By CHUCK OFFENBURGER JEFFERSON, Iowa, April 8, 2015 – When jazz saxophone legend Dick Oatts was here in 2006 to receive his hometown’s highest honor, the “Bell Tower of Fame Award,” he stood on the stage, looked at familiar old buildings around the courthouse square, and then smiled. “Maybe we ought to turn one of…
THERE ARE DOZENS OF REASONS TO MOVE HERE NOW — AVAILABLE JOBS, TERRIFIC INCENTIVES. BUT LET’S START WITH THE DONUTS! By CHUCK OFFENBURGER JEFFERSON, Iowa, March 31, 2015 — So, you’ve heard about all the development and progress we have happening in Greene County in west central Iowa – hundreds of new jobs becoming available…
By CHUCK OFFENBURGER SHENANDOAH, Iowa, March 4, 2015 — Howard Johnson, a local business leader who for decades was the personification of community spirit here in our hometown, died February 21 at the age of 82. He was a great friend of all of us in the Offenburger family — in fact we called him “the 8th Offenburger”…
By CHUCK OFFENBURGER JEFFERSON, Iowa, April 18, 2015 — The “Empty Buildings Tour” here on Thursday was outstanding — a real starter-upper for your imagination — and it’ll be held again Saturday from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. You’ve probably heard that development is absolutely popping right now in Jefferson (pop. 4,500) and Greene County,…
By CHUCK OFFENBURGER BOONE, Iowa, April 6, 2015 — Many of you will remember this tradition we Offenburgers have with our good friends Chuck and Ellen Corwin, of Des Moines. On the Wednesday of Holy Week each spring, we meet at the YMCA Camp northwest of here, climb its 150-foot-high Chapel Point, look out over…