Queen Terri with Jane McCune, Habitat Honoree The Iowa Valley Habitat for Humanity will hold its annual competition for Mr. and Ms. Iowa Valley Habitat for Humanity from 6 to 8:30 p.m Tuesday at the Clarion Highlander.
While IVHH calls this competition the Hammers and Hardhats Bash, I’m going to refer to it as Of Hammering Hardhats and a Tiara.
IVHH did not spring for a tiara when I won the competition last year, which I am generously overlooking, but given the austere company against whom I will be defending my crown, I have spent an unbelievable amount of money on suitable jewels and will place this lovely tiara upon the head of the newly crowned 2012 Ms. Iowa Valley Habitat for Humanity queen.
Whoever wins the male competition can have the hardhat.
The austere company of which I earlier spoke is of such noble blood, the event is not one to miss.
Competing for the hardhat will be John Bacon, Iowa City’s born and raised City High principal; Tim Dwight, former Iowa City High and Iowa Hawk and NFL jousting expert; Bart Floyd, financier exemplar at Great Western Bank; and Bill Nusser, guardian of many crown jewels at Hands Jewelers.
Competing for the sparkling faux-jeweled tiara will be Catherine Champion, dedicated Iowa City activist and owner of the clothier Catherine’s; Jody Hovland, renown actress and artistic director of Riverside Theater; Nancy Quellhorst, reigning president of the Iowa City Area Chamber of Commerce; and alas, me, the soon-to-be deposed queen.
(This queen hopes the court understands the difference between deposed and disposed …)
In addition to our royal competition, there will be auction items available, all donated to the Habitat home. A list of items to be auctioned can be found at www.iowavalleyhabitat.org. With the holidays implausibly around the corner, you should spend your shopping dollars on these great gifts for a very worthwhile cause.
This year’s Habitat Home is honoring Jackie Blank and Jane McCune, two wise women who defied criticism and naysayers by opening their own real estate company in 1979. At that time, women owners were not commonly in the real estate profession, and these two proved without doubt that the best revenge (against their critics) was success.
Past and present clients, who by sheer numbers could fill a great hall, are encouraged to come and support the passion for home ownership these two women have shown.
Habitat for Humanity has long understood the value of home ownership, and believes every person deserves to have a decent, safe, and affordable place to live. Founded outside of Americus, Ga., in 1942, Clarence and Florence Jordan stopped living an affluent lifestyle and began investing in people.
Side by side with those in need, the Jordans began building homes and fulfilling dreams. Their vision has blossomed into Habitat for Humanity, an international organization that has built more than 500,000 homes that shelter more than 2.5 million people.
Tickets for this fun evening are $40 and can be purchased online atwww.iowavalleyhabitat.org or by calling Heather at 337-8949. The evening will be filled with fun, food and frolic. No matter how humble or magnificent your abode, everyone feels their home is their castle.
Help Habitat help others realize the home ownership dream, and join us Tuesday for what promises to be a worthwhile evening.
And I hope very much that I am allowed to leave with my head still attached. The night will be a once-in-a-lifetime event if I’m not.
