Having just celebrated Labor Day 2020, this is a good time to recognize the hard work of so many Iowans.
During a difficult year, Iowans have been asked to do more and they have responded by:
• Pouring into communi-ties to help those hit by storms and flooding
• Working overtime—often in risky situations—at front-line jobs during the pandem-ic

The Windsor Theatre is now temporarily closed primarily because there are very few first run movies available. Patrons are also hesitant to return to a group social setting because of the coronavirus.

The king is dead.
Last Friday ended on a sad note with the announcement that actor Chadwick Boseman had died at the age of 43 after a four-year battle with cancer.
Boseman gained fame for playing historical black figures like Jackie Robinson and James Brown, but since 2016 he was best known for portraying T'Challa, the Black Panther, in the Marvel Cinematic Universe.

Kenosha, Wisconsin is the latest scene of what would appear a senseless act of vio-lence by police. There's little to go on for us in the cheap seats but it's pretty easy to jump to the conclusion that a racist cop lost control and Jacob Blake shouldn't have tried to break up a fight.

I'm still kinda mad at Twila, the former postmistress in Dumont. She knew Dawn lived right around the corner and didn't tell me about her, for a year. I thought she was my friend. Anyway, I found my true love on my own without Twila's help.

Once upon a time, the "Smallville" television show purportedly went to great lengths to avoid introducing their own version of Batman while the Christopher Nolan Batman movies were getting off the ground. Presumably because they didn't want audiences to be confused about there being a Bruce Wayne on television and in the theaters at the same time.
Boy how things change.

New reports based on infor-mation from the Iowa Depart-ment of Public Health suggest that current COVID-19 condi-tions may be worse than we’ve been led to believe. It appears some new cases and deaths have been backdated, making it difficult to know how current circumstances are playing out.
I continue to practice pre-ventive health measures, in-cluding:
• Wearing a mask
• Keeping distance from others in public places

You may have heard that Apple banned "Fortnight" last week.
It sounds crazy, but it's true. While those that currently have the game on their Apple device can continue to play the game, you can't update it nor can new players download it on to their mobile device.
How did this happen? Let's break down the situation here.
Let's say you're one of the who-knows-how-many

The financial system. Wow, now there's a catchy title. I doubt there could be a subject less interesting than that, yet have more impact on our daily lives.
To most of us a financial system would be working for a paycheck and then spending it. But in this complex and uneth-ical world, where the money goes and why, is a mystery and too much trouble to try to understand.

Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds re-leased the following open letter to the state of Iowa:

It's going to be a while before you can get your next MCU fix in the theaters, but if you really need some super-hero action there is an alternative.

You can only take so much vitamin D, so when we come in for the night, it's popcorn and a movie until Dawn falls asleep. We just have to sit around awhile. I am an infoholic but sometimes need a break, espe-cially these days where info is so sketchy.

What habits have you changed in recent months as you strive to stay safe and healthy? And what adjustments are your friends, family, co-workers and neighbors making?

To the editor:
The Sharing Shoppe in Sheffield opened a month ago to help people during this time with guidelines of wearing a mask. Because some people refused to do this, the Sharing Shoppe will be closed until further notice.

It's 3:00 p.m. on Monday and I still don't know what this column is about.
It's not that there isn't anything I don't have an opinion on to express over the next five hundred words or so. It's just that all of those opinions are related to COVID-19.