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Five Coralville mayors stand together in the 1876 Schoolhouse. From left to right: Dick Myers, Mike Kattchee, Al Axeen, Jim Fausett, and John Lundell, who was serving his mayoral term at the time of the photograph.

Five Coralville mayors pose for a selfie at the 1876 Schoolhouse. From left to right, Dick Myers, Mike Kattchee, Al Axeen, who is taking the selfie, John Lundell, and Jim Fausett.

Mayor Michael Kattchee sits at his desk in the new city hall building. Dressed in a suit and tie, he leans back in his chair while focusing to the left side of the frame. Mayor Kattchee served on the Coralville City Council off and on starting in…

Mayor Michael Kattchee and members of the City Council sit in session. The council chamber was a new feature that came with the 1974 City Hall (Walch, p. 67) and Coralville citizens fill the floor to observe proceedings.

Mayor Katchee sits in the…

Mayor Kattchee, the Grand Marshall of the first July 4th Parade, waves from the back of a car.

Margaret Morgan (left) and Annie Glenn (right), wife of then-senator John Glenn, shake hands in front of the newly dedicated Johnson County Heritage Museum. Mayor Kattchee stands behind them.

Mayor Kattchee rides in the back of a car as part of the 1984 Coralville Fourth of July parade. A sign on the side of the car identifies him as the Master of Ceremonies.

Mayor Mike Kattchee and his wife Dolores pose while sitting on the back of a red Firebird during the Fourth of July parade.

Coralville Mayor Kattchee waves a hat in one hand and an American flag in the other from the back of a 1975 Buick.

Mayor Kattchee waves an American flag out the window of a city truck.

Mayor Alvin Green, wearing a coat, stands next to a snow-covered hose cart. The two-wheeled cart had 1,000 feet of hose, and could be hitched onto a car or pulled by hand according to George Prehoda, Coralville's first fire chief. Rex Brandstatter…

Governor Chet Culver shakes the hand of city councilor Tom Gill at a groundbreaking ceremony for the First Avenue Corridor Recovery and Protection project funded by I-Jobs, a major flood-recovery project after the flood in 2008. Mayor Jim Fausett…

Mayor Jim Fausett stands near center as a line of city council members and city residents use golden shovels to dig at the ground breaking ceremony for the Coralville Center of the Performing Arts. The ceremony took place in the fall of 2010; the…

Cyclist Lance Armstrong stands on a stage with Mayor Jim Fausett and Kirk Ferentz, the University of Iowa Head Footcall Coach. Fausett and Armstrong stand with their backs to the podium and crowd of RAGBRAI cyclists.

Armstrong spoke to the crowd…

In 2009, Coralville, Iowa City, and North Liberty became one of the six finalists selected to join Iowa's Great Places program. The program, which was put on by the Iowa Department of Cultural Affairs and in its fifth year in 2009, encouraged…

Mayor Jim Fausett and President George W. Bush shake hands amidst a crowd of people. The United States president visited Coralville, Iowa City, and Cedar Rapids with FEMA representatives and Governor Chet Culver to survey damages caused by the 2008…

The ribbon cutting ceremony of the new GEICO (Government Employee Insurance Company) was attended by Warren Buffet (second to the left), Mayor Jim Fausett, and Governor Terry Branstad (second to the right) (Walch, p. 37). All three men hold onto…

Mayor Jim Fausett holds the reins of a team of horses during the annual 4thFest parade through Coralville. American flags and city residents line 8th Street for the celebration (Walch, p. 119).

A photograph of Harold D. Paschal, the Grand Master of the masonic Clarksville Lodge 668 of Coralville, and Mayor Michael Kattchee stand next to the public library cornerstone. The symbolic laying of the cornerstone ceremony was attended by about 75…