10 YEARS AGOMARCH 6, 2008Grundy Co. Sheriff Rick Penning seeks re-election.Todd Peterson of PCI, is elected President for 2008 for the Associated General Contractors.Over 100 quilts donated at the 9th annual Cedar Valley Hospice quilt-a-thon.Edna Morrow, 96, died Feb. 25 at Parkview ...
I have written about IWILL before. It is the acronym for Iowa's Water And Land Legacy.I believe it is time to fund the Natural Resources and Outdoor Recreation Trust Fund so that the residents of Grundy County, surrounding counties all of Iowa can reap the benefits this will provide our soil, ...
Children's author Dr. Seuss was born on March 2, 1904, and we are celebrating his birthday on the closest Saturday in March, tomorrow, March 3. Join us from 10:00 to 11:00 for a birthday party with stories, a craft, a birthday cupcake and a reader's theater.Then, all day after that, until ...
10 YEARS AGOFEB . 28, 2008Gale Folkert's yard featured on the cover of a National magazine, Conifer quarterly. They also published an article written by Gale on conifers.Mr. & Mrs. Jeremy Thesing are parents of a daughter born Feb. 12.Brandi Burhann, Dysart & Tom Harmsen, Traer, ...
A few weeks ago, I wrote about how I was enjoying the birds at my bird feeders this winter. Well, I still am. It is amazing to me how during periods of mild weather my feeders need filling far less often.Obviously, they are finding sustenance elsewhere in wild sources of food but they quickly ...
New at the library this week: DVD: Wonder.Fiction: The Taster by V.S. Alexander, Breaking Point by Allison Brennan, The Immortalists by Chloe Benjamin, Refuge Cove by Janet Dailey, The Great Alone by Kristin Hannah (regular and large print), To the Bright Edge of the World by Eowyn Ivey, ...
10 YEARS AGOFEB. 21, 2008Chris Finn wins 3rd place in consolation finals at the state wrestling tournament. He finished his senior year with a 44-1 record and set a new high school record with 123 wins.Mr. & Mrs. Henry Birdsell will celebrate their 50th wedding anniversary on Feb. ...
I find myself more and more often needing to check my used news column file to see if I have written on a subject previously. Granted, I sometimes do write more than one column on a subject and have, on occasion, purposely rerun a few.I performed a search on the used news column file prior to ...
Pictured is Dr. Jim Kenyon, retired veterinarian from Cedar Falls, along with Cathi Burnett from Westview and Janet Slessor from the Reinbeck Library. The library held a book talk by Dr. Kenyon at Westview on Feb. 6. He has written two books, The Art of Listening to the Heart and A Cow for ...
10 YEARS AGOFEB. 14, 2008G-R senior Chris Finn goes to State Wrestling Tournament.Tyler Luethje joins offensive line at South Dakota State.G-R new superintendent starting July 1 is Tim Kuehl.Mr. & Mrs. Cory Hanna are parents of a son born Feb. 6.Mr. & Mrs. Jon Richards are ...