Felons for furnishing alcohol California Polytechnic State University at San Luis Obispo has a huge, 350-student “viticulture and enology” program, preparing its majors for an industry critical to the state’s economy (and with a venerable international cachet) — but puritanical state law continues to hobble it. Many in Cal Poly’s
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Posted July 02, 2014in News of the Weird
Posted July 02, 2014in Joe's Neighborhood
A Dutch bar — in three games
The high gloss on the wood shines as the rag wipes the first spill of beer to the side. The movement of the rag continues over the wood, back and forth, polishing, as the young bartender patiently waits. He is almost indolent at this early stage of the evening. Why
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Posted July 02, 2014in Political Mercury
Oxford publishing Carroll native’s major work on Wilson administration
The son and brother of two of the more consequential leaders in the history of Carroll, Iowa, who spent a half century in the upper echelon of American academia with a 30-year teaching tenure at Brown University, will publish a major book on one of the more influential, albeit behind-the-scenes,
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Posted July 02, 2014in Food Dude
Keepers of the fire — Opa’s Deli
Civilization happened when societies determined to keep a public fire burning, so that each home fire could be started without rubbing sticks together. The Hestian devotees of ancient Greece and the vestal virgins of Rome were keepers of such fires, which developed into temples, churches and restaurants. Even before the
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Posted July 02, 2014in Civic Skinny
Beleaguered Blunck sued by his own lawyers. Who backed the winner in GOP’s face-off?
The state of Iowa isn’t the only one having trouble collecting from wealthy architect but careless — if that’s the right word — landlord and businessman Kirk Blunck. His own lawyers have sued him. The Finley law firm went to district court last month saying that from 2006 through 2009
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Posted July 02, 2014in Duffy
Posted July 02, 2014in Sore Thumbs
SONY AT E3 While Nintendo and Microsoft kept the focus squarely on the games at last month’s Electronic Entertainment Expo, Sony elected to dedicate a lengthy portion of their press conference to new PS4 multimedia services, while the crowd of hardcore gaming onlookers let out a collective groan. Beginning this
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Posted July 02, 2014in The Sound
Family life
Family is important to Delta Rae. It’s a concept that permeates the band, in just about every conceivable way. It starts with the fact that the band is built around a core of three siblings: Ian, Eric and Brittany Hölljes. Then there’s the band name, Delta Rae, which is pulled
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Posted July 02, 2014in Cover Story
80/35
Summer is now once again in full swing, and that means it’s time for the Greater Des Moines Music Coalition to rock the downtown corridor with the 80/35 Music Festival. Traditionally, the month surrounding the festival is broken up into three phases: Phase One is the initial lineup announcement. Phase
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A great day for America
Editor’s note: Last Friday, 64 men and women were sworn in as citizens at Jordan House in West Des Moines. Michael Gartner was asked to give some remarks. Here they are. Hello. I am honored to be here with Judge Pratt to welcome you as citizens of the United States.
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