A group of actors from Brickittsville left for Iowa this week to do some Medieval acting in Ames, Iowa.  The crew of thirteen actors were last seen boarding the train in full costume last Monday.  According to inside sources they have left for good.
    Actor Josh Branson on the move to Iowa, "Me thinks this is a noble move on the part of the medieval actors guild.  In return 13 residents of Ames have agreed to move to Brickittsville as a sort of cultural exchange program."

  Six members of The Medieval Actor's Guild in late 1999.

   
     Owner and waiter during daytime hours Monsignor Luis  has one of the finest restaurants in the region.   His acclaimed 3-star Chez Luis serves the best in prime Italian cuisine while offering a relaxing atmosphere for its patrons. 
    When asked about his business, Luis is humble.  "Having a restaurant of this stature, especially in this region, you take the good with the bad.  Oddly enough, there hasn't been anything bad about it.  We are always packed."
    It's open air dining area overlooks 1st Avenue looking
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   "I couldn't see myself doing anything  else,"  Monsignor Luis of his restaurant Chez Luis.

   
     Construction began this week for the new soccer stadium on the west end of town.  While the high school season is just getting under way already on the field construction crews work feverishly to put up the new stands and press boxes.  More on this story next week.

Tomorrow's Forecast:
Mostly cloudy, high in the 50's with a wind out of the NW.
Yesterday:  High 57
                    Low 27
Monthly precipitation:  1.45"