Oct

31

Happy Halloween

October 31, 2007 | 2 Comments


Oct

25

Weekly Recap

October 25, 2007 | 112 Comments

Yep, it’s a day early.  Here goes…
- It’s Council Chaos! Tyler is in. Gene is out. Mike is in. Saralee might be out. Cory is still serious. I’m still not running. Check the ballot here courtesy of The Voices of Stuart.
- Beggar’s Night has been moved from Wednesday to Tuesday. Thank GOD that’s taken care [...]

Oct

23

What would Chuck do?

October 23, 2007 | 7 Comments

Chuck Norris backs former Arkansas Governor Mike Huckabee for president. This doesn’t mean I back Huckabee, but if Chuck says it’s a good idea…
-Governor Huckabee didn’t lose 110 pounds, they were intimidated away by Chuck Norris.
-The original title of Gov. Huckabee’s book was “Quit Digging Your Grave with a Knife and Fork and Get Your [...]

Oct

19

Weekly Recap

October 19, 2007 | 14 Comments

- Congratulations to the WCV volleyball team for a very successful season. They suffered a tough loss in district play against a good Red Oak team on Tuesday. And congrats to Coach Salazar for being named Conference Coach of the Year.
- The city council election is nearing. Who gets your vote? This guy?
- Is it [...]

Oct

12

Weekly Recap

October 12, 2007 | 2 Comments

- Congrats to Coach Salazar and the WCV Volleyball team for winning the conference championship. Good luck against Red Oak Tuesday night!
- The Mayor hates God. That’s why Beggar’s Night is going to be on a Wednesday. Seriously, isn’t there anything important worth complaining about?
Have a good weekend. I’ll see you later.

Oct

11

Cats win in three to capture conference crown!!

October 11, 2007 | 3 Comments

The Wildcat volleyball team traveled to Guthrie Center last night determined to win the WCAC conference championship outright.  The Cats took the Tigers in 3 games, 25-9, 25-21, 25-22.  In game one the Cats came out like gang busters and got right down to business.  Games two and three were a little tighter and they [...]

Oct

10

He put the ‘jack’ in jack-o-lantern

October 10, 2007 | 2 Comments

The local police arrested Robert Aylor, 59 year old white male, in a pumpkin patch 11:38 p.m. on Friday night.
On Monday, at the County courthouse, Aylor was charged with lewd and lascivious behavior, public indecency, and public intoxication.
The suspect explained that as he was passing a pumpkin patch on his way home from a drinking [...]

Oct

10

More volleyball

October 10, 2007 | 1 Comment

The Cats beat the Earlham Cardinals last night in three games to inch one step closer to the conference crown.  They will travel to Guthrie Center on Thursday night to take on the Tigers and clinch the championship.  If the Cats win, they will have gone undefeated in the conference, 8-0 for the first time [...]

Oct

5

Weekly Recap

October 5, 2007 | 24 Comments

- The Cubs are playing like the lovable losers of old. Can’t they at least win one game in the postseason?
- I attended a charity auction for the Johnny and Romie Orr Memory Center last night at Prairie Meadows in Altoona. I came away with a baseball signed by Andre Dawson and a basketball signed [...]

Oct

3

Conference leaders

October 3, 2007 | 2 Comments

Black out DMC was the theme for the Wildcat vb team’s homecoming game against the Lions from Des Moines Christian, and that’s exactly what they did. Up until tonight, the Cats and the Lions had shared the conference crown together both going 6-0, and it was time for someone to go down, and [...]

Oct

1

Go Cubs

October 1, 2007 | 8 Comments

Is 2007 the year of the Cub? Let’s hope so. Then the Royals can win next year and all will be good in my sports world.
CHICAGO VS. ARIZONA
10/3 WEDNESDAY: Chicago at Arizona
10/4 THURSDAY: Chicago at Arizona
10/6 SATURDAY: Arizona at Chicago
10/7 SUNDAY: Arizona at Chicago, if necessary
10/9 Chicago at Arizona, if necessary