* Friday, Jan. 2:

MASON CITY — The widow of a bicylist killed in a collision with a truck in July is suing the truck’s driver and owner.

MASON CITY — The widow of a bicylist killed in a collision with a truck in July is suing the truck’s driver and owner.

"West Side Story" will be shown at 1 p.m. Jan. 9 at La Grange Public Library, 10 W. Cossitt Ave. This film features Natalie Wood, Richard Beymer, Russ Tamblyn, Rita Moreno and George Chakiris.

Darwinist Carl Zimmer, who maintains a blog over at the Discover Magazine website recently posted this little diatribe on irreducible complexity. Oh No! I’ve Seen the Impossible! My Eyes! Ah, the things you learn from creationists… If you’ve ever read about intelligent design (a k a “the progeny of creationism”), you’ve probably encountered their favorite buzz words, “irreducible complexity.” If you take a piece out of a complex biological system (like the cascade of blood-clotting proteins