Community support only adds to Monticello’s success

Posted June 19, 2013 at 8:04 am

Become a Relay for Lifer today

If you’ve ever attended the Jones County Relay for Life you know what a worthwhile event it truly is!

A couple weeks ago I attended my third Relay for Life in Monticello. When I was younger, my family attended the Relay for Life in both Delaware County and Dyersville. Many families make this celebration of life and dedication to loved ones an annual event.

Last week, Express Intern Emily Burds and I attended the wrap-up party for the Jones County Relay for Life. Emily and her family have been supporters of the cause for several years.

With just a handful

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    Gullett has contributed so much to Jones County’s future

    Monticello Express Editorial
    Improvements at Mon Maq Dam and Pictured Rocks Park were all part of the larger Maquoketa River Water Trail project. Central Park Lake Restoration. Eby’s Mill Wildlife Area. Central Park Nature Center improvements. New pond and improvements to the Hale Wildlife Area. Hamilton Tapken Prairie Preserve. The list goes on and on.

    All of these projects would not have been possible without Jones County Conservation Director Larry Gullett.

    Recently, Gullett

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    ‘We dance for life’

    Burds’ Eye View column–Express Intern Emily Burds
    With Relay for Life just around the corner here in Jones County, I have begun to think back on my ongoing history with cancer and its impact on my life.

    This year while attending the University of Iowa, I got the opportunity to fulfill a lifelong dream. I got to dance for 24 hours straight, without sitting down. I got to stand in a ballroom filled with 2,000 other sweaty college students, all laughing and crying simultaneously every minute of every

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    Support Relay for Life

    Monticello Express Editorial
    The Relay for Life of Jones County takes place at the end of the week, Friday, June 7. This is a community (countywide) event sponsored by the American Cancer Society (ACS) “that represents the hope that those lost to cancer will not be forgotten, those fighting the disease will be supported and that one day cancer will be eliminated!”

    With the ACS celebrating 100 years of saving lives, 100 years of progress and 100

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    Monticello: A college kid’s dream?

    Burds’ Eye View column–Express Intern Emily Burds
    To continue my “coming home” theme, I came to the realization today how many of the kids this town sends off, actually come back. Shocker, I know. You’d probably think this is the last place a college kid who has spent the past eight months ‘living it up’ in the real world would want to be. And to be honest, you’d probably be right.

    However, what many people don’t account for is the loyalty that is instilled in us from a

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    Home sweet home, for now

    Burds’ Eye View column–Express Intern Emily Burds
    It has been eight months since I have officially lived in this town and I can tell you, nothing has changed. But that’s just fine with me.

    For those of you who don’t know me, my name is Emily Burds. I am a 2012 graduate of MHS who will be a sophomore this fall at the University of Iowa. And if you still don’t know me, then you probably know my parents. Dennis and the late Jody Burds. “Ahh,” you just

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    Monticello has an interesting past of severe weather

    BABBLING BROOKS column–Express Editor Kim Brooks
    It was noted last week in the local news that May 15 marked a unique milestone in Iowa. That date was a record-breaking 356 days since the State of Iowa had seen or been hit by a tornado.

    The last tornado reported in Iowa was on May 24, 2012, in Fayette County.

    As I’m writing this column, the sky looks quite ominous outside, with threats of severe weather spanning

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