Arvid Huisman serves as Development and Communications Director for the Salvation Army, Des Moines. He was born in Algona (Kossuth County) and, as a youth, lived near Titonka, Ellsworth, Jewell and Kamrar where his father worked for local farm coops. Prior to joining the Salvation Army in 2007, ...
AMES- It might be easy to assume that young ones are not impacted by tragic events in other parts of the country, but children have a keen sense of radar and pick up on adults' body language, conversations and news media stories. Malisa Rader, a family life program specialist with Iowa State ...
These are trying and difficult days that we live in. We are at war with a relentless and formidable enemy that has no respect for innocent life. His influence goes all the way back to the Garden of Eden when satan deceived Adam and Eve, which brought the world and man under the curse of sin. ...
Q: Why is there a production tax credit for wind energy?A: In 1992, the Energy Policy Act passed by Congress included an amendment I offered to establish a production tax credit for wind energy. The idea was to try to level the playing field with coal-fired and nuclear electricity generation. ...
Iowa is not unique in requiring public notice advertising. The legislatures of every state require such paid advertising in newspapers. And for a very good reason.Historically, the nation's state legislators have determined that it's good public policy to require local government officials to ...
In an age of political-correctness overload, it's down-right hypnotic to hear someone speak without filter or fear. But then again, Temple Grandin has always been a trail-blazer.A designer of livestock handling facilities and a Colorado State University Professor of Animal Science, Grandin ...
As the deadline approaches to what has been called the "fiscal cliff," the outcome is predictable. Tax rates will go up, Government spending will go up, the already 16 trillion dollar debt will go up and both political parties will stand up and proclaim how they each won the political stand ...
(Dennis Lamb retired from the CIA in 2002 after serving 30 years in its Directorate of Operations as a Case Officer and as an Intelligence Analyst. He is a native of Chelsea.)As predicted, Palestinian National Authority (PA) President Mahmoud Abbas won "nonmember observer state" status from the ...
December 7, 2012, marks the 71st anniversary of the attack on Pearl Harbor, the day that does in fact live "in infamy." For on that fateful day in history, America suffered great loss: 3,500 dead or wounded, more than 350 aircraft destroyed and 18 ships sunk or severely damaged.Many dark days ...
Everyone agrees that America's high schools need to do a better job of preparing students to be "college- and career-ready." But the big problem is, how do we get them to do that?One state has just come up with a bold solution - and it could serve as a model for education reform throughout the ...