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Week 15 This week we marked our 100th day of session and the final scheduled day of session.  It is not unusual for us to go over the 100 days and there are still a handful of policy bills to work out the details.  The House has completed their budgets and we are waiting for changes from the...
Echoes from the Loafers’ Club Meeting Do you have a toothpick? What do you want with a toothpick? We haven’t eaten anything. I feel lucky. Driving by Bruce’s drive I have a wonderful neighbor named Bruce. Whenever I pass his drive, thoughts occur to me. It was so windy I wanted to hide behind...
Dear Savvy Senior, My wife and I planning to travel much more frequently in retirement and are very interested in educational trips and adventures. Can you recommend any groups or firms that specialize in this type of travel geared towards retirees? Love to Learn Dear Love, Educational travel,...
Once again, this cookbook review is not about a “real” cookbook. I was looking around in the crypt (the library where all my cookbooks live) and found an old, yellowed copy of what looks to have been an insert in a long-gone magazine. The title is “Better Homes 50 Recipes to Beat High Food Prices...
Betty Crocker is the creation of General Mills; she was never an actual person.  I don’t care if she isn’t flesh and blood, she’s one of the best basic cooks ever and you can’t go far wrong following her recipes. Of course, she promotes General Mills products such as Gold Medal Flour®  I learned...
Dear Savvy Senior, I am planning to retire and apply for my Social Security benefits in July. When can I expect my first check, and is direct deposit my only option for receiving my monthly payment? Almost 62 Dear Almost, Generally, Social Security retirement benefits, as well as disability and...
Echoes from the Loafers’ Club Meeting     I hope it isn’t bothering you. It’s pretty loud. What is? The ringing in my ears. Driving by Bruce’s drive I have a wonderful neighbor named Bruce. Whenever I pass his drive, thoughts occur to me. April is one of the 12 cruelest months of the year. Our...
From Kris Kenison: Recently, a more than a century’s old notable crime in Worth County was shared on social media. It was notable as one that took place just down the road from where generations of my family have lived, just north of Bolan. The story, shared on the “Worth County Iowa History and...
This was a short week…one day.  We caucused on a handful of bills in the morning and had floor debate on those bills later that afternoon.  Now we wait.  The House sent all our budget bills to the Senate and we will wait for their changes to begin discussion and work out our differences.  There are...
On Tuesday night, we passed the final two budget bills necessary to complete our initial work on the Fiscal Year 2023 budget.  All nine budgets bills have moved from the House to the Senate Appropriations Committee.  There will be negotiations moving forward, but with the passage of all the budget...

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