brings is an update on the League’s priority legislative issues andthe status of relevant legislation. Knowledgeable Leaguers present information on league’s priorities.Several legislators stop by and provide input.After the briefing that ends at 11:30 AM, LWV members go to the Capitol to lobby and contact theirlegislators.

March 13 - 10:30 am

LEGISLATIVE COFFEE - Lisbon City Hall

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PAST EVENTS: 

 DECEMBER 2009

Tuesday, December 15

 LEGISLATIVE BRIEFING  7:30 p.m. at Jane Carlson’s home

 NOVEMBER 2009

 Tuesday, November 3rd

General Election

LEGISLATIVE BRIEFING

Tuesday, November 17 at 7:30 p.m.

SOLID WASTE REPORT CARD: HOW ARE WE DOING?
First Street Building in Mt Vernon

OCTOBER 2009

Candidates night – Mt Vernon
City Hall – Council Chambers
(Board 6:30 p.m.)

Wednesday, October 21st 7:30 p.m.

Candidates night – Lisbon
City Hall – Council Chambers

11 a.m. – 3 p.m.
Issues Briefing at the Altoona Library
(State Board Meeting 3:15 p.m. -5 p.m.
at the Altoona Library

JULY 2009

July 10:   “Bike and Build” - Affordable Housing Community Forum

7:00 PM at Mt Vernon City Hall

www.bikeandbuild.org

JUNE 2009

JUNE 6  – LWVIA STATE CONVENTION, BRIDGE VIEW CENTER, OTTUMW

MAY 2009 

MAY 12 – ANNUAL MEETING

SPEAKER: MATT HIDLEBAUGH, DIRECTOR AT REM
(MT VERNON HOUSING PROJECT)

APRIL 2009 

APRIL 11 – LEGISLATIVE COFFEE

10:30 a.m. at city Hall, Mount Vernon

MARCH 2009  

MARCH 14 – LEGISLATIVE COFFEE

10:30 a.m. at City Hall, Lisbon

MARCH 24 –SCHOOL SUPERINTENDENTS: CONDITION OF THE SCHOOLS

7:30 p.m. at Hills Bank Community Room, Mount Vernon

 

FEBRUARY 2009

 FEBRUARY 14 – LEGISLATIVE COFFEE

Join us, and    State Sen. Bob Dvorsky, State REP. Nate Willems, Linda Langston, Linn County Supervisor, Neil Rud, Mt Vernon City council, Tom Wieseler, Mt Vernon School Board

 Saturday, Feb 14, 10:30 - Noonat Mt Vernon City Hall - Council Chambers

Co-Sponsored by

The Community Development Group

The League of Women Voters MT Vernon/Lisbon

The Mount Vernon / Lisbon Rotary

 
FEBRUARY 24 – CHILI SUPPER/MENTAL HEALTH Discussion

    Iowa League Mental Health Study Underway

    220 Scobey Road NW - Mt Vernon

    Chili at 6 p.m.; Meeting Following

    Read the Study -- http://www.lwvia.org/

NOVEMBER 2009

OCTOBER 2008

Saturday October 11, 2008 10:00 AM – 2:30 PM

LWVIA Legislative Issues Briefing
Newton Inn, 2000 West 18th Street South, Newton Iowa

Join League members for an informative day learning about LWVIA 2009 lobby priorities for the Iowa Legislature. This year the priorities are: Immigration, sentencing and correction reform, land conservation/flooding and predatory lending.
Reserve the date and make reservations now!
Cost: 10.00 for lunch
Reservations: Reservations are due October 1, to Joan Racki

 Saturday, October 18th

VOTER REGISTRATION

Gary's Grocery, Mount Vernon

 Tuesday, October 21

ELIMINATION OF THE LECTORAL COLLEGE: DIRECT ELECTION OF THE PRESIDENT

Craig Allen

 

SEPTEMBER 2008

 Tuesday, Sept 23rd 7:30 p.m.

 "Health Care for All of Iowa's Kids?"

Mount Vernon Hills Bank--Community Room

Susan Salter, Chair of the State Hawk-I Board, will provide background information as well as address current considerations regarding Hawk-I.

Saturday, September 27th   9 – 10:30 a.m. 
 

MEET OUR DISTRICT CANDIDATES for the Iowa House of Representatives: Emma Nemecek and Nate Willems

Mount Vernon City Hall

 

AUGUST 2008

Tuesday, August 26 at 7:30pm

MEET ALL THE CANDIDATES: Mt Vernon and Lisbon School Board Elections
Lisbon Library/Media Center
Don't miss this opportunity to ask questions of those representing your district, as well as questions about sharing programs, facilities, etc.

Lisbon (two seats): Eric Krob, Travis Jubeck, and Connie Sproston

Mt Vernon (two seats): Ann Stoner and Bob Penn

 

MAY 2008

TUESDAY MAY 13TH ANNUAL MEETING!

THE HARLAN DINING ROOM
CORNELL COLLEGE COMMONS
DINNER: 6:30 P.M. $20.00
PROGRAM: 7:30 P.M.
SCHOLARSHIP WINNERS RECOGNIZED
KEYNOTE SPEAKER – RO FOEGE,
RETIRING FROM THE IOWA HOUSE OF
REPRESENTATIVES AFTER 12 YEARS
OF SERVICE
ANNUAL BUSINESS MEETING: 8:00 P.M.
RSVP BY MAY 7 TO ABBI AT 895-6866 OR
EMAIL This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it

APRIL 2008

SATURDAY, 9TH –LEGISLATIVE COFFEE

10:30 A.M. – NOON in Mount Vernon at Hills Bank.

TUESDAY, 22ND –“EMERGENCY SERVICES”

Panel Presenters: DAN GAINES (MV FIRE CHIEF), DAVE ERBOLDSHEIMER (LISBON FIRE CHIEF), RICK SCOTT (LISBON POLICE CHIEF), MARK WINDER (MV POLICE CHIEF), TERRI DURGIN (LISBON-MT VERNON AMBULANCE), MIKE BUSER (MV EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT), AND BRANDON SIGGINS (LISBON EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT)

7:30 P.M. in Mount Vernon at Hills Bank.

Board Meeting at 6:30

MARCH 2008

SATURDAY, 8TH –LEGISLATIVE COFFEE

10:30 A.M. – NOON in Lisbon at the City Hall

TUESDAY, 25TH – “STATE OF THE SCHOOLS”

WITH LISBON SUPERINTENDENT VINCE SMITH AND
MT VERNON SUPERINTENDENT JEFF SCHWIEBERT 7:30 P.M at the Mount Vernon High School Library

Board Meeting at 6:30

FEBRUARY 2008

10:30 A.M. – NOON in Mount Vernon at Hills Bank.

TUESDAY, 26TH –BOARD MEETING 7:00 P.M.

JANUARY 2008

3RD – CAUCUS!

22ND –FINAL CONSENSUS ON IMMIGRATION

All are welcome; however Members-only Action: 7:00 – 9:00 P.M. atTRUDE ELLIOTT’S HOME: 209 6TH STREET NW IN MV

DECEMBER 2007

11th – LEGISLATIVE BRIEFING

With our State Represetnatives: Sen Bob Dvorsky and Rep Ro Foege; 7:00 p.m. at Abbi’s house: 205 2nd Ave NW in Mt Vernon --Canceled due to Weather

NOVEMBER 2007

6th – GENERAL ELECTION

13th – IMMIGRATION STUDY

Public Invited to this panel discussion The MVL Immigration Study Committee has researched extensive background information for our study. 7:30 p.m. at Hills Bank in Mt. Vernon