Opinion

Nothing beats a small town

Published by admin on Thu, 08/14/2025 - 8:00am

Good neighbors are a blessing - but when good neighbors have good gardens, and are more than willing to share them, it’s a double blessing.   Ate like a queen last week with fresh cucumbers, garden fresh green beans with lots of chopped bacon, simmered for a long time, and a fresh ear of corn, wrapped in a wet paper towel, and cooked in the microwave when everything else was ready - that included cucumbers and onion, icy cold covered with brine.

Letter to the Editor: War metaphors should be replaced when discussing cancer

Published by admin on Thu, 08/14/2025 - 8:00am

Dear editor:

Letter to the Editor: BHC Fair quilt show wasn’t lost; it was held at BCAC

Published by admin on Thu, 08/14/2025 - 8:00am

Dear editor: 

80 Years Ago: Town quietly observes Japanese surrender

Published by admin on Thu, 08/14/2025 - 8:00am

100 Years Ago:

Meditating on the faith family history

Published by admin on Thu, 08/14/2025 - 8:00am

Walking the halls of faith (Hebrews 11) in my imagination and visualizing a museum of verbal portraits, I meditated on the lives of my faithful forefathers.

Not much to like about Russian olives

Published by admin on Thu, 08/07/2025 - 8:00am

Goodbye summer; welcome fall.  I know, according to the calendar, Sept. 21 is the official “welcome fall” day. However, prospective athletes will celebrate the appearance of fall starting this week. That’s when aspiring athletes — middle and high school — were notified they should have their physicals, signed by their doctor, in hand when the practices for football, volleyball, and cross country begin.

90 Years Ago: Construction of swimming pool commences

Published by admin on Thu, 08/07/2025 - 8:00am

100 Years Ago:

Lessons from a waterline break

Published by admin on Thu, 07/31/2025 - 8:00am

We were reminded this week that nothing makes you appreciate the necessities of life like not having them.

90 Years Ago: School board amends dress code for girls

Published by admin on Thu, 07/31/2025 - 8:00am

100 Years Ago

Our standards have fallen since ‘Gone with the Wind’ 

Published by admin on Thu, 07/31/2025 - 8:00am

 In a recent pod cast that Hunter Biden appeared on, one network said the “F bomb” was uttered 70 times by Biden — and that was before the pod cast ended.  Today these same words, or worse, are uttered by our elected officials, by rioters, by people we are supposed to look up to for guidance.  But what we get is just language that is abhorrent to most middle-class, God-fearing people.