By CARLA OFFENBURGER COOPER, Iowa, Aug. 20, 2017 — In my continuing “dance” with cancer — adenoid cystic carcinoma — the music is getting louder and the dance moves seem a bit tougher right now. But, hey, I’m still dancing. Bring on the big band. When I last wrote about this, I explained that my…
By CHUCK OFFENBURGER CARROLL, Iowa, August 4, 2017 — Two months and two nights ago, the Storm Lake Whitecaps and the Carroll Merchants faced each other in the opening game of the new Pioneer Collegiate Baseball League right here in front of an overflow crowd of 1,100 fans in historic Merchants Park. Tonight, the same…
IDA GROVE, Iowa, Aug. 2, 2017 — Photographer Don Poggensee has had a busy summer, shooting around the state and beyond, but recently he was at home here in northwest Iowa. So he “spent some time recording the giant swallowtail butterflies as they work over the purple coneflowers” in Moorehead Park, located just west of…
By CARLA OFFENBURGER OXFORD, Ohio, July 17, 2017 — Connections with our grandkids are made different ways, aren’t they? Lindsay Offenburger, 10, and I share a love for reading and our connection appears to be books. I’ve been filling her book shelves since before she could read, and she has a great collection in her…