The 2016 Harmony Community Chest Drive will start its solicitation campaign in September this year. Due to the difficulty in recruiting and retaining door-to-door solicitors, our 2016 campaign will rely on only mail-in contributions. This entails solicitation letters and envelopes, which are sent out with Harmony’s utility bills. Hopefully, people will respond with donations by … [Read more...]
Reptiles and amphibians to take over library Preston Public Library is a real zoo!
The Reptile and Amphibian Discovery Zoo (RAD Zoo) is bringing its exciting mix of education and entertainment to Preston Public Library! RAD Zoo’s informative, engaging, and interactive program will begin at 2 p.m. on Tuesday, August 23. The program is fun for all ages and designed to instill a greater understanding of these unique animals and the incredible lives they … [Read more...]
Metz Cheese Curds win second at prestigious American Cheese Society competition
DES MOINES, IA – Metz’s Hart-Land Creamery won second place in the Flavored Cheese Curd category July 27-31, 2016 at the American Cheese Society’s product competition with their Roasted Garlic and Herb Cheese Curds. “This is our first time entering a product in the competition, and we are very pleased at the result,” said owner and cheesemaker Jeff Metz. “There was … [Read more...]
Surviving the silly season
By Yvonne Nyenhuis I have it on “good authority” that Donald trump is “secretly a Muslim” and was “born in Kenya!” When we abandon truth, facts and reason the possibilities are endless! It’s a great way to confuse our enemies and each other. Indeed we seem to have decided that freedom of speech allows license to lie and create our own reality. The Democratic convention in … [Read more...]
The privilege for which “they” struggled
By Kathie Haynes I took this title mostly from a 1999 book edited by Heidi Bauer and Barbara Stuhler. I say “mostly” because the original title was for which “We” struggled. It is all about Minnesota women of the suffrage movement. You know I never really thought much about the suffrage movement. It is easy to take for granted something you have always had. I guess it is … [Read more...]