Can you believe the magic of the Internet? Here I am some eight to ten thousand miles away from you, (ha, you can't get rid of me), and with a push of the "Send" button, I am right in the Living Room with you. Well, kinda anyway.I left on Sunday, Nov. 25 and about 34 hours later, I arrived at ...
"Tis the season to be jolly."How about being happy and singing or humming to the Christmas concert music on Sunday, Dec. 8 at 2 p.m. or 4 p.m. at the Wieting?At this time 45 singers from this area will sing a concert called "Bethlehem Morning."The performers are Grace Community Singers and they ...
If I close my eyes, and think real hard, I can almost hear grandpa singing one of his cowboy songs. I imagine it to be "Home on the Range." Grandpa was a wonderful singer, and could regale you with the harmonica, or "mouth harp" for the lead in, and then break into wonderful song.Grandpa was ...
This coming Sunday, I'm leaving for Tanzania, East Africa, for a two week Mission Trip. This will be my fourth time going there and after my first trip there in 2006, I returned a very changed man. Many felt I needed to be changed!! I changed in several ways but the most pronounced change came ...
"If I had a box just for wishesAnd dreams that had never come trueThe box would be emptyExcept for the memoryOf how they were answered by you"-From "Time in a Bottle" by the late crooner Jim CrocheThis is the time of year we are supposed to be thankful. We give thanks for those events in our ...
If you were born before November 22, 1963, you most certainly remember where you were, what you were thinking and wondering what the future might hold. Somewhere around 1 PM the news was breaking out across the nation and the world; President John F. Kennedy has been shot. What did this mean? ...
It looks like November is going to be a busy month at the Wieting.On Saturday, Nov. 23 at 7 p.m. at the Reinig Center we will have our annual "Trivia Night" fundraiser. Do you have your table reserved, team lined up, and name for your team? If not, remember there is a cut-off time to reserve ...
It was February 26, 1983. I had been living in SW Florida for almost 2 years.I grew up an Iowa boy. I read the Des Moines Register most every morning. I couldn't wait to read Donald Kaul's Over the Coffee. When I was a kid, I wanted to be a columnist, just like Kaul.Before I even opened the ...
Sometime back, I wrote a column about my position on Pro-Life and it really struck a chord. I probably received some 15-20 emails and/or phone calls, all agreeing with the sanctity of life, from conception to the grave. Every comment was directly aimed at the horror of murder, I mean, ...
Our next two events are back to back.On Saturday, Nov. 23 we will sponsor our annual "Trivia Night." Each table rents for $80. You may have up to 8 people on your team. Tables may be reserved right now. Call Barb Jordan at 641-485-6091. Doors open at 6:30 and the event starts at 7 p.m. This is ...