November 30, 2016 by Brent Antisdel
in Your Neighbors
A real estate purchase agreement is generally a boring, black-and-white, contractually binding document that is typically devoid of holiday cheer. Bill and Sarah Thorn knew that buying a house was serious business. But when the Thorns were prepared to make an offer to buy a Beaverdale home in 2001, they
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November 30, 2016 by Brent Antisdel
in Joe's Neighborhood
“Keep pumping your arms, Joe. Legs up and squeezed together. Shoulder blades on your back. Keep that pelvis on the mat. Belly button in and up. That’s it.” The hard-bodied, diminutive instructor, Monique Weevers, rattles off the technique for a Joseph Pilates sit-up called the “hundred.” We all gamely follow.
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November 30, 2016 by Brent Antisdel
in Center Stage
These days, Des Moines has a showcase area known as the Western Gateway that includes Papajohn Sculpture Park and downtown anchors like Centro restaurant. Yet, 15 years ago much of the area was badly dilapidated. The Masonic Temple was still in renovation, and many locals believed the place should have
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November 30, 2016 by Brent Antisdel
in Lunch With...
Bill Northey is arguably Iowa’s most popular politician. Certainly the margins of victory in his last two re-elections support that. Blue-eyed and outgoing, he retains a boyish enthusiasm as he approaches age 60. The third-term Secretary of Agriculture and Land Stewardship is himself a third-generation Iowa farmer from Spirit Lake.
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November 30, 2016 by Brent Antisdel
in Tech Talk
It’s the most wonderful time of the year… well, except for the whole “finding meaningful gifts thing.” It is a sad truth that some people in our lives who should seemingly be the easiest to buy gifts for are anything but easy. All of the classic gifts of the 1990s
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November 30, 2016 by Brent Antisdel
in People & Pets
Digging a grave for a loved one gives the gravedigger an opportunity to reflect on good times past. Recently, I dug her grave on the edge of our prairie. It was cool, overcast and windy, but ramming the shovel into hard clay brought out beads of sweat. Despite the dreary
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November 30, 2016 by Brent Antisdel
in The Sound
More than three years ago, Joey Jordison wasn’t sure what was wrong with him. He was getting an excruciating tingling in his spine. He would wake up some mornings unable to walk. For his final shows with Slipknot in 2013, he had to be carried to his drum set. In
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November 30, 2016 by Brent Antisdel
in Walks of Life
November 30, 2016 by Brent Antisdel
in Duffy
November 30, 2016 by Brent Antisdel
in At Home With
Aaron and Jackie Abram have the kind of home that your kids — after visiting for a play date — won’t shut up about. “The Abrams have separate women’s and men’s bathrooms!” they’d say. “With a urinal! And we wrote our names on the walls with crayons!” During the summer
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