Letter to the Editor | No Indoor Dining, Not Yet
To the Editor:
At the schools, we feed our students breakfast, lunch, afternoon snacks and dinner. If it is not safe at McDonaldās, Burger King, Taco Bell and Carlās Jr. here in Greenfield and other cities in the county, then it is not safe in...
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 | Big Fish in a Small Pond
Have you noticed any strange looking grasshoppers around your house lately? They would be brown and they can almost fly. They are also quite a bit larger than your run-of-the-mill grasshopper, they may very well be locusts. It seems that is the only thing...
Window on the World Column | The Masks Are Coming Off
The masks are coming off people; and what is apparent is what is underneath isnāt always that pretty. No one has been to the dentist in forever, beards are growing on the women and, even sadder, people have been hiding behind their masks for...
Funny Papers Again Column | From Russia Without Love
I was attending a baseball game on the Greenfield Elementary School grounds when a car pulled up next to the entrance gate on 10th Street. It was a black four-door Ford, just like the ones the FBI drove on television, with two men in...
Window on the World Column | Above All Else, Be Kind
The definition of kindness is the quality of being friendly, generous and considerate, according to the Oxford Languages, wherever they might hang their hat off the Google imprint. The true meaning of being kind is doing intentional, voluntary acts of kindness. Not only when...
Worthy to Print Column | Tolerance
What a morning! I have been watching a series of videos on my computer that have given me some things to ponder over. I have thought that it was important to share, but havenāt had the time to do so. You know how you...
Letters to the Editor | Published Nov. 27, 2019
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Worthy to Print Column | Close Call
Iām back, did you miss me? The past couple of weeks have been interesting to say the least. As I look ahead to challenges that we all face everyday, I try to see the positive side as well. Take last week for instance; I...

















