As you think back over your lifetime, you will probably remember several people, who stand out as being exceptional role models. For me they would include my Mom, my Dad, a math teacher and several pastors. Sometimes you will think of a coach or music teacher or friend. But as I was looking ...
30 Years Ago February 17, 1989 The building which is occupied with Stoner’s Grand Tour Lounge will soon be tore down by S. L. Baumeier to make room for a proposed parking lot. This will be convenient parking area for the new Memorial Building as well as a much needed Main Street ...
It was a go to the store for laundry detergent come home with fabric softener kind of day. And it happened to me. Of course it did. But hey, everyone has bad days. Not a one of us has a corner on that market. And bad days are in the eye of the beholder. I think about this when I’m having a ...
Memorization is something that we don’t do often. As a youngster we memorized our ABC’s, later we memorized sayings such as i before e except after C. Addition and subtraction, multiplication and division. After about 4th grade we no longer had charts on our desk to help us remember AND I ...
30 Years Ago February 10, 1989 A family friend, James Walter Bettis, 18, has been charged with the stabbing death of Cynthia Borton, 39, of Shenandoah, on September 6, 1988. Cynthia Borton is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Vernon Dahms of Gladbrook. February 5-12, 1989, has been designated as ...
We all wake up in the morning - unless we work the night shift. Then we go to bed in the morning and wake in the evening. But despite differing schedules, we all have some sort of beginning to our waking hours each day/night. We all have to wake up. The alternative isn’t pretty. Further, ...
It was a go to the store for laundry detergent come home with fabric softener kind of day. And it happened to me. Of course it did. But hey, everyone has bad days. Not a one of us has a corner on that market. And bad days are in the eye of the beholder. I think about this when I’m having a ...
10 YEARS AGO FEB. 26, 2009 Archbishop Jerome Hamm along with 15 priests and deacons celebrated Mass on Feb. 22 dedication of the new St. Gabriel Catholic Church. Ruth Ann Gooden will celebrate her 80th birthday on March 1. Mildred Witt will celebrate her 100th birthday on March 4. Adam ...
10 YEARS AGO FEB. 19, 2009 Brandon Oettchen, senior 140 lbs. wrestler, qualifies for the State Meet in Des Moines with a 2nd place finish. Maggie Bean and Andrew Davis were married Feb. 14 at the UCC Church in Reinbeck. AGC of Iowa recognized local construction firm PCI with the Brown award ...
We all wake up in the morning - unless we work the night shift. Then we go to bed in the morning and wake in the evening. But despite differing schedules, we all have some sort of beginning to our waking hours each day/night. We all have to wake up. The alternative isn’t pretty. Further, ...