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W]llowwlnd School Open House younger students, thematic stud- Flrefighters C.harlmble Foundation
Willowwind School will be The school emphasizes both ies, service projects, and full-scale m,lr,-,e € flflfl ,n ,rant,= veoilhlo in
hosting its annual open house on academic achievement and corn- artistic productions. Willowwind alaa.Lt.o ,,,.,.,, === =.. .... ..--,==,u=.. i.,.
Sunday, April 6 from l-3:00 p.m. munity. It offers a rich curriculum is well known for its puppet pro- Iowa's volunteer fire dannrtrnont
at 226 S. Johnson St. m Iowa City. of basic skills, science, history, ducuons and operas and frequent -
All are invited to come and talk geography, French, Latin, music, musical performances in the Iowa
with teachers and parents and tour and art. The 50 students, ages 5- City area. Foundation (FCF) announced Westerly, RI 02891, or they can
our school, located in a 19th cen-
tury historic building near down-
town Iowa City. Now in its 31st
year, Willowwind has dedicated
itself to bringing out the best in
each child.
14, work in mixed-age groups and
stay with the same teacher for sev-
eral years, allowing teachers to
know their students well and to
individualize instruction.
The family-style environment
Enrollments are primarily first
come, first served. Applications
are now being accepted for next
year and through the 2006-2007
school year.
Johnson County auditor releases audit report
The Johnson County Auditor
today announced the release of an
audit report on Johnson County, Iowa.
EideBailly, LLP, conducted their
audit of the general purpose financial
statements in accordance with gener-
ally accepted auditing standards;
Chapter 11 of the Code of Iowa; and
the standards applicable to financial
audits contained in Government
Auditing Standards, issued by the
Comptroller General of the United
States.
The Independent Auditot:'s Report
contained an unqualified opinion on
the general purpose financial state-
ments,.the highest opinion available
from an audit.
EideBaiily, LLP, also audited the
compliance of the County with
requirements applicable to each of its
major federal programs for the year
ended June 30, 2002. The
Independent Auditor's Report con-
tained an unqualified opinion on com-
pliance with requirements applicable
to each of its major federal programs.
EideBailly, LLP reported that the
County collected local tax revenue of
$114,(101,244 for the year ended June
30, 2002, which included $3,183,942
in tax credits from the state. The
County forwarded $91,502,771 of the
local tax revenue to the townships,
school districts, cities, and other taxing
bodies in the County.
The County retained $22,498,473
of the local tax revenue to finance
County Operations. Other revenues
included $709,233 in interest on
invesmaents.
Expenditures for County opera-
tions totaled $42,229,668, a 5.4 per-
cent increase from the prior year.
Expenditures included $9,153,902 for
the Mental Health service area,
$8,826,703 for the Public Safety serv-
ice area, and $5,395,074 for the Roads
and Transportation service area.
A copy of the audit report is avail-
able for review in the office of
EideBailly, LLP and the County
Auditor's office.
the availability of ten individual
$500 grants (one per depart-
ment) to Iowa-based volunteer
fire departments to be used for
new equipment, repairs and
maintenance, training or com-
munity-based outreach pro-
grams,
"Volunteer firefighters are the
unsung heroes," said Lou Pelico,
president of FCF and retired fire-
fighter-paramedic. "They pro-
vide life saving services to com-
munities that can't afford full
time paid fire departments,
where funding isn't always avail-
able for equipment, training and
visit our Web site at ]!
www.ffcf.org. Grants are issued
on a first come --first serve
basis. Chiefs are asked to
describe the specifics on how the
funds are to be spent.
The. organization
assistance in the form of
gency funds, temporary livin
expenses, specialized meq
equipment, supplies and
worthwhile charitable
outreach programs."
Volunteer fire department
chiefs are asked to send letters
requesting grants for any of the
above listed purposes to:
Firefighters Charitable
es.
Firefighters Charitable
Foundation is a 501 (c)3 charita=
ble organization founded by
President, Lou Pelico. The
organization is not affiliated with
a union and does not represent
individual firefighters or their Re
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