This weeks column is a questionnaire about what you know about Tama County. We will start with Toledo, the county seat.The first thing we will discuss is the Wieting Theatre. What are Mr. and Mrs. Wieting's given first names. How do you spell each of them?What is the name of our hometown young ...
A few years ago, a captain in the United States Army was driving along a very familiar route when he noticed that traffic was backed up at Fort Campbell, Ky., and was moving way too slowly. The Captain was going to be late and he grew more and more impatient.The pace slowed almost to a ...
Market Report for May 19, 2017What a cold rainy, gloomy Friday night this third week of the Toledo Farmers' Market was. The weather didn't stop the six vendors from coming to the Toledo Farmers' Market or the Tama County Cattleman from attending the market.Complements of the State Bank of ...
Graduation is over. The other students will be out soon and ready for vacation!At this time of year it is also time for the Wieting Theatre to run from Thursday through Sunday. This addition will start on Thursday, June 1st with the movie "Guardians of the Galaxy." Remember the doors open at ...
I would like to ask you a question. If a visitor to our area asked you "what is there of interest in your area or what is there to do here?" How would you answer that? Would you have a negative answer "nothing" or would you be enthusiastic and mention things to do and see.Letting people know ...
Some time back a third grade teacher asked a number of questions to her students about their Mothers. Following are some of the questions and the kid's answers.1. How did God make Mothers?-Well, I think he used dirt just like everyone else, except for moms, he used the clean dirt.-He used a lot ...
I might just as well admit it. It's never gonna happen! I've had my chances but have been passed over time and time again. I've been rejected enough times that I can plainly see the handwriting on the wall. IT JUST AIN'T GONNA HAPPEN!For over 25 years now, People Magazine has overlooked me ...
Our next entertainment event coming up at the Wieting is a string group from the University of Iowa. This will take place on Tues., May 16. This is all of the information we have so far. Check on our forms of information such as our web site or this column for further information."See ya at the ...
A couple of weekends ago, we had our kids over for a cook out and pretty soon the photo albums came out. They laughed at our paisley shirts, bell-bottomed pants and basically our overall appearance. My gosh, did we really wear that stuff??? One thing led to another and questions flew right ...
I was going through a photo album and I was looking at old Hoedown photos. I checked the back of the photos and low and behold I had written who they were and the year. This means more youngsters to be added to my previous two lists. They are: Garrett Crain, Lacey Crain, Dillon Dostal, Bryce ...