Man is the wind blowing today!! Whew! Tuesday and Wednesday I hear..Nothing we can't cope with.. I can cope with wind easier than a Hawkeye football loss..Not good. I remember when organized football came to Coralville. Fall of 1961. 7, 8 and 9th grades. We Coralville kids only knew sandlot football. We knew only the rules that a Dad told us about, etc. We were greenhorns, but we were hungry for learning...OH, wait, calisentics?, pushups, run, hit each other..??...More later on this.
I will be at Boy Scout Toop 207 this week for their big Court of Honor. Several Scouts will be receiving merit badges, advancement awards/recognition, AND it is Alumni Nite!! That's me! I sure enjoyed every minute, every outing, every meeting as a Scout in Troop 207. Same old troop, and they still meet at Coralville Elementary. (now Coralville Central) Lots of good fun, a lot of good guys from Scouting..Great family program..50% of the leaders in the Boy Scouts of America are women.
More later!
Wednesday, October 27, 2010
Tuesday, October 12, 2010
October already?
Geez,, what happened to September..??....When I was a young brain surgeon growing up in Coralville, the summers went so FAST, and the school year went slow...NOW that I am a grown up/adult brain surgeon,, ALL months go fast, EXCEPT Jan, Feb, and March.That is because GOD is of the mistaken opinion that most of us LIKE cold, wind, drifts, etc...wrong..
I suggest that you get out of the house and drive down to the Coralville Mariott. ( I love saying and typing those 2 words) Check out all the 'sitework' going on. This is the new home of the Univ of Iowa's new hospital/clinic, AND a new parking ramp as owned/built by the City of Coralville. PLUS you can see some of the earth berm over by the I-80 bridge for flood control. LOTS of scrapers, dump trucks, 'action'.....While you are out, drive down 1st ave and then on to 12th avenue and 5th street to see the new Coralville Center for the Performing Arts (that is so wierd to say that) and commercial/condo/office/retail center.. HUGE!! Skyscraper! A real downtown is being built before our eyes. A town so on the move yet we still are small enough to have Mayor's Cleanup Week.. I like it.
Don't forget that this little town is FULL of great people. We have lots of friendly folks who like living here. Whenever the town needs volunteers all kinds of people show up. Great enthusiasm. Hey, let's all get started on plans to do special floats or entries for the 2011 July 4th parade. Let's really do it BIG. Get the neighborhood to do something, march, decorate the neighbor's pickup, throw the kids in and drive IN the parade!!
I am working with a group that is doing just that!! FUN stuff!
Long as I am expounding, why don't you stop in to Burger King, or Iowa River Power/Flanagan's and spend a little $. The traffic can't be conducive to good business.. I will buy you a beer at Flanagan's when you see me THERE and tell me you read this blog!
I suggest that you get out of the house and drive down to the Coralville Mariott. ( I love saying and typing those 2 words) Check out all the 'sitework' going on. This is the new home of the Univ of Iowa's new hospital/clinic, AND a new parking ramp as owned/built by the City of Coralville. PLUS you can see some of the earth berm over by the I-80 bridge for flood control. LOTS of scrapers, dump trucks, 'action'.....While you are out, drive down 1st ave and then on to 12th avenue and 5th street to see the new Coralville Center for the Performing Arts (that is so wierd to say that) and commercial/condo/office/retail center.. HUGE!! Skyscraper! A real downtown is being built before our eyes. A town so on the move yet we still are small enough to have Mayor's Cleanup Week.. I like it.
Don't forget that this little town is FULL of great people. We have lots of friendly folks who like living here. Whenever the town needs volunteers all kinds of people show up. Great enthusiasm. Hey, let's all get started on plans to do special floats or entries for the 2011 July 4th parade. Let's really do it BIG. Get the neighborhood to do something, march, decorate the neighbor's pickup, throw the kids in and drive IN the parade!!
I am working with a group that is doing just that!! FUN stuff!
Long as I am expounding, why don't you stop in to Burger King, or Iowa River Power/Flanagan's and spend a little $. The traffic can't be conducive to good business.. I will buy you a beer at Flanagan's when you see me THERE and tell me you read this blog!
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