A bowling alley, a restaurant and a bar
Sebastian, the crab from “The Little Mermaid,” summed it up best when he sang how it’s better under the sea. But the famous crustacean probably didn’t know about an Altoona [...]
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Posted March 01, 2017in Belly Up To...
Posted March 01, 2017in People & Pets
Rag Doll… Living in the city
Four cats and Ashley Sholes When Ashley Sholes gets home, she has four furry friends acting as a welcoming committee. “They greet me at the door,” she says. “They follow [...]
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Posted March 01, 2017in Book Review
Book Reviews
‘Encircling’ “Encircling,” by Carl Frode Tiller, is the first book in the Encircling Trilogy. It’s about a man, David, who wakes up and doesn’t remember who he is. He then [...]
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Posted March 01, 2017in At Home With
A tiny house on the prairie
But it’s time to move on Tucked in the countryside of Elkhart a few miles outside of Des Moines and slightly east of Ankeny is a house without a mortgage, [...]
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Posted March 01, 2017in Sound Circuit
Dead Horse Trauma
Wrecked vans, live horses and new “Life” Over the course of a decade, Dead Horse Trauma has built itself into a band that can draw crowds in cities across the [...]
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Posted March 01, 2017in Sound Check, Uncategorized
Sound Check
“Watchlist” Aaron Earl Short Independent During the last two decades, Aaron Earl Short has quietly established himself as a force to be reckoned with in the Iowa roots sound. From [...]
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Posted March 01, 2017in Collections & Hobbies
One man’s treasure
Dumpster diving with Dr. Vote “Do you know everything that’s in here?” That’s the question to John Olsen, a collector of political campaign memorabilia who is widely known as “Dr. [...]
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Posted March 01, 2017in Walks of Life
Posted March 01, 2017in Rants & Reason
Fake news? How about fake scripture for church and state?
With the concerns about “Fake News” and having churches even more active in politics, the Christian religious right risks becoming a contortionist as it accommodates the teachings of its religious [...]
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Posted March 01, 2017in Lunch With...
Kristian Day
Kristian Day is the only Des Moines guy I know who has a page on IMDb (Internet Movie Database, the ultimate Who’s Who of Hollywood). It’s most impressive for someone [...]
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