Monthly Archives: August 2013

Aug 02

Board of Education punts on school start date

Posted on Friday, August 2, 2013, at 8:12 PM by Jeff

The Iowa Board of Education can’t even agree to have discussions about the creeping earlier start date for the school year. What makes it worse are the quotes from the board members. Sioux City Journal: “I’m personally upset we’re put … Continue reading →

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Aug 02

Man alive

Posted on Friday, August 2, 2013, at 5:22 PM by Jeff

Who needs a proofreader/Iowa map checker? WHO does! Here’s a link from WQAD for the story in question.

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Aug 01

Everybody’s happy, except for that one group

Posted on Thursday, August 1, 2013, at 6:00 PM by Jeff

No, not political at all, just what came to mind with this Yahoo story from last week. A new report released today [7/24] by J.D. Power and Associates finds that guests are more satisfied than they’ve been in seven years … Continue reading →

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Aug 01

August baseball in Iowa

Posted on Thursday, August 1, 2013, at 11:09 AM by Jeff

This late of a state tournament may be unprecedented. I don’t know what caused it — RAGBRAI, the calendar, or a late start — but it has always seemed that the tournament never went into August. Last year the finals … Continue reading →

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