Posted December 31, 2014in News of the Weird
For her Advanced Placement World History class at Magnolia (Texas) West High School in December, Reagan Hardin constructed an elaborate diorama of a Middle Ages farm — which her dog ate on the night before it was due. Veterinarian Carl Southern performed the necessary scoping-out on Roscoe, extracting the
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Posted December 31, 2014in Your Money
Paid during the month of November Amount: $13,363.21 To: Ahlers Cooney PC For: Various services Amount: $5,759.49 To: CIT Charters For: Transportation Amount: $7,230.48 To: Clive Water Department For: Water Amount: $915.16 To: Continental Clay Company For: Supplies Amount: $616.20 To: Achieve Highpoints For: Professional services
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Posted December 31, 2014in Food Dude
On a recent visit to Lincoln, Nebraska, I stopped at a charming French café in the Indian Village neighborhood. The Normandy specializes in French comfort foods like cassoulet with duck cracklings, rillettes, mussels in saffron sauce and crocque madame. A sign greets patrons inside the door: “All Because Two
Read More →“Should auld acquaintance be forgot, and never brought to mind? Should auld acquaintance be forgot, and auld lang syne?” Robert Burns. The concrete of the parking lot reflected the last rays of the sun as it fell behind the businesses on the other side of the road. A hard reflection in
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Posted December 31, 2014in Cover Story
It was once believed that the media created trends. People thought that “facts are facts” and things were popular because some old white guy who gets paid too much at Hollywood Studios put the suggestion into the media sphere. Well, we are here to tell you that things are
Read More →Peace Love & Stuff “Too Lonesome to Cry” Independent Much like with the Love Songs for Lonely Monsters album last year, there has been a lot of built-up anticipation over Peace Love & Stuff’s debut full-length. Well, the wait is over, and the result is glorious. Lead singer Lavonne
Read More →It is a slow time of the year, thanks to the holidays and the cold weather. As an added bonus, this is the first time since I’ve began writing for Cityview that an issue will drop on the start of a new year. Given that, I thought I’d take a
Read More →As a young girl, I fell in love with the stories by Jim Kjelgaard about the Irish Setter (“Big Red, Irish Red”). I have again fallen in love with a dog story, this time about the Borzoi or Russian wolfhound. Written for the younger reader aged 10 to 14,
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Posted December 31, 2014in Locker Room
Heroes use them. Hunters use them. Hell, even Scottish princesses use them. So why not take a look this year at the increasingly popular sport of archery. “The ISAA Pro-Am started in Des Moines 21 years ago by the Iowa State Archery Association (ISAA), which is affiliated with
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Posted December 31, 2014in Sound Circuit
There is a duality to music. The art form carries with it an ebb and flow that can be felt as surely as the rise and fall of your chest as you breathe. It is a soothing, tranquil rhythm that Conrad Bascom appreciates. “One of my most deep-seeded
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