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Posted May 20, 2015in What the?
Posted May 20, 2015in Locker Room
A century in the backroads
There are running events and there are RUNNING events. Booneville Backroads Ultra one is the latter. Not every geek off the street is going to be able to compete in the event this weekend, but those who do are likely to be borderline superheroes. “We wanted to put on a
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Posted May 20, 2015in Joe's Neighborhood
Chasing Route 6 to Cleveland — a graduation gift
Graduation time is always complicated when it comes to picking out gifts for the graduating seniors. For many reasons. But not the least of which is a harsh reminder that you don’t really know what is relevant to the graduating generation. You have aged. Yup, just a little. But I have
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Posted May 20, 2015in Sound Check
Superchief “Trophy Room” Magnetic Eye If you are a fan of good, old-fashioned, hard-driving rock music, and you are not already a fan of Superchief, you need to come to Jesus. The Des Moines five-piece has been churning out quality music for a good while now, but in “Trophy Room,”
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Posted May 20, 2015in News of the Weird
Is this a great country or what?
There’s hardly a more “generic” song in America than “Happy Birthday to You,” but to this day (until a judge renders a decision in a pending case), Warner/Chappel Music is still trying to make big dollars off of the 16-word ditty (15 original words plus a user-supplied 16th). Its original
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Posted May 20, 2015in Food Dude
Breakfast comes to church
The name is a lot to chew — Drake Bakery, Café and Bar. That’s just part of its intentions. It also has a stage and a dance floor, and it’s set in an old Baptist Church. Owner Frank Strub, a member of Forest Evaschevski’s Iowa Hawkeye football teams of the
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Posted May 20, 2015in Civic Skinny
The docket: Des Moines sues over dead trees.
At least 232 trees planted in Des Moines by Frontline Lawn and Landscapes of Pleasant Hill have died, and the company has refused to replace them, the city said last week in a lawsuit filed in Polk County District Court. Two years ago, Frontline won a competitive bid to plant
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Posted May 20, 2015in Your Money
Paid for by taxpayers…
Paid on May 4 Amount: $267 To: Rieman Music Inc. For: Kawaii piano tuning Amount: $1,400 To: Squirrels LLC For: Software upgrade Amount: $219.33 To: Baker & Taylor For: Books Amount: $ 7,279 To: American Fence Co. of Iowa Inc. For: Repairs Amount: $850 To: Contractors Rental Co. For: Rental
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Posted May 20, 2015in Sound Circuit
Just a number
Grandchamp is proof positive that age is not a deal-breaking requirement for a good band. Each of the Grandchamp’s component members — frontman Charlie Cacciatore, bassist Andrew Jones, guitarist Nate Kouri and vibe-man Jack Reardon — is under 19, but they have already managed to take part in both this
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Posted May 20, 2015in Your View
Obama’s economic rescue vs. the Bush catastrophe
The latest April job numbers came in last week and added a respectable 223,000 new jobs driving the unemployment rate, which is down to 5.4 percent, the lowest since March 2008. That current rate is down by half from the peak of 9.9 percent. Under the leadership of President Obama,
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