Geez, all of a sudden it is Fall..What's the deal,, the calendar ALMOST says October, and instantly the temperature drops....Can't it wait until late November or something..IF you have not driven past the HUGE new Commercial/Theater/Office/Condo building going UP (6 stories!) at the corner of 5th street and 12th avenue, you should do so. LOTS of guys working, 2 big cranes, tons of trucks, bricklayers, cement pumps....., wait, there is MORE construction on 1st avenue!! Man, what a mess, BUT it is progress. If you have a street in front of your house or business, then you and other suffered thru the mess of construction.. This 1st Ave Project will be nice when done.. until then,,, what a mess...Since I am at the IOWA football games on gameday I have no idea on the traffic challenges on 1st avenue, but to be honest, I have not heard a word..When I was a kid in Coralville, we just walked to the games. MANY times I met up with Ronnie Kron, Steve Seemuth, Danny Lenoch and others, and we just walked to Kinnick Stadium. In the 50s it was just Iowa Stadium... We sometimes sold pop at the games.. I bought a Diet Coke at the Ball State game and I THINK it was $4 or $4.50.. When I sold pop it was .15......!! The change in our nail aprons was sticky, and messy... Oh well, we made anywhere from $5-6-7-$8 or more on a game..
NICE days ahead to get out and drive around Coralville if you have time.. NO, take time, this is a great town and make sure you stop and get a pop or something and enjoy it...The Coralville Drive Inn Theater opened 58 years ago....................................