Andrew Henderson “Did time travelers help the allies win World War II?” That question was written in the subject line of a e-mail I recently received here at the office. Time travelers? World War II? I must admit that I was intrigued. “Did time travelers help the allies win World War ll?” the e-mail begins.(…)
by Jerry Kasperek Who remembers drinking Switchel? Dick Cronk does. It’s a homemade, hot weather thirst-quencher he drank as a teenager when he worked at the Mangeot farm off Hannibal Street. Dick is a classmate of mine from Good Old Fulton High’s Class of 1951. He had read my last column about local dairies and(…)
by Leon Archer Sweet Thing and I just returned from visiting our son, Brett, and his family in Two Harbors, Minn., spending two weeks including travel time. That’s why I missed you last week; I just ran out of time. We did give our car top camper a good workout, not just on the way(…)
by Roy Hodge I have often wondered about the little person or persons who seem to live somewhere inside my computer’s keyboard. Here’s the scenario: I sit down at the keyboard with a pretty good idea of what I am going to do for my next column. I have a plan in my head and(…)
Andrew Henderson As I write this, I am once again living the bachelor’s life. I have Sportscenter on the TV, Cardinals game on the laptop, leftover garlic pizza in the fridge, and I might not be wearing any pants. Do I have your attention now? Okay, it’s not what you think. I might not be(…)
by Paul McKinney A number of you have asked me, “What happened with your car insurance case?” Well, in a nutshell, the big guns, the money folks at the insurance agency won! Or did they? I received a fax response from them, via my attorney, relating a case in which a judge ruled that one(…)
by Pastor David Gray “These are written that you may believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God, and that believing you may have life in His name.” — John 20:31 The most elemental definition of Biblical faith is “Believing what God says.” We find this in Genesis when God says that Abraham(…)
by Paul McKinney It always seemed sunny back then. Was everyday a sunny Sunday? No, not really. Maybe it’s just a made up vision of growing up. If lucky, looking back and remembering is like viewing life with a pair of rose-colored glasses. It really was like that, wasn’t it? I’m asked all the time,(…)
by Roy Hodge A column I wrote during the summer of 1980 reminded me of a difficult period of my life as a responsible, but maybe a bit overly cautious, even cowardly, parent as I guided my youngest son through area amusement parks and carnivals. Adam was nine, almost ten, and the two older boys(…)
by Jim Farfaglia Garden Gift I love how the kale holds dew in its green-mittened hands, how it captures the first light of day and greets me with a sparkling Good Morning! Then an early-rising breeze invites the kale to dance, and it shimmies and shakes, unable to contain all the joy that it(…)
