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I have hope

It’s a new year, and of course, that means it’s time for a New Year’s Resolution. Yes, we all know what happens to many of our, offered with good intentions, New Year’s resolutions. They begin, wither and perish. However, wouldn’t it be nice to have a wish come to fulfillment? To ...

Resolutions

Someone recently challenged me to come up with some New Year’s resolutions. I have a couple of problems with that particular idea. First of all, how can you resolve to become a better person when you’re already so good that there’s nearly no room for improvement? If you are, as Mary ...

The Vietnam War – Sharon (Johnson) McCully – Flying medevac missions

We have been learning about Sharon McCully, a 1957 Russell High School graduate, who trained as a nurse and volunteered for the Air Force in 1968. She served in Massachusetts before completing flight nurse training and deploying to Vietnam in May 1970, serving with the 903rd Aeromedical ...

We all can be targets in a mean world

Just in time for Christmas, I looked like a freak. How festive. I came home from town, and wife Pam made a face at me. “What’s wrong with your eye?” Nothing that I knew about till I looked in the mirror. My left eye was red where white was supposed to be. It was what your teenager would ...

On the Porch

The Star Vaudeville House, which was located on West Main Street in Marshall opened its doors in October of 1907. It was the first theater in Marshall with a film projector to show motion pictures. The theater later became the Standard Theater in 1909 and then lastly called the Lyric Theater. ...

Our super power is to see Christ in others and that can change the world

There is a delightfully fun new Christmas movie out called “Red One.” Now, it’s not in the vein of Christmas movies of old. No Jimmy Stewart or Red Ryder BB guns. But it’s a cute premise: Santa (or “Red One”) gets kidnapped and his elf security team — think Secret Service ...