Our Town

We live in Rowley Iowa. It is what we consider a small town with less than 300 residents. We dont actually live in town but 2 miles outside of town on our small acreage. Some of the businesses in Rowley include an excellent meat locker (Marks Locker), two hair salons, a small animal trapping service, a bar/grill (with great food at an excellent price), auto repair service, a John Deere dealer, a Co-op and a bank. There is also a post office that was briefly closed when there was a mold problem...thankfully now it is back open. At one time there was a railroad, grocery stores, a lumber yard, a hotel, a hardware store, implement dealers, service stations, a creamery, a bank, a public school, and a dentist. The railroad is no longer in existence and the tracks have been removed. There was a public school located in Rowley, a beautiful old school that was built in 1916. Unfortunately the school board voted to close the school and tear it down. Our son was lucky enough to attend South Elementary for Kindergarten, a great small school where there was one of each grade, a wonderful place to learn! The school met the fate of the wrecking ball on November 6, 2006. It was a sad day for our family and the rest of the town. Fluffy, one of our rabbits had babies this morning. There were 2 dead at the front of the nest box which was sad...Im not sure how many are in her nest. I didnt want to disturb them too much so will let my husband do the count later. I also saw a very nice looking buck cross the road today. Bow hunting season opened yesterday plus the rut will be starting here soon. Our neighbor has a very nice wooded area and was nice enough to let my husband put up a tree stand, so hopefully we will be able to put a deer in the freezer too!