I would like to know — in this great country of ours, which continues to be ours to keep, improve or destroy — why can’t we all try to work and understand our neighbors and get along for the good of the country and world we all get to live in? 

As you read this human-interest story, you will quickly note the passion that the leadership of Marshall-Rodeno Associated (MRA) and the people who work there have and have had for many years.

I’m celebrating 50 years of being employed by and continually involved with Grinnell and the markets it has served.

I have a wonderful and true story I want to share with you about a man and his seven siblings in the Atoka, Okla., area who survived after losing both parents in the 1930s.