Obituaries

Lurking in the back of my mind ? niggling at my conscious thought ? is a slogan developed by the Ford Motor Company in the late-1960s. ?Ford has a better idea.?The slogan was coupled with a visual image of a bright light bulb, which signified inspiration. People, seemingly, were swayed by the slogan, persuaded by the image of the light bulb and, literally, bought Ford automobiles ? lots of Ford automobiles. Ford ...

Feb. 20 was the 50th anniversary of the first appearance of the ?Mister Rogers' Neighborhood? TV show. Mr. Rogers often talked about love, kindness, acceptance, inner strength and being creative. Many of us watched his show with our kids, always learning something each day.We don't hear much, if any, of this on TV recently. I for one, feel we need more of this type of programming for our kids and grandkids to ...

With the NCAA tournament officially underway and ?March Madness? sweeping across America, I thought it would be a good time to let you readers in on a little madness I endured last week.On Tuesday, March 6, I spent an hour and a half aimlessly walking around Des Moines trying to find my car.How did I get myself in this predicament? I asked myself that same question about 900 times over that 90 minute period.Fir...

Ginnie and I may be entering our second childhood. We actually went out after dark three nights in a row. Can you believe it?The first night, a Thursday, we went to a stand-up comedy act in Wapello. I read a review about it in the newspaper and decided to give it a shot. I had never been to a stand-up comedy act ?- life holding enough humor for me ? and Ginnie had been to only one.Knowing that our pastor was ...

March feels like the beginning of the gardening season, at least when the sun shines. For vegetable gardeners who begin indoors raising their own plants under lights the season is truly underway.In addition to vegetables, annual vining plants such as sweet peas can get an early start under lights. Also consider giving tender plants such as canna and elephant ears an early boost under lights or in a sunny window. ...

I called my grandpa the other day, and the first thing he said to me after ?hello? was ?You know, you share a birthday with your great-grandmother??I said, yes, papa, that's why I'm calling.You see, one of the ?interesting facts? about me is that my great-grandmother, Wilma Drahos Dolash, was born on March 12, 1911. Eighty-four years later, here I was, born on March 12, 1995.I only knew my great-grandmother ...

Intriguing News March 7, 2018. I found the cartoon in the Hawkeye this morning-ref the Secretary of HUD USA and his $3l, 000 purchase of new furniture for his hutch quite intriguing beyond doubt. I wonder who authorized this blunder, The President, Congress or anyone? WHOA: Stop the train Jack? As I looked at this cartoon, I did not know whether to laugh, cuss or cry.I have observed such happening as shown in ...

Then they remembered his words ? Luke 24:8.Then their eyes were opened and they recognized him ? Luke 24:31.Then he opened their minds so they could understand the Scriptures ? Luke 24:45.The other day I walked right by an item that I was supposed to take with me. Fortunately, our secretary caught my mistake.I replied, ?if my head were not attached, I would forget it.?Luke, the physician who wrote the third ...

?In through your nose, out through your mouth. You can do it, Karyn. Just take control.?We were 14, Carrington and I, marching elbow to elbow through the streets of Pasadena, Calif., during the Rose Bowl Parade. We weren't even halfway through the parade, but I was at my breaking point. As the miles of pavement continued to unfurl beneath my feet and the drumbeat propelling me forward seemed to quicken, I was ...

Tim Olson, a well-known mortician in Mt. Pleasant, could also be a standup (or lay-down ? get it?) comedian. He likes to tell people he has a ?Ph.D.? ? Professional Hearse Driver.Tim's ancestry and history are colorful. His grandfather, John Olson, came to the U.S. at the age of three in 1883 from Malma, Sweden with his widowed mother and three siblings. They settled in Mayville, N.D., the same hometown as famed ...