As we head into our busy outdoor season, we are all looking forward to getting back to the special events that we missed last year: graduations, backyard cookouts, county fairs and, of course, our incomparable Iowa State Fair. I recently received my second dose of the COVID-19 vaccine. It was something I’ve looked forward to since the pandemic began last spring, and I’m very happy to have it completed. Now, those events will be safer for me, and others, to attend. My family, in­cluding my 84-year-old mother, will be safer as well during those...