August 2025

It was the 122nd Will County Fair, and it was the first time all 5 Kiefner children had been to the fair together in close to 50 years. It all started when my dad’s dad, Conrad, immigrated from Germany and entered Ellis Island on Sept 11, 1906. Lets not tell Read more

Several years ago, when Dave Kestel and I were working a Farm Bureau program, an attendee commented about our energy and our apparent youthful playfulness. That was when I coined the phrase, “The first 50 years of childhood are the best.” Now at the age of 61, have I grown Read more