By ROD WILLIAMSON ARRINGTON, Tenn., March 10, 2022 — I want to know why I didn’t get the memo about getting old(er). One day I’m going to live forever and the next you see the possibility of a conclusion. Where did 1968 go? As people transition through young adulthood, middle age and wind up as senior…
By CHUCK OFFENBURGER JEFFERSON, Iowa, Feb. 4, 2022 — In an extraordinary and long life of 104 years, Alice Hamilton Walters, of Jefferson, had already become a legend. She’d donated generously to several public fundraising campaigns over the past 20 years. And for a half-century or longer, she’d been a leading community volunteer, especially with…
By CHUCK OFFENBURGER JEFFERSON, Iowa, Feb. 4, 2022 — With the news that in her will, the late Alice Hamilton Walters, of Jefferson, left an estate of more than $2 million – and that nearly half of it is being given to the people of Greene County through a couple of foundations – everyone is…
By CHUCK OFFENBURGER SHENANDOAH, Iowa, Dec. 21, 2021 – This evening here in my ol’ hometown, our longest-serving mayor, Dick Hunt, probably one of our best ever, will swear-in his successor, Roger McQueen. What makes this especially noteworthy is that Hunt is also one of our grandest characters. I now interrupt this salute to once…
By CHUCK OFFENBURGER LOVILIA, Iowa, Nov. 6, 2021 – Here we are at the end of the 2021 harvest that likely is going to be one of the biggest in state history. International markets are friendly again, domestic market prices are good, and government support has been stupendous. Yeah, equipment and input costs are soaring,…