Aug

31

Weekly Recap

August 31, 2007 | 9 Comments

What’s new? I’ll tell you.

-I had a visitor from Maryland a short while back. She enjoyed the races.
-Peg has a new post. Agree with her or not, she’s not afraid to put her thoughts out there.
-Check out what’s new at Ruby’s.

That’s it for this week. Enjoy your Labor Day.

Aug

27

An interesting comment from this morning

August 27, 2007 | 89 Comments

“I have to agree he is terribly overpaid and I have no idea what he does”
If you have no idea what he does how can you say he’s overpaid? Doesn’t that seem a little contradicting? While I don’t necessarily agree or disagree with the writer’s thoughts in the rest of the post, this particular comment [...]

Aug

24

Weekly Recap

August 24, 2007 | 1 Comment

- It’s time to go back to school at West Central Valley. And back to the school debate. And I guess we might as well go back to the Stuart City Council debate too while we’re at it.
- The Cyclone Drive-In got a visit from roadfood.com. Go check it out. And then go get some [...]

Aug

23

Back to school

August 23, 2007 | 4 Comments

Classes started up again today at West Central Valley. Which side of the fence are you on? Are you a parent and couldn’t wait for the kids to be out of the house again? Or are you a student or teacher and really could have used another week or two of vacation? I always enjoyed [...]

Aug

17

Weekly Recap

August 17, 2007 | 31 Comments

- The school debate is still raging on. Are we any closer to a solution? There are some good ideas floating around here and here.
- More and more ethanol plant workers are making their way to town. We should be nice to these guys and take care of them. They’ve taken care of other cities [...]

Aug

10

Weekly Recap

August 10, 2007 | 254 Comments

- How did you do in your American Idol audition? I think Simon and Co. will like my Ice Ice Baby performance.
- Does it seem like there’s a shortage of rentals in town? With all the ethanol guys in town for the next year and a half or so, I think there’s some money to [...]

Aug

6

Staying focused

August 6, 2007 | 58 Comments

I read an interesting comment related to an article in today’s Des Moines Register about a new liquor cabinet in the office of the Iowa Alcoholic Beverages Division. It basically summed up our inability to stay on subject.
Ever see, “Wag the Dog”? Significant to the plot was our tendency to spin (and follow) events off [...]

Aug

3

Weekly Recap

August 3, 2007 | 1 Comment

- Who ya gonna call? Try the Des Moines Iowa Extreme Paranormal Advanced Research Team on Sunday in Urbandale.
- According to some readers, the WCV School Board is in bad shape. Who’s willing to step up and try to fix it? It appears not many. Maybe the board is ok after all.
- My downtown beautification [...]

Aug

2

WCV School Board

August 2, 2007 | 67 Comments

I just noticed in the Stuart Herald this week, after admiring my smiling face, that the deadline for filing a school board nomination is today (Thursday). According to the Herald, only one person has filed so far.
From the tone of the last round of comments I’d have thought everyone was so sick and tired of [...]

Aug

1

4 Poison tickets for sale

August 1, 2007 | 2 Comments

View the ebay auction for my Poison tickets here
View the seating chart here
Section 105
Row 2
Seats 7-10
This Saturday, August 4, Iowa Speedway, Newton, Iowa
Gates Open: 2:30 PM
Vains of Jenna 3:30 PM
Dokken: 4:45 PM
Great White: 6:00 PM
Ratt: 7:30 PM
Poison: 9:00 PM