Even presidential candidates enjoy trick-or-treating. Republican presidential candidate Gov Mike Huckabee of Arkansas stopped at the “trunk-or-treat” at Gospel Open Bible Church on Halloween. It was a low key campaign stop between a pair of speaking engagements in Des Moines that afternoon and a pheasant hunt in Akron the next day with Rep Steve King. Huckabee shook hands and talked with…
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It’s hard to keep up
~a column by Colleen O’Brien If you’re worried about your brain and your body functioning on all pistons into your old age, exercise is better for you than sitting, and butter lettuce is better for you than butter. This kind of information sounds simple and realistic. When do I start? Therein lays the rub: fewer than five out of a…
Read MoreLetter to the editor – John Thompson
Earlier this week a group of online hackers dubbing themselves “Anonymous” released a list of US Senators and city mayors they claimed were part of the KKK. They “know” this because they claimed to have hacked into an Internet site and found a list of KKK followers. In an online post Anonymous stated their motivation to unhood the KKK. “You…
Read MoreGrassley recognized for casting 12,000th vote in U.S. Senate
WASHINGTON – Senate leaders on Nov. 3 recognized Sen. Chuck Grassley of Iowa for casting his 12,000th Senate vote early Friday morning. Only 17 senators in history have cast more votes than Grassley. In addition, no senator serving today has gone as long as Grassley has without missing a vote. Grassley has cast 7,474 consecutive votes. Since Grassley was elected to the…
Read MoreErnst speaks against WOTUS rule
Today, U.S. Senator Joni Ernst (R-IA) took to the floor of the United States Senate Nov. 3 to urge support of her joint resolution of disapproval (S.J. Res. 22) to eliminate the expanded definition of the “Waters of the U.S.” (WOTUS) rule. To read a transcript of her comments, click here.
Read MoreTree Tracings
~by Valerie Ogren for the Greene County Genealogical Society Meeting notice: The Greene County Genealogical Society will meet Saturday, Nov. 7, at 10 am in the basement meeting room of the Jefferson public library. Arlene Johnson will present the program “A Special Uncle.” If you have a short family story you would like to tell, come prepared to share – if…
Read MoreSanders campaign holding local organizational meeting
There will be an organizational meeting of volunteers wishing to become involved in Bernie Sanders’ campaign for the Democratic presidential nomination Wednesday, Nov. 4, from 5:30 to 6:30 pm at Homestead Coffee and Bakery, 121 E. Lincoln Way, in Jefferson. More information is available from Charlie Dominick at 814-952-9258 or at by clicking here.
Read MoreIt’s no trick: Cellulosic ethanol is a treat for Iowa economy
by U.S. Sen. Chuck Grassley Iowa is widely known for our first-rate hospitality, first-in-the-nation presidential caucuses and first-class production of corn, soybeans, pork and eggs. Fewer people may realize that our state also is a rising star in America’s clean energy renaissance.
Read MoreA glimmer of compassion
~a column by Colleen O’Brien Almost 600,000 people fleeing war and poverty in Syria, Iraq and Afghanistan have arrived in Europe so far this year. In September alone, 250,000 passed through the Balkans, that rugged and beautiful area of southeastern Europe that includes Greece and 12 other countries ranging north from the Mediterranean to Austria, Hungary and Ukraine.
Read MoreOur most important commodity – Greene grown kids
Peter Komendowski, president and executive director of Partnership for a Drug-Free Iowa, was in Greene County last week to talk with elected officials, healthcare providers, educators, law enforcers and even the Jefferson Rotary Club. His message at two of the meetings wasn’t as much about what to do about, to or for people with substance abuse issues as it was…
Read MoreOn behalf of cats
On behalf of cats, who one columnist suggested should be the hunted in an open season, GreeneCountyNewsOnline offers the following comments from readers who are neither “deluded” nor “nutters,” but all love their cats: “I love cats because they sense what I’m sensing, feel what I’m feeling. Affectionate when wanted, dependent when needed. The sound of their purr in your…
Read MoreLetter to the editor – John Thompson
To the editor, In 2007 I had just finished a meeting with local leaders in Mandali, Iraq. One of the local mayors with ties to Iranian bomb makers approached me. He was upset that Navy Seals had raided his compound. They broke a fence and injured some animals. He wanted me to pay reparations.
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