Last week, there was a picture of the Essig Junior Bi-County baseball team in the paper, champions of the league. It made me sad. I don’t have anything against that group of boys. It’s just that it reminded me how I felt this time of year when I was young and summer baseball ended. ...

Installing Windows can usually be accomplished with a few effortless mouse clicks. Installing actual windows can be a bit more challenging. Thirty years ago, my wife and I built an addition onto our farmhouse. Our two sons, who were grade schoolers at the time, were sharing one tiny bedroom. ...

Asylum: (noun) somewhat old-fashioned : an institution providing care and protection to needy individuals (such as the infirm or destitute) and especially the mentally ill. — Merriam-Webster online Not long ago I called my oldest friends back in Oklahoma to catch up on things. During the ...

Summer is flying by, and our facilities staff is as busy as ever! Some summer activities are starting to wrap up as camps and fall activities are getting ready to take off! While it’s not unusual to find teachers in their rooms working on curriculum or starting to prepare for this fall at ...

It’s no secret that recent years have been tough on small businesses and on newspapers. A bipartisan bill, the “Community News & Small Business Support Act,” that has been introduced in Congress would offer relief to both newspapers and local businesses. For too many ...

There are big anniversaries we all share, like the first man on the moon and 9/11. There are little ones I share with Pam: first kiss, birth of kids. Anniversaries, good and bad, are a chance to put ourselves back in that moment. “Oh, yeah. That’s how that felt.” This month was the ...