This is my advice from a fellow STC classmate, (class of '69). Here's What I've Learned! **** HERE IS JOHN'S ADVICE **** 1....First & foremost, BE KIND; Be friendly; say things like; please, thank you, I'm sorry, you look so nice today, you did a great job; I'm so proud of you; ...
There are weekends that leave you exhausted, and then there are weekends that remind you exactly why you do what you do. This past weekend was both. I spent hundreds of miles behind the wheel driving back and forth between college and Tama-Toledo. By the time it was all said and done, I was ...
Well, that was a weekend. Dog hair, sweat, and a parade, nothing but the best. The kid, Johnny, and I have wanted to promote the paper in a local event for over a year, but have been unsuccessful. First, the Stoplight Festival got rained out, then we never got around to getting anything ...
As it always is, the newspaper side of my life was very interesting this week. I learned that I’m not able to differentiate fruits and a few unexpected people read my work in this very column! Last week I published a short preview of what’s to come at the Lincoln Highway Bridge Festival ...
Road construction along with dust, gravel, mud, and dust control were the main topics for discussion in April when Highway 63 from the 96/63 junction to Toledo closed on April 20. The Iowa DOT closed the highway to remove the pavement and replace it with asphalt, while making it a “Super 2 ...
The U.S. National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine has analyzed a broad range of data on greenhouse gas emissions and the effects on U.S. climate that had been gathered by the scientific community. In their report on this analysis, the Academies stated that the evidence for ...
I’ve been sick a lot in my life. A lowered immune system will do that to ya. I’ve learned a thing or two, picked up a tip or trick here and there, and I know how I like to be sick. So, last week, I get really ill. My stomach is hurting like someone shot a cannonball into it. I know I’m ...
Over the last few weeks, some embarrassing memories have come up a few times. Now it’s easy to hold a lot of these scenarios in your heart with a little bit of animosity but quite honestly a lot of these stories are hilarious. What better way to deal with embarrassment than publish it for ...
Hi! John Sheda here and this is probably my last article here in the Tama News. I hope y'all enjoyed reading my old days living in Chelsea. As you know, I'm a '69 graduate, (barely) of STC and will always be a Trojan at heart. Here are just a few of the things "I remember." Just three TV ...
Some of my favorite weeks of the year are the ones when classes finally pause. Last week was one of those rare stretches where I could settle into my own rhythm and spend time in my happy place. From laying low to a three-day track bender, it felt like a week where I actually got things ...