This winter I found a way to at least slightly mitigate inflation and increased costs of living. I make myself two or three vegetarian meals a week. It saves money. Food is a big item in my budget, and meat products are a major part of my grocery bill. I don’t have any moral issues about ...

If you were to stand in one spot long enough, everything would change — and not just hairstyles. And not just on a geological timescale, either. You wouldn’t have to wait for plate tectonics to do their work to see some radical shifts. A good example would be this winter. If you live in ...

It’s always great when a newspaper can report good news, something that can have a lasting positive impact on the community. It happened this fall with the aquatic center proposal. This week it happened again with True Light Christian’s proposal to add high school grades. Their plan has ...

Dear White males, I’m one of you. I have been my whole life, checking “White,” “Caucasian,” or “non-Hispanic” on surveys and applications. While my skin tone isn’t exactly white, a farmer tan hides some serious paleness. Face it, being one of us is a pretty good deal. Mostly ...

There is great news for Kansas City Chiefs fans! Taylor Swift has won the Super Bowl! Well, OK, she may have had a little help from her boyfriend, Travis Kelse. Also, from that guy named Mahomes and maybe Coach Reid and all of those other guys who were running around on the Las Vegas gridiron ...

Delores Richards and I, Dennis Ozmun1, are the two volunteer coordinators for the Lyon County Salvation Army. What a roll-a-coaster ride this has been. Looking over the last few years in 2020, we had $40,348. In 2021 we were just over $50,000. 2022 brought in just over $44,000, and 2023 we ...