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Real-world learning: How AEA partnerships are bridging the gap from classroom to career

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What if finding a place in the workforce wasn’t overwhelming, but an opportunity discovered while working on a flower arrangement? For students transitioning out of high school, the leap into the workforce can feel daunting. But in Iowa Falls, a partnership between Iowa Falls-Alden High School and Central Rivers Area Education Agency (CRAEA) is changing that, offering real-world experience one step at a time. The program utilizes a “continuum of opportunities,” as described by CRAEA Work Experience Coordinator Dawn McCleish, meaning no two paths look the same. Students build ...

An editorial about hate

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Hatred! Even the word sounds wicked. Its very nature wishes ill will on others. It poisons the souls of those who claim it and let it operate their lives. I’ve read about hatred and what evil actions it has promoted throughout history; often starting so innocently but becoming a destructive force on many levels. But never did I think I would see it acted out in the United States on such a broad scale AND such a personal one. What has been the object and force for igniting such hatred? Many issues but mainly President Trump. Why? I am certainly aware of his personal faults which can ...

Endorsing Randy Feenstra

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I am proud to endorse my friend Randy Feenstra for Iowa governor. I find myself in the unique position of personally knowing almost every candidate on both the Republican and Democratic primary ballots this year, and I believe Randy Feenstra offers the steady leadership Iowa needs now more than ever. In a time of political division, Feenstra is a servant leader who listens first and treats people with respect. As families face affordability challenges, he brings deep experience in tax policy. He chaired the Iowa Senate Ways and Means Committee during the largest tax cut in Iowa ...

A man named Melchizedek?

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In the Old Testament, a kidnapped neighbor of Lot, burst into Abraham’s presence. Abraham’s Nephew, along with his whole house, had been kidnapped by numerous kings-who banded together on a raiding party. Scripture says that Abraham had “318 men who were born into his household.” That probably means that these were quality men who relied upon God. “Abe’s brigade” made double time as they charged after those People-takers. They caught up to them near Damascus, at the north end of Israel. Abraham recaptured Lot’s family, and on the way home, he passed through the town of ...

There’s a buzz over an unusual constitutional standoff in Nebraska

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Because of his intimidating style, the legendary 1950s baseball pitcher Sal Maglie was known as “The Barber.” His brush-back pitches came sooooo close batters felt as if they were getting a shave. Considering his nickname, it’s probably best that “The Barber” is no longer with us, lest he find himself in hot water if he made a cameo appearance at the College World Series in Omaha. In a seemingly unrelated note, the Orpheum Theater in Omaha might want to rethink any plan to reprise last October’s performances of the opera, “The Barber of Seville,” especially if it ...

The U.S. must end its illegal boat strikes

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The U.S. military has been carrying out extrajudicial killings in the Caribbean and Pacific over the past nine months with impunity. On May 8, the U.S. military struck another boat in the eastern Pacific, killing two people and leaving one survivor. U.S. Southern Command claimed “the ...