Market Report for October 30, 2015Another year has closed for the Toledo Farmers Market. It was a gorgeous night, a little crisp, but a beautiful night to end the Toledo Farmers Market. Caryn was there with plenty of kettle corn, snack mixes, dehydrated apple slices and jams and jellies. Chuck ...

Cameron McCoy works for Iowa Public Television as a writer, producer and a director.As a special project he is making a documentary about old theatres and opera houses in Iowa.The idea is how do you save these businesses and after you save them how do you help them continue?He figures it will ...

On Wednesday, November 11 is Veteran's Day. We take time to "officially" honor all of our Armed Service Veterans. To you Veterans, we owe a debt of gratitude because you were willing to serve this great country. Not only to serve but to give freely of yourselves on behalf of the United States ...

Market Report for Oct. 30, 2015Another year has closed for the Toledo Farmers Market. It was a gorgeous night, a little crisp, but a beautiful night to end the Toledo Farmers Market. Caryn was there with plenty of kettle corn, snack mixes, dehydrated apple slices and jams and jellies. Chuck and ...

This Saturday, we come to Halloween. A simple holiday in which we try to scare the daylights, (or other stuff) out of you. The scarier the better. I was thinking of going as Donald Trump my self. Deb will be Hillary and we will be going as your next President & Vice President, or ...

A couple of weeks ago, I did a column on "idioms." It went over so well that I decided to stay with letter "I." So today we're talking about idiosyncrasies which according to the dictionary is "a characteristic or mannerism that is particular or unique to an individual." I mentioned this to ...

Market Report for October 16, 2015There are two more weeks of the Toledo Farmers Market. This Toledo Farmers Market was a cool one. There is still plenty to purchase before the season is over. Vernon and Wilma arrived with eggs and more eggs. Caryn was there with her assortment of popcorn, ...

I'm sorry, I made a mistake by telling you you could still buy the package deal for the Fine Arts Series. I didn't read all of my directions about this. You had to buy them by the day of the first concert. Sorry about that!They do have a special option so that you can support the fine arts ...

Next Wednesday, your humble writer of this column will be 64 years old. A 1969 graduate of South Tama. A St. Joseph's in Chelsea of the 8th grade in 1965. All wisdom, knowledge and understanding are now mine. Or should be! To all my fellow '69 classmates--Are we really this old????? Well, ...

If you weren't able to attend our first of the Fine Arts Series on Sunday, Oct. 11 you can still buy the saeries tickets for $35. This is cheaper than buying all three at the window for $12 each.Our next set of preformers are "Clinton Street Vocal Quartet" singing Broadway hits, classical and ...