By CHUCK OFFENBURGER CENTERVILLE, Tenn., March 14, 2022 — I’m back in Centerville tonight, staying with my great friends Doug & Molly Bates, on my way home to Iowa after spending the weekend in Atlanta, Ga. Late this afternoon, Doug and I drove out to one of our favorite haunts in his Hickman County, the…
JEFFERSON, Iowa, April 19, 2022 — The Greene County Development Corporation – the economic development agency working for the whole county – will be hosting town hall meetings over the next couple of weeks to introduce its diversity project. The sessions, being held all around the county, are free and the public is encouraged to…
By CHUCK OFFENBURGER HANNIBAL, Mo., March 16, 2022 —Old guys with too many stories can be such a pain when they wind up in the front of the line in a busy convenience store, you know? So, here at Casey’s in Hannibal MO this morning, young Vanessa, looked up and said, “Do you need a…
By CHUCK OFFENBURGER CARTERSVILLE, Ga., March 14, 2022 — Oh what a brunch today in this town northwest of Atlanta! I think it was my first Waffle House stop in about a decade. (We don’t have many, if any, back home in Iowa, do we?) I chanced to be served by supreme saleswoman Betty Reagan,…
By CHUCK OFFENBURGER JEFFERSON, Iowa, Nov. 21, 2021 — The big electronic sign at the entrance to the Greene County Fairgrounds last weekend flashed a happy message in Spanish: “Felicidades, Sr. y Sra. Rodriguez!” It was a salute to the wedding of Jacqui Casas and Edgar Rodriguez and their reception for 250 mostly Latino friends and…