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By Jeff Pitts 2/3/2021 You know the drill by now. For nearly three decades, CITYVIEW’s Best Of Des Moines Poll has informed central Iowa about its biggest, best, brightest, tastiest, most fabulous, most effective, most fun, most entertaining, most interesting, its fittest and… You get the idea. Being the best at something doesn’t just happen. Rising to the top of the heap is hard work, but once it’s done, you might as well cash in. Being recognized as the Best Of Des Moines has...

When Bill Sulzman, 82, noticed people circling his small cottage carrying tape measures, cameras and clipboards last summer and fall, he knew something was up. He didn’t know then, but he’s since found out, that his home for 32 years, for which he pays nominal rent, was sold in October without his knowledge. That sale and others are part of a plan to liquidate many of Ithaka Land Trust’s roughly two dozen rental properties. Most were built 100 or more years ago and were acquired ...

Advertisement It was 6am on New Year’s Day when the text pinged in from ABC TV. The Prime Minister had changed a word in Australia’s national anthem. As if in sudden, surprised recognition that our country has been populated for more than 60,000 years, we would no longer sing of being “young and free”, but instead, “one and free”. The national anthem doesn’t come from who we are as a nation, says Deborah Cheetham. Credit:Justin McManus “What a way to star...

Former executive director Barb Certa-Werner: 'We went from providing shelter to really changing lives through the services provided.'

The long-vacant Odel''s nightclub on North Avenue is being restored to become home to two nonprofit organizations.

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Catastrophes have always touched people’s live. Even before the common era, disasters were present. The prophet Jeremiah, for example, addressed a disaster in his time in Jeremiah 9:20 New International Version (NIV): “Death has climbed in through our windows and has entered our fortresses; it has removed the children from the streets and the young men from the public squares.” The year 2020 was a very difficult one both locally and internationally. We can immediately reflect on some of t...

Reviewed by Mike Rimmer Back in the 70s, Alwyn Wall made a name for himself as part of the duo Malcolm & Alwyn playing around the coffee bars of Britain. Moving on in the late 70s he teamed up with ace guitarist Norman Barratt to form the Alwyn Wall Band and they even became popular on the west coast of America through tours there. Wall eventually became a Calvary Chapel pastor and has occasionally recorded albums over the years. This set was recorded live at Calvary Chapel in Costa Mesa and st...

She thought by sending the money to them god would help her and her ailing husband. >> i have made billionaires out of those people when i dont even have enough to live on. >> bakker could be sentenced to 120 years in prison and fined over $5 million. >> i would say i feel sad, but encouraged in god. >> tammy bakker said she can best describe her feelings in song. ♪ on christ the solid rock i stand ♪ ♪ all other ground is sinking sand ♪ its not over until its over. s. we were the first i...

Venice is built on marble and solid rock. the problem, though, is when you see these high tides, these especially high tides. today is considered extraordinary. saltwater gets into places where its not really supposed to be. the worry is when it gets into some of the bricks. yes, the water comes up quickly and leaves quickly, but the salt doesnt. so what happens then is it gets in there and makes its way out and deteriorates the rock. so there are serious questions about how much more venice can...