MIHALOPOULOS FAMILY RALLIES AROUND AILING DAD Back when he was younger, there were times when Aziz Longou, an immigrant from Algeria, got so frustrated, he just wanted to quit. But his boss, Bill Mihalopoulos, then the owner of the Best Steak House in Iowa City, would sit Longou down and encourage him to keep going. […]
A HUGE thank you to everyone who was able to come to the party. We had about 200 people come this last weekend. We have a video on it’s way soon for those of you who were not able to come. I am so thankful for all the family and friends who made that day […]
This video was played at Bill’s party this past weekend (thanks Ben for making it:)
With my mother’s help, and even my father’s, I was able to find some old newspaper articles on my dad. Starla Smith, who wrote most of these, did such a wonderful job of really capturing my father in her articles. My parents have very fond memories of her so I decided it was time to […]
Today we found out that my dad has Multiple Myeloma- a cancer of the plasma cells in bone marrow. He started is first radiation treatment today and will do 15 days straight (excluding weekends). I’m new to lots of this, but I’m told the radiation won’t hurt and side-effects are mostly redness of the skin […]
In February my father had complained of some rib pain. Since he had been exercising a bit more than usual, we thought he may have strained a muscle or broke a rib. His pain was not limiting him and he was breathing fine so we waited a bit to see how he did. After a […]
This is Dimitra, announcing a party in honor of my dad Bill Mihalopoulos on Saturday, June 9th. This will be an open house/drop-in style party. My dad is sick, he has cancer. We are still trying to determine the origin of it. We do know that it has spread to his bones. Our main goal […]
Mr. Bill 