I wrote a column last year in honor of Labor Day, and I updated it this year as an ongoing salute to working Americans who fuel our country’s economic engine.
I salute working Americans who take pride and satisfaction in a full day’s work, recognizing that anything less than 40 hours per week is a part-time job.
I salute working Americans who appreciate the satisfaction in feeling tired at the end of the day.
I salute working Americans who understand every company needs customers, and that those folks are the real bosses.
I salute working Americans who know work is not about sabbatical programs, wellness days or having birthdays off.
I salute working Americans who realize success does not come from bean bags and ping pong tables but rather lots of sweat and determination.
I salute working Americans who show up on time — or early — every single day.
I salute working Americans who understand 20% of any job is going to be awful, regardless of where they are working.
I salute working Americans who choose to spend their hard-earned money locally on American-made products.
I salute working Americans who understand mastering any task truly takes 10,000 hours and are willing to invest that time to become experts.
I salute working Americans who leave politics at home and focus on their employment tasks.
I salute working Americans who appreciate an adult beverage once the work is done — but not before.
And finally, I salute now-retired Americans who spent their lifetimes doing all the things listed above while working to better themselves, their families, their co-workers, the companies they worked for and the United States of America.
Have a leisurely Labor Day, and thanks for reading.
Shane Goodman
President and Publisher
Big Green Umbrella Media
shane@dmcityview.com
515-953-4822, ext. 305
www.thedailyumbrella.com
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Clear Mortgage meteorology
Lots of sunshine and dry conditions ahead. Our next rain chance comes Thursday.
For help with pre-approvals or refinancing, get in touch with Originating Branch Manager Carrie Hansen at carrie.mortgage. |
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| Featured in the SEPTEMBER issue of CITYVIEW | | | Watch for the September issue of CITYVIEW on newsstands this week!
Featuring
• Arts & Entertainment
• Civic Skinny
• Ask CITYVIEW
• Food Dude
• Iowa Artists
• Business Journal Feature
• Cars in the City
• and much more, including a heartwarming story about Dolly, pictured. |
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| CITYVIEW's Best Of Des Moines® | | | The results have been tallied and published in the February issue of CITYVIEW and online!
Best Local Museum
1. Des Moines Art Center
2. State Historical Museum of Iowa
3. Des Moines Children’s Museum
Read all the results now!
Cast your votes in the 2025 Best Of Des Moines Poll now! Open until Nov. 22.
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A good trend for Uber but a bad thing for parents and restaurants (Wall Street Journal)
1.) The number, and percentage, of 19-year-olds who have a driver’s license has dropped nearly 20% since peaking in 1983.
2.) The number of 16- to 23-year-olds who have recently taken, or plan to take, a road trip is down 24% in the last year alone.
3.) Loss of interest in driving is partially explained by: the emergence of Uber and its ilk; higher rates that young drivers pay for auto insurance; and inflation.
4.) Parents say they are becoming chauffeurs for adult children.
Wallace House's Victorian High Tea events have been so popular they have been extended into autumn. Oct. 23 and Nov. 20 are up for reservations.
Monday deals
• Centro (1003 Locust St., Des Moines) offers half-price pizza and Peronis on Monday.
• Who's on First (810 E. First St., Ankeny) has steak night on Monday, and it's an 8-ounce filet with salad, mashed potatoes and beans for $22.95
• Pelican Post (265 50th St., West Des Moines) has a special today on hot beef sandwiches, $10.95 until 4 p.m.
• Eastside Eddie’s (3517 E. 26th St., Des Moines) Monday $10 special is ham and Swiss sliders with fries.
• Tito’s Lounge (3916 Urbandale Drive, Urbandale) offers all-you-can-eat wings Mondays
• Trostel's Greenbriar (5810 Merle Hay Road, Johnston) offers half-pound steak burgers with fries or salad and a beer for a Monday-only price of $14
• Monday brings prime rib specials to both Chicago Speakeasy (1520 Euclid Ave., Des Moines) and Christopher's (2816 Beaver Ave., Des Moines).
• Johnny's Hall of Fame (302 Court Ave., Des Moines) has $12 burger baskets on Mondays and Fridays.
• Sugardale, an elite brand of bacon, is on sale today at Price Choppers for $4.99/lb.
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| Featured home for sale | | |
$695,000 2393 132nd Court, Van Meter, IA 50261
Phenomenal opportunity to own your dream home on more than 7 acres and more than 3,500 finished square feet. Tired of boring layouts with cheap materials? Opt for a custom built home with Craftsman-style finishes such as a large front porch, stone accents, solid Alder wood doors/trim and hardwood floors.
See the listing here.
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| SOLD: Featured commercial real estate transaction | | | 1824 DEAN AVE., DES MOINES
SALE DATE: 2024-06-10
SALE PRICE: $65,000
SELLER: KORF, DENNIS L ESTATE
BUYER: VILLAFANA NAVARRO, JAIME
ACRES: 0.337
SQUARE FEET: 2,340 |
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| Urbandale Living magazine | | | Meet Angela Mills
Teaching about inclusion and acceptance
By Ashley Rullestad
Angela Mills came to Urbandale schools 12 years ago.
“Once my son started kindergarten, I began volunteering in his classroom, and I loved it,” she says. “I really enjoyed being around the kids and helping them, so I applied to be a sub associate and got hired on part time, eventually becoming a full-time behavior tech. I worked with such a great team at Karen Acres, and one teacher in particular, Deb Kadoun, talked me into going back and getting my teaching degree.”
Mills decided to continue working and attend UNI to get her education degree. Now she works at Webster Elementary as a special education teacher. This next year, Mills will teach reading, writing and math for K-5 adaptive and mild to moderate behavior students.
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FROM KCCI: Iowa native 'Armless Archer' takes gold at Paris Paralympics. PARIS, IDF — Matt Stutzman, the "Armless Archer" and Fairfield native, is now also a gold medalist. Stutzman took the gold medal in the men's individual compound open at the Paris Paralympics Sunday afternoon. ....READ MORE
FROM WHO-TV: .Man dead following S. Union Street shooting, DMPD investigate. DES MOINES, Iowa — The Des Moines Police Department is investigating the death of man shot on South Union Street. Around 1:40 p.m. on Sunday, DMPD and DMFD responded to a report of a shooting at a residence in the 3400 block of South Union Street. ... READ MORE
FROM WOI-DT Local 5: UPDATE: Des Moines police arrest attempted murder suspect. Officers say the shooting happened near S.E. 14th Street and Harriet Street, not far from Des Moines Animal Services. ....READ MORE |
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ESPN: Caitlin Clark helps push Fever over .500, snapping record streak. ...READ MORE
SPORTS ILLUSTRATED: Yulia Putintseva Issues Apology Over Ball Girl Controversy at US Open. ... READ MORE
CBS Sports: 2024 Tour Championship leaderboard: Scottie Scheffler claims FedEx Cup payout with seventh win of season ...READ MORE |
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2013: Diana Nyad, 64, makes record swim from Cuba to Florida. On September 2, 2013, 64-year-old Diana Nyad becomes the first person to swim from Cuba to Florida without the use of a shark cage for protection. Nyad completed the 110-mile swim from Havana to Key West, through the jellyfish-and shark-infested waters of the Straits of Florida, in approximately 53 hours. ... READ MORE
1666: Great Fire of London begins. In the early morning hours of September 2, 1666, the Great Fire of London breaks out in the house of King Charles II’s baker on Pudding Lane near London Bridge. It soon spread to Thames Street, where warehouses filled with combustibles and a strong easterly wind transformed the blaze into an inferno. When the Great Fire finally was extinguished on September 6, more than four-fifths of London was destroyed. Miraculously, only 16 people were known to have died. ... READ MORE
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| Birthdays and notables | | | Happy Birthday Gloria and Georgia Davis!
These celebrities were born on this date: Gavin Casalegno, Keanu Reeves, Salma Hayek, Madilyn Bailey, Zedd, Tom Clare, Ella Ann Toone, Eugenio Derbez, Katt Williams, Damson Idris, Emiliano Martínez, Lala Kent, Mark Harmon, Terry Bradshaw, Nate Archibald, Nigel Jones, Spencer Smith, Austin Abrams, Scott Moir
SUBMIT: Send your birthday greetings and congratulatory notes to: tammy@iowalivingmagazines.com |
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The answer to yesterday's riddle:
What do you call a little boy who’s half French and half Scottish? A OUI LAD! Gail Tomlinson. Other answers from William Snyder.
Today's riddle:
Why did the goat run off the cliff?
Have a guess? Email tammy@iowalivingmagazines.com |
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Account Executive
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Mobile: 515-321-5246
martha@iowalivingmagazines.com
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