Q’s for Stone

To the Editor:

I read in the Advance that State Rep. Henry Stone is sponsoring a bill to prevent schools from requiring students to be vaccinated against COVID-19. I would pose these questions to him:

1. Would he support a bill that would allow students not to be vaccinated against polio, tetanus, measles, or any of the other six diseases against which Iowa law requires K-12 students to be vaccinated?

Out of the Past 

By Gene Miller

150 Years Ago

Week six marks the first deadline of the session. All policy bills must be out of committee in either the House or the Senate in order to be considered this year. Appropriations, tax, and Oversight bills do not have to meet this deadline.
 

DES MOINES — Earlier this week, the Grassley Works campaign shared a Fox News article on Facebook regarding new allegations uncovered by the Durham investigation detailing more corruption by the 2016 Clinton campaign for president.

By Rep. Henry Stone, R-Forest City

By John H. Wills
Speaker Pro-Tempore
House District 1 - R-Spirit Lake

Fire affects 7 downtown businesses - Algona Upper Des Moines, March 21, 1974.

A Monday night fire destroyed three Algona downtown businesses, North Iowa Sewing, North Iowa Appliance and Sportsman’s Corner. At right: John Levy, owner of North Iowa Appliance and Sportsman’s Corner is assisted by fire chief Kink Willey, Randy Renshaw and policeman Jim Voigt. Bystanders provided coats to cover Levy.

The Fruit of the Womb are a Reward

Rev. John Koopman

Pastor, Peace Lutheran 

Church, West Bend

Don Heupel

Ag and Motorsports Museum

As 2021 comes to a close and a new year begins, a review of the past year is in order. It is also an opportune time to finalize plans for 2022. The last year was a successful year for the Kossuth County Agricultural and Motorsports Museum, and hopefully 2022 will be even better.

By Jim Sloter

The first week in September gave us a taste of fall as we awoke to moisture collected inside and outside on our uninsulated VW camper. Skies were clear and the sun was out, so before long, we were dried out and enjoying pleasant traveling weather. 

Each day had its interesting things to see, but sometimes not all that different – yet we were never bored. 

By Adam Mossoff

George Mason University

In January, the U.S. International Trade Commission ruled that Google infringed Sonos’ patented innovations in wireless speaker technology. This may sound like an obscure legal ruling. But it confirms a problem that threatens America’s innovation economy.

The problem? Intellectual property theft.

Out of the Past 

By Gene Miller

150 Years Ago

If people always spoke as honestly as they think, how different life would be. The real truth would create more family quarrels, part more friends and disperse more organizations and congregations, than Satan would know how to take charge of all at once.

125 Years Ago

By Shane Goodman

When Mrs. Marguerite Kalar would show up at school, we knew we were in for an entertaining and educational class period…if we listened carefully enough.

By the Rev. Chris Burtnett, First Congregational United Church of Christ

The Week of Prayer for Christian Unity slipped by us again this year. It was January 18 through the 25. During this week, Christians are reminded of Jesus’s prayer for his disciples and everyone’s well-being. Christians also remember Jesus’s devotion and come together to pray for their unity. You can find that prayer in chapter 17 of the gospel according to John. Give it a read.

By Molly MacDonald