To the Editor:

Thanksgiving arrives next Thursday. Families will gather, friends will celebrate, shopping plans will be made, football will be watched and Tryptophan will take hold. These are unmistakable assurances. 

But Thanksgiving is more than that.

Entering Belgium and having spent considerable time there with our foreign exchange student, Guido Van Rompaey, and his family, the familiar looking topography – driving through small village after small village, their streets lined with brick homes with their tile roofs made us feel almost like we were going home 

150 Years Ago

Livery Stable, We are prepared to furnish Livery to the Traveling Public, at reasonable rates, with or without drivers as good Horses and Carriages as can be found west of Chicago. Stable on State Street, near Congregational Church, Algona, Iowa, L. W. Ferguson & Co.

125 Years Ago

By the Rev. Mark Lund

Associate Pastor, Trinity Lutheran Church, Algona

For I find my delight in your commandments, which I love.”(Psalm 119:47 ESV)

Iowans are blessed with some of the best farmland in the world. We haven’t always taken great care of that tremendous blessing, but as we have witnessed its condition change over time, we have done better with it. Now two pipeline companies are asking the state of Iowa to back them with eminent domain rights in the case of uncooperative property owners so they can bury pipelines under Iowa farm land and transport carbon to a sequestration facilities in other states.

By Brad Hicks

Publisher

What is government’s purpose? It’s something that’s challenged America since birth. Our founding fathers experienced a life living under the British monarchy’s rule and taxation. Their concept? Rules of law protecting citizens are supreme to the unapproved dictates of any king or governor, and an array basic rules that allow government to function but keep it out of people’s lives. These concepts are in the Bill of Rights.

By Dawn Luetje

LSI Foster Care & Adoption

November is National Adoption Month, a time to celebrate the community members and families who have adopted children in need of forever homes. But at Lutheran Services in Iowa (LSI), we are also taking this time to recognize the 780 Iowa children who are waiting for adoptive families. 

By John Hendrickson

Tax Education Foundation

BY Gene Miller

150 Years Ago

By Jim Sloter

After our tour of the Cologne Cathedral, we did some window shopping, bought cologne in Cologne and headed out wondering if leaving the city would be as difficult as when we came in. Instead, it was easy and we were soon on an autobahn heading south. 

We are studying in the churches I serve the armor of God, that we find in Ephesians 6:10-17. God provides this armor for believers, to fight the attacks of Satan while we wait for His return. Today we look at the third piece of armor; Our feet fitted with the readiness that comes from the gospel of peace. 
 
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Want to see improvements made in our local parks? You have an important role to play in making change happen. Sometimes it’s as easy as picking up the phone or filling out a survey. The City of Algona wants to hear from you with our parks survey, from now through Nov. 11. Stop by City Hall to pick up a paper copy or visit our website at www.ci.algona.ia.us to take the survey online. 
 
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... By that time, frustration was really mounting. I made the turn-around – again – and headed back across. That time, I Immediately turned off of that confusing street, found a place to park and we walked to the cathedral. By the time we reached the cathedral, I had settled down and thoroughly enjoyed seeing that magnificent Gothic, 12th century edifice.  ...
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... This time, I didn’t have with me my beloved New York Times crossword puzzle which, if you read my column on an earlier trip, caused me to not hear the gate change announcement, thus relegating me to an 8-hour wait for the next flight. This time I camped directly in front of my gate, ears at the ready to pick up any announcement of a change.  ...
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