Bill Curwick was born in 1950, the eldest of Winifred and James Curwick’s five children. He graduated from Marshall High School in 1968 and attended college a year before enlisting in the Army and training as a combat engineer. He received deployment orders for Vietnam in November 1970 and ...

A simple definition of planning is thinking about what you have to do to accomplish your goal. It involves future thinking. Psychologists have tried to break down this type of thinking from a variety of perspectives. One view is that it is a process of formulating, evaluating, and selecting ...

The week of May 4 through May 10 marks International Compost Awareness Week. This is an excellent opportunity to begin composting if you have not yet started, or to refresh your knowledge on what can and cannot be composted if you are already engaged in the practice. If you are interested in ...

I’m a numbers guy. I’d rather be catching tons of fish than hunting down that one large one that’s going to test my drag and my mettle. I’ll take action over size any day on the water. At this point in my fishing career, I’ve chalked it up to a combination of my short attention span ...

A concerned constituent recently sent me a text message regarding the escalating cost of providing medical care to illegal immigrants in the State of Minnesota. Here’s what’s currently in place: In the 2023 Health and Human Services budget bill, illegal immigrants were granted free ...

How many time have you thought or started to say: “I am glad, but...?” Usually that means you’ve experienced something but are not really fully pleased with the experience. Does this mean we have regret about whatever we did? Well maybe, but it doesn’t have to be a negative moment. ...