I've been working on my Hon-da motorcycle lately. It's a 200cc dirt bike from 1986. I even have a service manual for it and the project has constant-ly humbled me.

To the editor:
Corey Eberling is the clear choice for voters in District 3 for Franklin County.

Tuesday night when I tucked Dawn in for the night my first words were, “I'm sorry.” I was sorry she had to suffer through the least funny come-dy routine ever produced.
I hadn't watched a campaign debate since Al Gore “debat-ed” Dick Cheney as vice pres-idential candidates. I just prefer to read. The important issues are passed over in favor of childish name calling that is an insult to the intelligence of the audience.

I hauled my brother and sister in law to a spot on the Shell Rock River so they could fish on their way to Greene. It was fun and interesting to see new places on my drive. Harvest was barely underway with some corn and some soybean fields harvested. Some farmers were apparently tired of wait-ing for more suitable fields so they went out and disked the harvested bean fields.

Not much in this world comes with certainty nowadays.
For the last six months, we’ve been forced to play a “wait and see” game with vir-tually all events, activities and even careers.
Unsurprisingly, this may lead to the grinding down of spirits and hope but one thing it has done is boost apprecia-tion and support for our com-munity.

I saw this story about the fires out West. The governor of Oregon says that “situa-tions have been dire enough to make even firefighters retreat.”
This gives the impression that firemen are superheroes. They are people. The first thing we learned in fire class in the Hansell was, “Who is the most important person on the scene of a fire?”
The answer is, “You!” A fireman is no good to anyone dead.

We've got a kid (39 years old) living in Los Angeles. He's been laid off since the pandemic, I mean the government shutdown began.

Nintendo surprised fans of the famous video game plumber last week with several announcements celebrating his 35th anniversary.

Having just celebrated Labor Day 2020, this is a good time to recognize the hard work of so many Iowans.
During a difficult year, Iowans have been asked to do more and they have responded by:
• Pouring into communi-ties to help those hit by storms and flooding
• Working overtime—often in risky situations—at front-line jobs during the pandem-ic

The Windsor Theatre is now temporarily closed primarily because there are very few first run movies available. Patrons are also hesitant to return to a group social setting because of the coronavirus.

The king is dead.
Last Friday ended on a sad note with the announcement that actor Chadwick Boseman had died at the age of 43 after a four-year battle with cancer.
Boseman gained fame for playing historical black figures like Jackie Robinson and James Brown, but since 2016 he was best known for portraying T'Challa, the Black Panther, in the Marvel Cinematic Universe.

Kenosha, Wisconsin is the latest scene of what would appear a senseless act of vio-lence by police. There's little to go on for us in the cheap seats but it's pretty easy to jump to the conclusion that a racist cop lost control and Jacob Blake shouldn't have tried to break up a fight.

I'm still kinda mad at Twila, the former postmistress in Dumont. She knew Dawn lived right around the corner and didn't tell me about her, for a year. I thought she was my friend. Anyway, I found my true love on my own without Twila's help.

Once upon a time, the "Smallville" television show purportedly went to great lengths to avoid introducing their own version of Batman while the Christopher Nolan Batman movies were getting off the ground. Presumably because they didn't want audiences to be confused about there being a Bruce Wayne on television and in the theaters at the same time.
Boy how things change.

New reports based on infor-mation from the Iowa Depart-ment of Public Health suggest that current COVID-19 condi-tions may be worse than we’ve been led to believe. It appears some new cases and deaths have been backdated, making it difficult to know how current circumstances are playing out.
I continue to practice pre-ventive health measures, in-cluding:
• Wearing a mask
• Keeping distance from others in public places