Sept. 3 Daily Umbrella: DSM airport launches E-Z pick-up program; Hormel stock plunges; what did one hat say to the other?

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Wednesday, Sept. 3, 2025

Good morning to you!

“Some people are simply allergic to other people.”

That was some of the most simple yet most insightful advice I have ever received. It came to me several years ago from the director of an industry association I belonged to when I was struggling to work with a publisher in another market on a planning committee.

The association director was trying to help me understand that the world isn’t black and white, and that just because a person isn’t like me doesn't mean that person is right or wrong. Just different. Those differences, though, can make both people irritated, annoyed and even sick. Yes, people allergies. Who would have guessed?

But, much like the allergies we may have to dust or pollen or onions, these people allergies can change over our lifetimes, too. Many of us seem to develop allergies as we age, and we wonder why we didn't have them when we were younger. Our people allergies are much the same.

In our younger years, we may have been able to better tolerate people who fixated on politics or faith or money or family or diet or sports or travel or whatever else they want to continually talk to others about. We were more open to learning… and listening.

As the years went by, though, we lost our ability — or our willingness — to do these things. Instead, we now migrate to others we are similar to, whether we realize it or not. Our core principles and values come into play. Our upbringings become apparent. Our interests narrow. We can change this, of course, but it takes work and, often times, an exposure to those difficult and challenging people allergies.

The people who we seem allergic to today change as well. We may have once had much in common with them and got along so well, and now we do all we can to avoid each other. Or we may have found that those who used to make us sick are now people we choose to spend time with. Weird. But true.

So, how do we deal with these allergies we may have to other people, especially when they are friends or neighbors or even family? The answer is simple: take lots of medications. OK, that was a joke, although it is an unfortunate solution many seek as the answer. We have some better choices that the association director taught me: We either totally avoid the people we are allergic to, or we take them in small doses, or we simply deal with the ill feelings they give us. And, remember that one person does not have to be wrong for another person to be right.

Have a wonderful Wednesday, and thanks for reading.

Shane Goodman
Publisher
Big Green Umbrella Media
shane@dmcityview.com
515-953-4822, ext. 305
www.thedailyumbrella.com

See more of Shane Goodman's columns here.

FROM KCCI: Des Moines airport launches E-Z pick-up program to reduce terminal congestion. The Des Moines airport has launched the E-Z pick-up program, allowing drivers to wait for up to two hours free of charge in a designated section of the airport's parking garage to ease terminal congestion. Drivers can follow the signs posted outside the parking garage to access this area. To enforce the new system, curbside pick-up will be strictly limited to active pick-ups only, meaning passengers must be at the curb with their luggage. ... READ MORE

FROM WHO-TV: Basketball Hall of Famer George Raveling, who influenced Michael Jordan’s Nike deal, dies at 88. George Raveling, a Hall of Fame basketball coach who played a role in Michael Jordan signing a landmark endorsement deal with Nike, has died. He was 88. Raveling’s family said Tuesday in a statement that he had “faced cancer with courage and grace.” ... READ MORE

FROM WOI: Perry City Council moves forward with JBS USA sausage facility. Plans are cooking for the future of JBS USA's sausage plant in Perry. At a Tuesday evening Perry City Council meeting, the city council a $10 million TIF rebate for the project. ... READ MORE

FROM AROUND THE WORLD: Putin meets North Korea’s Kim in Beijing. Russian President Vladimir Putin and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un met for bilateral talks in Beijing on Wednesday. The two leaders met formally at the Diaoyutai state guest house after attending a major military parade in the heart of the Chinese capital that marked the 80th anniversary of the end of World War II. ... READ MORE

FROM AROUND THE NATION: Houston man charged with murder in shooting of 11-year-old boy after doorbell prank. Police have charged a Houston man with murder in the fatal shooting of an 11-year-old boy who rang the doorbell of a home and ran away as a prank, police said Tuesday. ... READ MORE

FROM AROUND THE STATE: Northwest Iowa fire leaves 3 teens dead, 1 in critical condition. Three teens have died, and one other remains in critical condition following an early morning fire in northwest Iowa on Monday. According to the Sioux County Sheriff's Office, the Granville Fire Department responded to a residential fire on 430th Street shortly before 5 a.m. Monday. When crews arrived, they found the home filled with heavy smoke and requested mutual aid assistance from the Hospers Fire Department. ... READ MORE

Clear Mortgage meteorology

Rain chances and cool and breezy conditions move in today. It will be a cool but sunny Thursday. We have a very late light rain chance Thursday night, a cool Friday, and then a beautiful weekend.

For help with pre-approvals or refinancing, get in touch with Originating Branch Manager Carrie Hansen at carrie.mortgage.

Pollen tracker

Tree pollen: None

Grass pollen: Low

Ragweed pollen: None

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Woebegone Wednesday

Hormel stock plunged nearly 20% in one day last week after the company reported it would have to pass along its huge tariff bill. What pray tell does Hormel, most famous for SPAM, beef stew and chili, need to import? Do we not raise enough pork and beans and cattle in the USA? The answer: Nearly all the foods Hormel puts in cans are bought overseas where they are cheaper. Our cattle associations have been telling us for years that they struggle to profit because of unfair competition from overseas.

Des Moines Water Works received $10 million last week in legal settlement money from chemical companies for poisoning our water. The companies do not admit they did that though. As Cowboy Junkies have been saying for 30 years - "Ain't just the water that's not right around here."

Deals today
• Kelly's Little Nipper (1701 E. Grand Ave., Des Moines) offers any burger with a side for $10 on Wednesdays.

• Exile (1514 Walnut St., Des Moines) offers a $12 burger basket with fries and a beer on Wednesdays.

• Beaver Tap (4050 Urbandale Ave., Des Moines) offers $8 French toast or pancake breakfasts and $2 tacos, $9 wraps and $10 half pounds of wings on Wednesdays.

• Johnny's Italian Steakhouses have a chicken Madeira special on Wednesdays before 4 p.m., $15 including beverage.

• Smoking Goat Pub (3015 Merle Hay Road, Des Moines) has a $10 classic burger and beer all day.

• Paula's (524 Elm, Valley Junction) has a Wednesday special beef stew with biscuit $13.50.

• Gilroy's (1238 Eighth St., West Des Moines) has all you can eat fried chicken dinners on Wednesdays, $23.99 after 5 p.m. Day will play on the patio there from 6 p.m. tonight.

• Haiku (1315 31st St., Des Moines) lets kids 11 and younger eat free with adults on Wednesdays. Hot sour soup and egg rolls are comped today with lunch entrees.

• Wednesdays bring steak night to Club 2000 (422 Indianola Road, Des Moines). Steaks are cooked to order with salad, potato and bread, $14.99.

• Angry Goldfish (2301 S.W. Ninth St., Des Moines) offers hot beef sandwiches with mashed potatoes and gravy for $11.50 on Wednesday.

• Curbin' Cuisine (1325 S.W. Oralabor Road, Ankeny) offers traditional gyros for $7 Wednesdays.

• Wine bottles are half price on Wednesdays at Trostel's Greenbriar (5910 Merle Hay Road, Johnston). The Continental (407 E. Fifth St., Des Moines) also has half-priced bottles on Wednesdays.

• G Mig's (128 Fifth St., Valley Junction) offers a special chicken Parmesan dinner today with salad and garlic bread for $19.25.

• Barntown's (9500 S.E. University Ave., West Des Moines) Wednesday specials are a pound of chicken tenders with fries and two sauces for $11.99, plus $13 core pitchers of beer.

• Wednesday is Biryani Festival at Chowrastha (5910 Ashworth Road, West Des Moines). Buy two and a third is free.

• Tacos Mariana's (1305 University Ave., Des Moines) and The Station (3124 Ingersoll Ave., Des Moines) have specials on tacos today.

• Village Inns offer free pie with entrees on Wednesdays.

• It's lasagna day at Maxie's Supper Club (1311 Grand Ave., West Des Moines) and breaded pork tenderloin day at Eastside Eddie's (3517 E. 26th St., Des Moines).

• Panka Peruvian (2708 Ingersoll Ave., Des Moines) has live jazz Wednesday.

• Chuck's (3610 Sixth Ave., Des Moines) offers $5 off pizza on Wednesdays.

• Curbin Cuisine (1325 S.W. Oralabor, Ankeny) has $7 gyros on Wednesdays.

• Bordanaro's (6108 S.W. Ninth St., Des Moines) has a Wednesday-Thursday only special on carryout pizza. They start at $6.50 for a 10-inch cheese pie. Each ingredient added is an extra charge, but this pretty much adds up to half-price pies.

• Kwik Stars' Wednesday special is eight pieces of fried chicken for $10. Their fried chicken is ridiculously good for a convenience store.

• On Wednesdays you can get any burger with fries for $10.99 at Tito's Lounge (3916 N.W. Urbandale Drive, Urbandale).

• Jethro's have $9.95 BPT sandwiches, including a side of choice, on Wednesdays.

• Hy-Vee Market Grilles are offering a cheeseburger and fries Wednesday special for $8.

• Fresh Thyme (2900 University Ave., West Des Moines) begins a week-long sale on Atlantic salmon fillets at $6.99/pound, King Regal salmon fillets at $21.99/pound and 300 items on BOGO.

• Price Chopper stores have sales through Monday on raspberries or blueberries at $2/6-ounce basket, frozen pollock or swai fillets at $3.49/pound and Kandy melons at $2.99.

— Jim Duncan, jd91446@aol.com

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1783: Treaty of Paris signed. The American Revolution officially comes to an end when representatives of the United States, Great Britain, Spain and France sign the Treaty of Paris on Sept. 3, 1783. The signing signified America’s status as a free nation, as Britain formally recognized the independence of its 13 former American colonies, and the boundaries of the new republic were agreed upon: Florida north to the Great Lakes and the Atlantic coast west to the Mississippi River. ... READ MORE

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1928: Penicillin discovered by Sir Alexander Fleming. Sir Alexander Fleming was a young bacteriologist when an accidental discovery led to one of the great developments of modern medicine on Sept. 3, 1928. Having left a plate of staphylococcus bacteria uncovered, Fleming noticed that a mold that had fallen on the culture had killed many of the bacteria. He identified the mold as penicillium notatum, similar to the kind found on bread. ... READ MORE

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