This is America. Land of the free. Home of the brave. But apparently for a few that also seems to mean free to and brave enough to disregard “NO Snowmobiles” signs posted on the Pioneer Trail. How time flies. It has been five years since I wrote a column on the illegal use of snowmobiles ...
Before we were married, my husband had a roommate from Africa – Sierra Leone to be exact. And this roommate introduced him to a dish called peanut butter stew. It’s made with an unlikely, but sumptuous culinary trio: chicken, peanut butter and a mix of hot spices called African spice. ...
30 yrs. ago Feb. 16, 1990 Craig (Ernie) Jensen was hired as the new part-time maintenance man at Garwin. Randy Beichley, Gladbrook, will be the Iowa Jaycees’ representative to the United States Jaycees 34th National Outstanding Young Farmer Awards Congress Feb. 22-25 in Eau Claire, ...
“I have not stopped giving thanks for you, remembering you in my prayers.” Ephesians 1:16 Like many of you I have committed to down-sizing this year. Too much stuff that gets in the way of being creative and productive at times. I have three boxes in our living room. Each box is labeled ...
Week two of the session is complete and work is well underway. All the pomp and circumstance of the first week is behind us and we are focused on the hard work of moving our bills through committee. One of the first budget issues we will act on is the Supplemental State Aid for K-12 Public ...
Well a few years ago, April 2015 to be exact, I related a sad story involving my white homing pigeons. I had opened the door to the loft to see all of my snow-white homing pigeons dead on the floor. Heads missing or throats bloodied. I describe enough details here so as to show that I ...
Something about a new year (or decade) gets me focused on the English language. I’m not sure why. Normal people focus on indoor exercise and weight loss during the winter months. I think about words and the heaviness they can cause when used in a redundant manner. Heavy phrases are like ...
As some of you who have been reading my articles for years know, my interest in astronomy began when my mom got me a telescope for my birthday when I was around 9 years old. I was hooked when I caught a glimpse of Saturn through that little scope. Unfortunately, besides the Moon, which was ...
30 yrs. ago Feb. 9, 1990 Albert Cecil West, 77, longtime newspaper publisher of Gladbrook died Friday, February 2 of congestive heart failure. Born October 17, 1912, in Coon Rapids, Iowa he was the son of Thomas and Blanch Stanley West. In 1935 he moved to Gladbrook and purchased the ...
Just checking in. Did you make any New Year’s resolutions? Have you given up on them yet or are you still going strong? Did any of you make a resolution to work on your relationship with God? Even if you didn’t, a relationship with God is always within our reach. He always welcomes us with ...