When I went to Jeff’s Foods, there was a note on the door telling that they were working on the Produce section and if we wanted some produce to ask and someone would go in the back and get it. The next time I went to the store, the produce department had taken on a new look—that of what would be seen in out-of-town stores. All produce is behind cabinet glass doors (I really don’t know what this is called!) and has added to the store’s appearance. It is a wonderful improvement!
I went to Marv Simons’ funeral on Tuesday and on leaving, I asked to go by the circus at the Fairground. Then I was told the circus was only there on Monday and went on to Correctionville on Tuesday. I hope those that went enjoyed themselves.
We went to Le Mars to Marv Rassel’s memorial service on Saturday morning. The funeral home was “packed” with friends and relatives who had come to pay their last respect. We ended up parking on some grass area rather than down the block.
Marv Simons will be remembered by us that delivered meals-on-wheels to him, as a person that liked to visit! Delivering these meals isn’t always just leaving them off, but in this case, taking time to visit a bit!
Marv Rassel’s obituary picture showed him with a smile on his face. That “was” Marv. Both of the Marv’s will be missed by those whose lives they touched. May they rest in peace until we meet again.
Thursday I went to get my “Halloween look” improved! A permanent wave took care of that for the next two months.
My computer is still not working. The bottom margin has changed without any help. I have all my medical history, appointments, bank numbers, people’s addresses and phone numbers, and income tax information on my old tower. Somehow it never got transferred. Someone told me that I shouldn’t have put this on the computer. Can you imagine how many envelopes would have been used? I have enough in this small computer room without another pile of envelopes! I hope it can be retrieved. It seems the FBI can get into someone’s records without any problem—maybe I’ll have to have them help!
Saturday night I watched the ballgame with San Diego Padres vs Minnesota Twins at San Diego. I had never seen the Padres play and couldn’t believe the uniforms they wear. The pants and shirt is all white with one of the sleeves being a “red” in color with yellow on the hem; the other sleeve was “green” with the yellow on the hem. If they wore long sleeves under the uniform top, it was yellow. On the front of the shirt was San Diego Padres with the top of these words in red and the bottom half in green. The back of the shirt had a red # and a yellow name of the player. A red belt was in the trousers and they wore green shoes as well as green caps/batting helments. They were a colorful team to be sure! They lost 4 to 7. They must have quite a following as their bleachers were full!
Iowa Girls Coaches Association announced the Softball all-state players. Class 1 A on first team was Claire Schroeder with .573 average and 2nd team with Mya Bunkers with .435 average. Both girls play for Remsen St. Mary’s team. MMCRU’s Taylor Harpenau was named to 3rd team with .418 average.
The 2022 All-Northwest Iowa Prep Baseball teams were chosen with 1st team naming Carter Schorg as Pitcher and Jaxon Bunkers as Catcher. Both boys play for Remsen St. Mary’s team. 2nd team named Isaiah Gerrietts as Pitcher and Cael Ortmann was named as UTIL. Both boys play for Remsen St. Mary’s team. 3rd team had Nick Clark from Cherokee as Catcher.
A former teacher wrote to Heloise concerning Education. She states that Educationally, American students are falling behind other countries. An identical test was given to half a million students in 65 countries where America ranked 36th, especially in reading, math and science. Students in Shanghai ranked first with Singapore second and Hong Kong ranked third. Also at the top were Europe, Switzerland and Germany. She questions why we are behind when there are so many resources available.
She answers this with: We need more parents involved in their children’s education. Parents need to side with the teachers, not the student who whines that they’re being picked on. A year-round schooling system should be considered and eliminate a system that was originally based on an agricultural society.
More money should be spent on improving education. With the times that have changed, we need to better train our teachers in new or different teaching methods.
She feels that teachers should receive a better salary and raise the teaching profession to a higher level of respect. Especially in Asian countries, a teacher is well-respected and well-paid and holds authority.
We are allowing too many students to drop out of school with results not being good. Young people turn to crime when they are without an education and not being able to compete in better-paying jobs (due to lack of education). U.S. Census statistics show that 38% of high school dropouts fall below the poverty line.
Academic cheating is too common. When students are caught, most of them think they have done nothing wrong and shouldn’t be reprimanded for their cheating. She says that in order to improve our students’ test scores and raise the IQ of children, we need to repair our education system. All this will take more money that what is being offered to Public Schools. The aforementioned is from a teacher in California and are her thoughts on how to improve education.
Talking about money—when lottery sales soar, players holding the golden ticket aren’t the only ones who win. Across the U.S., state lottery systems use that money to boost education, tourism, transportation and much more.
The ballooning of the Mega Millions lottery jackpot to more than $1 billion had state officials seeing increased national interest that resulted in more funding for their own causes. (It would seem that giving money for tourism to cities for their own way of making money, has come in first over giving to education.) Critics of these lottery-funded programs note that lower-income players foot the bill for benefits they won’t proportionately reap.
South Carolina lottery officials say 43 cents of every dollar spent directly support the state’s education lottery account and is used to fund scholarships. However, the vast majority of South Carolina’s proceeds go toward merit-based scholarships rather than need-based scholarships.
New Mexico: Some legislators and advocacy groups have criticized the lottery as a regressive source of income and say that people that play it are disproportionately low income. Concerns remain about the share of lottery scholarships that go to children of affluent and middle-income families.
Mega Millions is played in 45 states, Washington D.C., and U.S. Virgin Islands. The game is coordinated by state lotteries, which pull in revenue not only from Mega Millions but also from scratch tickets, Powerball and other authorized games. The revenue is used to help pay out prizes, retailers, state funds and overhead costs. Friday night, someone in Chicago won the $1.28 billion Mega Million jackpot.
Michigan Lottery has made its third consecutive annual contribution of $1 billion to the state’s school aid fund. 28 cents for each dollar collected goes toward this fund.
Since April, Georgia had collected nearly $22 million for college scholarships and pre-K programs. Ohio, where lottery funding goes toward education, lottery sales have mainly stayed consistent. California had $224 million in Mega Millions sales. The estimated amount for education was $89.6 million. In fiscal year 2021, California generated about $1.8 billion across all games for public education.
Texas sold $20 million for Mega Million on Tuesday. On Friday, the day it was won, Texas expected to have sold $80 million to wishful players. $1.97 billion would go the state’s Foundational School Fund and $23.4 million toward Veterans’ Assistance.
Oregon recently posted some of its largest daily sales numbers for Mega Millions draw. Whether it’s Powerball or Mega Millions, when the jackpot get big and people play, that is good for Oregon. Lottery proceeds go to education, parks, and veterans’ services funds. Nowhere in this recent article, was Iowa mentioned. In the past, much has been given to improve tourism where education sits and waits for some help.
The Marcus Fair is coming up Aug. 11 through Aug. 14. Now is the time to get whatever you are planning on entering, ready ahead of time. (I know that doesn’t mean flowers and vegetables!)
Remember in your thoughts and prayers those who have lost loved ones to death and had their lives changed, have health problems of which are terminal, are trying to make ends meet even though they have a job, encourage those who are jobless to find a job; and help those who are still trying to shorten the distance between family and friends by building a bridge instead of a wall.
I will leave you with this quote from Muhammad Ali: “It isn’t the mountains ahead to climb that weaken you out, it’s the pebble in your