I would like to say "Thank You" to everyone for their kind words to my family. God bless you.A big thank you to the community for the support of the renovation of the Wieting and the new addition. It has been a long process but it is now finished except for paying off the balance owed.Thank you ...
Marshalltown Community College is here to provide a high quality, success-focused education for all students. We are proud of our diverse student body that represents (among other characteristics) students ranging in age from 16 to 60, including 69 international students, and many students ...
My wife gave live birth three times, and we share the grief with those who've lost a child. Yet, as a child is born, there is the woman's pain of giving birth, yet instant joy with that first cry of the newborn.Few women ever experience a "normal" child being born. With our first child, my wife ...
In 1897, Dr. Philip O'Hanlon, a coroner's assistant on Manhattan's Upper West Side, was asked by his then eight-year-old daughter, Virginia O'Hanlon (18891971), whether Santa Claus really existed. O'Hanlon suggested she write to The Sun, a prominent New York City newspaper at the time, assuring ...
It all started the day after Thanksgiving when a shipment of 75-100 Christmas Trees came to our grocery store for sale to one and all. What an exciting time. The fresh smell of all those pine-fir trees was enough to make a kid of ten or eleven feel as if he's in heaven. It's 1960 and it's ...
I need to make a correction on what is available at the concession stand. You may buy a coupon and receive a small bag of pop corn; small candy and a bottle of pop, Gatorade or a bottle of tea. This is called a concession stand Snack Pack. I called it the wrong thing last week.The punch card ...
The Iowa Board of Regents unanimously approved an agreement Tuesday turning operation and management of the University of Iowa power plant and water treatment plant over to a French business consortium in return for a payment of $1.1 billion to the school. The decision came minutes after the ...
In the song "Frosty the Snowman," what made Frosty come to life?In the Bible, wise men gave gifts to the babe. How many wise men were there?Name the reindeer Santa uses that start with the letter "D."How many reindeer are featured in the poem "T'was the Night Before Christmas?"What well-known ...
We take many things for The gift-givers and receivers!granted. With the early October snow, all I could think of was winterizing the car, cleaning the garage, mowing the lawn one last time, etc. But I didn't think about the beautiful gift of snowjust all the work it generated.What about the ...
Senator, and Democrat presidential candidate, Elizabeth Warren declared recently that her goal if elected is "to be the last American president elected by the Electoral College" and her "second term to be elected by direct vote." The debate is not new to American politics-whether the Electoral ...