J.C. Penney is declaring bankruptcy. That's where my mom would buy my perfect t-shirts. Later they sold Big Mac jeans which were great for working in the woods. They've had some ups and downs, cheapen-ing up their t-shirts and jeans, losing their way and finding it again. Ever done that? Locking their customers out did them in.

This is an open letter to the Editor and community in response to the article 'It was like a horror movie' in the May 13 Hampton Chronicle.

Hey, remember the "Justice League" movie?

Greetings! It has been a couple weeks since I've written, alt-hough it seems I often am re-peating what you already have seen elsewhere. But things are changing a little and we are on the path of opening our com-munities once again in a re-sponsible way. I am pleased more people will be able to see their doctors for screenings and care that were considered nonessential.

Like so many other canceled events of 2020, the Evolution Championship Series, otherwise known as Evo, has been forced to make new arrangements in the face of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Rather than thousands of people flocking to Las Vegas to compete in today's top fighting games, the tournament will instead be held entirely online, allowing players to participate from the comfort and safety of their own home.

I've recently become email buddies with an associate of my dad's from the sixties. He contacted me through our daughter-in-law's Facebook account. Like my interest in economics has driven me to be a latter-day student, his interest is history. He teaches classes and related two stories that got me to thinking about our future, relative to our knowledge of history.

By now, life under the COVID-19 pandemic has become routine to some.
Every day life has become abiding by social distancing guidelines, not having access to your favorite stores, disinfecting and hand washing at every turn and not seeing your friends and loved ones regularly.

I lost a friend last week. Not a good friend, mind you. A former classmate. I don't think we've actually spoken in seven years and we were never particularly close to begin with. Still, going to school with somebody is a special relationship. It's part of a shared upbringing that's not meaningless.

There's another disease going around. It's called “Trump de-rangement syndrome.” It is probably more deadly than the corona virus. It causes people to lose their minds when critical thinking is required and turns the world into a popularity contest.

I got my federal stimulus payment last week.
It took an extra week or so since I had to submit my banking info to the IRS, but outside of that it was fairly simple. I woke up on Thursday with $1,200 more than I had the day before.
So, is there a reason that can't happen more often?

The disaster of the corona-virus is decades in the making. It didn't start with the Chinese government covering up a cold. It didn't start with social dis-tancing or shelter in place or-ders.

Ever since the COVID-19 outbreak first made its way to Iowa, our families, small businesses, and communities have been impacted in ways they have never been before. Like many of you, I spend time doing chores I have put off because I didn’t have “time.” Well, now I do. And I realize I was avoiding those chores just because I don’t want to do them.

Iowa school buildings will remain closed for the 2019-20 school year.
Schools have come up with continuous learning proposals that include voluntary educa-tional enrichment opportunities, required educational services, or a combination of the two. They have begun implementing these plans with students through distance learning, which means students will not have to make up missed days of instruction this year.

April has been the month of remakes.
First "Resident Evil 3" gave survival horror fans a new, if somewhat abbreviated, take on the PlayStation classic. Then "Final Fantasy VII Remake" upped the ante, kicking off the first entry in what will be a multi-game series to retell the story of the original in a way I can't actually describe because it would spoil things.

I'm waiting for a decent shower to sprout weeds where we intend to plant pasture. That flush of weeds can be sprayed and then we can no-till plant the new seeds. Without tillage there will be few competing weeds when the grass comes up.