American Hockey League President and CEO Scott Howson has announced a revised start date for the 2020-21 AHL season, as approved by the league’s Board of Governors during its 2020 Annual Meeting held today via conference call. At the recommendation of the AHL’s Return to Play Task Force, the Board of Governors
Read More →The Covid-19 pandemic persists. Be safe. Be considerate. Be compassionate. – John Busbee for The Culture Buzz Quote of the Week “You can’t use up creativity. The more you use, the more you have.” –Maya Angelou Cultural nuggets – “Art of Our Time” benefit art sale attracts regional
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Posted July 27, 2020in Stray Thoughts
Even before coronavirus hit American colleges and universities, even before their budgets imploded because of the pandemic, questions were being asked nationally about how these institutions spend their money. Some high-profile decisions by University of Iowa President Bruce Harreld have put the focus on this issue in our state. The
Read More →Smart buildings innovator Igor today announced Director of Marketing Kim Johnson has been named to LEDs Magazine’s inaugural class of 40 Under 40. A leading trade journal in the lighting industry, LEDs Magazine launched it 40 Under 40 initiative earlier this year to recognize up and coming technology and business
Read More →Cory Harris, Wellmark Blue Cross and Blue Shield’s President and Chief Operating Officer, was named CEO-Elect by Wellmark’s Board of Directors today. Harris will become Wellmark’s Chief Executive Officer effective Jan. 1, 2021, succeeding current Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, John D. Forsyth, who announced his plans to retire at
Read More →At its recent annual summit event, Bank Iowa announced the winners of the family-owned bank’s first-ever Living our Values awards. The awards come on the heels of Bank Iowa’s Q1 2020 company-wide rollout of its purpose, vision and values statements. Each of the award recipients demonstrated behaviors congruent with one
Read More →For the 16th-consecutive year Principal Park will play host to some of the best high school baseball players from across the state of Iowa. From Friday, July 24 through Saturday, August 1, there will be 28 games played that will result in crowning our Iowa High School State Baseball Champions.
Read More →One Iowa student has been named as a National Youth and Young Adult Ambassador by the Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids for demonstrating leadership in fighting tobacco use in her community. This young leader was among 133 youth and young adults from 33 states who participated in the Campaign for Tobacco-Free
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Posted July 21, 2020in Stray Thoughts
The death of Congressman John Lewis last Friday night accomplished what police officers with their billy clubs and white mobs with their fists and pipes never were able to achieve: Silencing his voice. For 60 years, Lewis expressed his opinions — on segregation, on voting rights, on economic inequality —
Read More →The Des Moines Symphony announced today that its Yankee Doodle Pops and Water Works Pops concerts, which had previously been postponed to Labor Day weekend, will be cancelled due to the ongoing COVID-19 health crisis. The cancelled concerts include: · Aretha: A Tribute – Sat Sep 5 · Family Concert:
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