Archive - Jul 30, 2013

SOLON– Jean Stinocher had no clue how to bake a kolache when she first moved to Solon– but if anyone knows a thing about kolaches, they know the Czech pastry is difficult to make just right on the first try.
“The first ones were hockey pucks,” Jean said with a grin. “But I’ve got it mastered and I make pretty damn good ones right now.”
“And pies,” barked her husband, Bob Stinocher, who said he stashes a slice away before others eat the rest. “If you don’t believe it just ask some guys at the Legion.”

SOLON– Students interested in playing seventh and eighth grade football will have equipment handouts on the following dates and times:
Eighth grade, Thursday, Aug. 15, starting at 4 p.m. in the athletic hallway at the middle school.
Seventh grade, Monday, Aug. 19, starting at 4 p.m. in the athletic hallway at the middle school.

Iowa Hawkeye football media day is Thursday, Aug. 8, so it’s time to talk some football.
For the next couple of weeks I’ll be looking at the schedule plus breaking down the offense, defense and special teams.
The schedule has seven homes games and three of the first four at Kinnick Stadium.
The home opener against Northern Illinois could be good look at how the season will go.
The Hawkeyes have won the last 12 opening games. The last time they lost the first game was 2000, Kirk Ferentz’s second year.

Sandra “Sandy” Mulcahey, 64, of Danville, Ill., passed away peacefully at home surrounded by her family and close friend on Saturday, July 27, 2013.

John V. Redlinger, 93, of Solon, formerly of Harper, died Saturday, July 20, 2013, at the Solon Care Center.
John was born July 30, 1919, in Harper, to John and Clara (Sondag) Redlinger. He served in the U.S. Army during World War II. On Oct. 10, 1945, he married Marian Theresa Fritz at St. Joseph’s Catholic Church in East Pleasant Plain.