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Monthly Archives: June 2015

High school graduates: Now in this year 2015 and 50 years fore & aft

By CHUCK OFFENBURGER COOPER, Iowa, June 10, 2015 — When the Shenandoah High School Class of 2015 graduated on Sunday afternoon, May 24, it was a big moment for all 72 of them.  It was a big moment for me, too.  It marked 50 years since I graduated from dear ol’ SHS there in my…

June 29, 2015 in Out in Greene County, Iowa.

Here are the 60 books she read during 2014; same goal for 2015!

By CARLA OFFENBURGER  COOPER, Ia., Feb. 17, 2015 – I didn’t waste any time or rest on my laurels as I could have easily done after having read 60 books in 2014. My goal, as it is every year is 52 books, and in years past it’s been hit or miss, but always really close.…

June 28, 2015 in My View from the Front Porch.

POGGENSEE’S POSTCARDS: Our photographer has been working his own 30-box bluebird trail

IDA GROVE, Iowa, June 22, 2015 — We’re always being surprised by photographer Don Poggensee, who lives here in northwest Iowa.  The latest? He reported this week he “spent some time working on my 30-box bluebird trail,” and you’re going to love the photographs that he’s now sharing with us from that project.  “With the…

June 28, 2015 in Feature Photo.

In Dallas a big reminder about the powerful draw of a public work of art

By CHUCK OFFENBURGER DALLAS, Tex., May 8, 2015 — Put up a nicely-done, large, and original piece of public art; maintain it well, and you’re going to have a major tourist attraction for decades to come. That holds true whether you’re downtown in a 4-plus million population metropolitan area like Dallas, where I visited a week…

June 28, 2015 in OFFENBLOGGER.

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