Archive - Nov 2015

November is the month of Thanksgiving. Do you know these bits of interest about it? Here’s something to talk about around the Thanksgiving table!
• What year did the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade begin?
• Which President first proclaimed Thanksgiving as a national holiday?
• A male turkey is called a tom. What is a female turkey called?
• Which country first adopted Thanksgiving as a national holiday?
• What is the name of the skin that hangs from a turkey’s neck?
• True or false: the song “Jingle Bells” was written for Thanksgiving?

SOLON– The Solon American Legion will host a full breakfast fundraiser for the Legion Color Guard Sunday, Nov. 8, from 7 a.m. until 12:30 p.m. at the Legion.
Legion members will serve eggs, bacon, sausage, biscuits and gravy, pancakes, hash browns, coffee and juice.

JOHNSON COUNTY– Mehaffey Bridge is finished.
Officials from Johnson County, representatives of VJ Engineering and Iowa Bridge and Culvert, and members of the public gathered in the rain Wednesday, Oct. 21, to conduct a ribbon cutting ceremony to celebrate the completion of the two-year project.

SOLON– “This is kind of a way to have a job and also keep my life in perspective,” Ray “Bubba” Sorensen II said, taking a break from work on the Solon Freedom Rock. “And be thankful I’m an American.”
Sorensen, 36, of Greenfield, was close to putting the finishing touches on the Solon Freedom Rock, one of 99 planned for the state of Iowa.
Solon’s rock, representing Johnson County, is No. 38.

Media day for the Iowa men’s basketball team was Oct. 7.
The Hawks have four seniors with talent and leadership.
They also have junior Peter Jok, sophomore Dominique Uhl, plus six newcomers with a lot of ability.
Will that be enough for Iowa to win 20-plus games again and make it to the Big Dance for the third year in a row?
I like their chances.
You start out with the four seniors who have won 67 games in the last three years, while going to the NCAA tournament the last two.