Take a hike
I love the fall. It’s a great time to take a hike in Central Iowa, even a short one. I was in Minnetonka over the weekend for a celebration of my nephew’s 50th birthday, and some of us spent an hour on...
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Senior health fair
If you’re 50 or older, grab your ear trumpet, and listen up! Des Moines University is holding a Senior Health Fair for those 50 and older. It’s Free Saturday, November 1 8 am until noon Student...
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Senior Health Fair 2
The Senior Health Fair was time well spent today at Des Moines University! I expected as much. I walked away from the Fair with a message that I knew, but it was a message that I have been conveniently...
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Climb Iowa 2009
Climb Iowa at 801 Grand is coming up! Good choice of words, eh? It’s also called 801 Grand Power Climb if you are a little more macho. In either case it is your big chance to climb the 41 floors/85...
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Massage
Doesn’t everyone love a massage? The Mayo Clinic supports massage for relief of stress and pain as well as for promotion of the healing of various medical conditions. You may find a host of massage...
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Iowa Boys Basketball State Tournament 2009
It begins with a youngster and a basketball and it ends with the state tournament. The Iowa Boys Basketball State Tournament is being held March 9-14, 2009 at Wells Fargo Arena (directions). There’s a...
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Billie Jean King, a Champion still championing great cause
Where do you start with a champion like Billie Jean King? Her incredible tennis career? Her decades of fighting for social change and equality? Billie Jean King’s legendary career in sports does seem...
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Free yoga at Gray’s Lake
What could be better? yoga free Gray’s Lake (north side, park by the beach) Saturday mornings from 9 am to 10 am 17 weeks beginning June 6 and running through September 26 a variety of instructors...
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Swimming around Des Moines 2009
Lookin’ for a place to swim? You have lots of choices: indoors; outdoors; chlorinated and not. If you have never heard The Swimming Song, check out this YouTube video with Loudon Wainwright III (who...
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Melissa Stockwell: Inspiration and Heroism
by David Borzo The real meaning of a tragic event is said to be the response, or rebirth that comes from it. A hero is often described as someone who acts instinctively, jumping into risk without...
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