The older I get, (gulp), the more I realize the value of gifts that do not cost anything. Take for example, the gift of time. Can we ever spend enough time with those we love and care about greatly? Spending time really doesn't cost anything but its' value is immeasurable. And did you ...
Pete Hegseth says he answers to Trump, the voter plurality, the senators and his lord and savior. Joni Earnst who tied her shoes in Afghanistan, and hence is a combat veteran, is borderline on the whole issue, whether Pete should be Secretary of Defense. The real problem is. “Does Hegseth ...
The Tama County Board of Supervisors are attempting to enter a contract with the Human Resource director, Tammy Wise. At their latest meeting, there was a vague item under HR. This brought several questions from the chairman, Mr. Hilmer, as he had not had time to review the contract and had ...
In my head, I have two pictures of myself. One of the person I am, and one of the person I want to be. And more likely than not, when I make a decision, I am doing so based on the person I want to be. If I didn't do that you wouldn't be reading this right now. So, many months ago, I started ...
As a new Board that will be installed into office January 1, 2025, we would request the current Board to refrain from appointing new members to the zoning board of adjustment to replace Todd Sebesta and Kurt Kelley and any further appointments. Todd resigned in mid-November 2024. Kurt ...
On Nov. 16, 1974, John Sheda and Deborah Veit were married at St. Joseph's Catholic Church in Chelsea. As true in most Chelsea weddings, there was a dance later that evening at the ZBCJ Hall with a good old Polka band playing their hearts out to a town filled with Boheme's. In Chelsea, very ...
Living a double life is something I have become very good at. That statement may come off a bit promiscuous but I promise, a negative connotation isn’t the intent. Being a college student, correspondent, and lawn care technician comes at a price, that price is constant motion. Moving around ...
“It’s like deja vu, all over again.” – Yogi Berra Over the past year, Toledo and Tama County have witnessed a troubling pattern of intolerance, but not from atheists or Satanists who have been unfairly scapegoated. Instead, the real source of this divisiveness has come from a handful ...
Throughout my life, I wouldn't describe myself as a “mommas boy”. Quite frankly we have always butted heads a little more than we needed too. Oh she’s going to hate that I’m writing this but I’ll do it anyway. Over my five day thanksgiving break this year things looked a little bit ...
Let me start by saying that I can take the cold much better than I can take the heat. As my Ma is known for saying, 'You can always put more clothing on, but you can only take so much off.' Okay, so, traditionally my Ma turns on the furnace on November the first. This happens regardless of ...