Archive - Sep 2012

SOLON– Solon United Methodist Church will host a football luncheon before the Iowa Hawkeye football game on Saturday, Sept. 8, beginning at 8 a.m. All are welcome.
Proceeds will be going to the Solon Habitat for Humanity project. Please come, enjoy the food, support the Habitat project.

The Solon Community School District is planning a formal dedication of the Spartan Stadium at the home football game against Mount Pleasant on Friday, Sept. 7. The ceremony will include the formal dedication of the press box, named for former Solon coach Ed Hansen, as well as recognition of several businesses, organizations and individual contributors. The ceremony is expected to begin at approximately 7 p.m., prior to the start of the varsity contest.

There were three things that I had to ask myself after Iowa’s opening game against Northern Illinois:
1. Did Iowa look good? I would have to say not really.
2. Can the Hawkeyes get better? Oh yeah…a lot better.
3. Did they win? Barely, 19-18 but a win is a win.
For 57 minutes and 35 seconds, Iowa seemed to be behind the eight ball. They trailed 17-12 but the Hawks’ final drive, aided by a great punt and great defense, finished off the Huskies with Damon Bullock’s 23-yard touchdown with 2:15 left in the game.

Eleanor T. Donohue, 92, of Coralville, and formerly of Cosgrove, died Wednesday, Aug. 29, 2012, at Mercy Hospice in Iowa City.
A Mass of Christian Burial was held Saturday, Sept. 1 at St. Patrick’s Catholic Church with the Very Rev. Rudolph Juarez officiating. Burial was at St. Joseph Cemetery.
In lieu of flowers, memorials may be directed to Iowa City Hospice.
Eleanor was born Oct. 28, 1919, in Cosgrove, the daughter of Edward and Mary Ellen (Murphy) McCabe.

The one-legged chicken my cousin Mike and his spouse Darlene cooked on their grill sums up about how I feel about my relatives in Wisconsin and the dairy state in general.
As I detailed last week, my brother and I drove Mom and Dad to Wittenberg (population 1,177) recently for a quick family reunion over a couple of beers with aunts, uncles and later, a few cousins.
Mike and Dar have interesting stories.