Age of the Geek Column: By now you probably know the legend of Carson King, the 24-year-old college football fan whose chance encounter in front of a camera transformed his joke fundraiser for beer money into a real multi-million dollar fundraiser for a children's hospital.
It was the feel-good story of the year and obviously merited a profile on King by the Des Moines Register.
And, by now, you know what happened next.

Editorial - The calendar has turned over to October, which means this month is Breast Cancer Awareness Month.
Even in smaller communities such as ours, breast cancer and cancer as a whole has touched virtually everyone’s lives. Some of us have battled it ourselves while most of the rest of us have friends, family and neighbors who have. It does not discriminate who it affects.

As the town turns red and black this week, we’re reminded of the pride schools bring to a community.
Homecoming Week is underway at Hampton-Dumont-CAL. Students have already hit the town, painting windows with messages of support for athletic teams, conducting pep rallies and presentations and will continue to do so up until kickoff at Friday’s football game against Clear Lake.

This space has been used to laude community organizations for determination and stick-to-it-ness.
In recent years, we’ve seen individuals and organizations team together to fund raise and raise awareness for causes meant to improve the community. We’ve seen those efforts lead to splash pads, events and other causes that prove why Franklin County is a safe, successful place to call home.

I'm writing this on the 18th anniversary of Al-Qaeda's at-tack on the World Trade Cen-ter. Yesterday John Bolton resigned or was fired. Who's to know which when the words come out of the mouth of a politician? I stopped be-lieving them when they said to hide under our desks to sur-vive an atom bomb back in the 60s.