Window on the World Column | The Dump Trailer
You know you are middle-aged, or frankly on the wrong side of the bridge, if you get excited about a dump trailer. Itās a long story; but weāll just call him Scotty. Right at the beginning of our home remodel of sorts, we looked...
Worthy to Print Column | A Close Call
The other day I received a phone call from a very nice lady from the Eden Valley Care Center facility. Her name is Pam Hernandez, she is the social services officer at Eden Valley. She mentioned that she was putting on an affair at...
Funny Papers Again Column | āI See the Train AāCominā; Itās Cominā āRound the Bend ā¦ā
āRide the train, ride the train, anywhere Iām going I ride trains; sleepinā in a boxcar in the rain, ride the train, ride the train.ā That is the refrain of a song by southern rock group Alabama, just one of many American songs where...
Letters to the Editor | Published Jan. 29, 2020
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Worthy to Print Column: Wear a Mask
Put on your thinking cap and try to remember what you were doing four months ago. Were you getting ready to go out to dinner? How about seeing that movie you wanted the whole family to see? Meeting with a Bible study group? Well,...
Letters to the Editor | Published Nov. 20, 2019
Editor's Note: We welcome Letters to the Editor of local and general interest to our readers. Letters should be typed and include the writerās first and last name, home address and phone number for verification. No anonymous letters will be printed. Letters may be edited...
Window on the World Column: Make good memories
I hate the Fourth of July, America's birthday, Independence Day and all that. There, Iāve said it. I even said it out loud, as I hummed, alternatively, āStar Spangled Bannerā and āWe are the Champions.ā Then a wartime mortar comes flying over my head...
Worthy to Print Column | All About the Benjamins
How are you doing? I mean, do you still wear your mask? Did you seriously see that the doctor that goes on TV wants us to wear three? The past few days are almost historic. Some folks from the surrounding areas of what we...
Funny Papers Again Column | An Old Market Gets Attention, and a Library Still Waiting
In offering kudos to my hometown, I use the energetic parlance of the day: āa shout-out to the city of Greenfield and a new look for an old building!ā After what many felt was a bit too long, the two-story building that occupies the...
Worthy to Print Column | Saying Goodbye to a Legend ā Eddie Silva
They say that the āGood Die Young.āĀ I donāt know about all of the young, but I do know that there is one young man who left this mortal coil way too soon. He left us with memories that will last forever. This particular young...

















