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 ...
I must say, I have enjoyed this winter so far. I purchased a snowblower two years ago and by my estimates have logged a whopping 6 hours of time on the engine. Actually, I think that may even be stretching the run time. That's great!I know the past few years have not been kind to the ...
Library Centennial Events for FebruaryThe Reinbeck Library continues its 100th year celebration with several February events. On Tuesday Feb 6th at 2:30, veterinarian and author James Kenyon will be Westview Estates to talk about his experiences as well as his book "The Art of Listening to the ...
10 YEARS AGOFEB. 7, 2008"Challenge 100" achieved at Reinbeck Elementary to collect 100 cans of food for the Reinbeck Food Bank. Students collected 235 cans of food.Grundy County Board of Supervisors recently approved four new board members: Jane Hasek, T.J. Johnsrud, Barb Smith & Brenda ...