Dear Editor:National Volunteer Week is April 10 - 16, a time to recognize and celebrate the thousands of people who give selflessly of their time and talents in service to others. Nowhere is this volunteer presence more important than in our nation's hospice and palliative care programs.Care ...
BySenatorCharles GrassleyQ. What is the Sunshine in the Courtroom Act?A. The Sunshine in the Courtroom Act is a bipartisan bill that I reintroduced in February with fellow senators including the Chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, where I serve as the Ranking Republican. The ...
ByDawnPettengillUp Two Thousand Seven Hundred and Thirty steep steps in high heels. That's all the exercise I got last week. The rest was hurrying to meetings, so I could sit for an hour, and then the elevator down, of course. I definitely need to add more exercise somehow. Remember ...
BySenator Tom HarkinWhen Cliff, a veteran from the Vietnam War, sought assistance from my office, his claim had been pending with the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) for more than three years. He was suffering from cancer, yet the VA had not approved him for service-connected disability ...
BySenatorTim KapucianGreetings from Des Moines!As week six winds down here in the Iowa Senate, we are finally beginning some substantive debate. Last night the Senate passed the 2% allowable growth for schools. The House version was 0%, as was the governor's recommendation. So I am sure this ...
Want to live better on the money you already make? Visit to find hundreds of articles to help you stretch your day and your dollar! Copyright 2011 Dollar Stretcher, Inc.Recycling Banana PeelsInstead of tossing your banana peels, mince them finely and add to the soil of your indoor and outdoor ...
ByLaura SnyderIn the battle for truth, justice and the American way, also known as parenthood, no subject is more complicated than the teaching of manners.Parents have to choose very early which of the plethora of manners is most important to them and which will be least tolerated when a ...
By:Jill PertlerBy: Jill PertlerBirds are falling from the sky. Fish are floating belly up. The calendar has turned to a new year. If this doesn't make you want to pad your nest and take stock of your life, I'm not sure what will. New Year's resolutions? They're for the birds. I prefer to think ...
Want to live better on the money you already make? Visit to find hundreds of articles to help you stretch your day and your dollar! Copyright 2011 Dollar Stretcher, Inc.Need Furniture?Don't overpay for furniture. Check out yard sales or scratch and dent stores for gently-used furniture. You ...
ByLaura SnyderWhen you have been married for as long as my husband and I have, you'll always be on the lookout for some activity that you can both do together. This activity would preferably be something that did not cause concussions, frostbite, or height anxiety. In other words; no extreme ...