Five Questions with… Brett Rogers
Five Questions With… is a weekly series on DMweblife highlighting Des Moines area bloggers and their blogs! This edition features Brett Rogers of BeatCanvas, an eclectic blog that showcases the many sides of its talented author!
1. What’s the focus of your blog?
My blog is personal - it’s a playground for me: for my art, sounds, [...]
City wants to make Des Moines streets better for bicyclists
An article in the Friday Register outlines Des Moines’ efforts to become designated as a “Bicycle Friendly Community” by the League of American Bicyclists in 2008.
Generally speaking, a bike- friendly community is one where safety is paramount and where strong encouragement is given to bikers to participate in both commuter and recreational travel… Des Moines [...]
2007 Wells Fargo World Food Festival
Here’s a news release from the Wells Fargo World Food Festival, outlining their needs for participating vendors, entertainers and sponsors.
The 2007 Wells Fargo World Food Festival, on October 5-7, 2007, in downtown Des Moines, will celebrate the rich cultural heritages in the State of Iowa through a wide variety of ethnic foods. The Festival, presented [...]
Animal Rescue League overloaded with out-of-area strays
We adopted our newest dog, Bugs, from the Animal Rescue League (ARL) about four years ago. At that time we were told he had been found wandering in Union County, so they had no information on him. He is a great dog, but we did think it was odd that he had come from so [...]
Broadlawns limb-loss prevention program should target diabetic veterans
Broadlawns Medical Center announced yesterday that it is opening an Amputation Prevention Center to reduce the number of lower limb amputations in the Greater Des Moines area and throughout the state of Iowa. Lee C. Rogers, D.P.M., a leading expert in surgical limb salvage, will head the new specialty center.
The Center will offer both inpatient [...]
Police training gives glimpse of officers’ reality
Reading about Tim’s experience observing the Des Moines SWAT team reminded me of my own “police observance project.”
Back in the early 1990’s, I worked for the City of Des Moines Public Information Office and the Police Department came to me with a challenging project: they wanted to collaborate with the deaf and hard-of-hearing community to [...]
Link Round-Up, July 25
Here are a few more great links to recent posts by Des Moines-area bloggers you won’t want to miss!
WOW!! Some beautiful photos of the Downtown Farmer’s Market over at Around Des Moines - nice job!
Art wants to know if you know how much it costs to run your household? Frankly, I’m too scared to figure [...]
Police department to step up prevention efforts in four neighborhoods
Update July 24: Here is the report from KCCI-TV about the Neighborhood Enforcement Strike Team (NEST) initiative, following the Police Department’s news conference at 9 a.m. Tuesday.
Here’s an interesting item from the KCCI Noon News headlines (via email):
On Tuesday morning, the Des Moines Police Department said it plans to announce a strategy to crack down [...]
Monty Python’s SpamALot
The problem with going to the Civic Center these days is that everything is going to pale in comparison to The Lion King, which we saw last year. Once a show overtakes the boundaries of the stage and expands into the audience, any other show that does happen to be stage-bound is going to feel [...]
What’s your “perfect home”?
Leigha’s back from a challenging (but hopefully memorable?) vacation and put up a neat list of the things that would make up her “perfect home.” How about you - what elements make up the “perfect home” for you, apart from the obvious (people!)? Here are some of mine:
A rambling one-story house with a porch that [...]
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