A symbol of my family’s history was severely damaged by a fire this spring. The building that housed Ivanhoe’s former Eagle Cafe caught fire in April in a midnight blaze. Fire departments from as far away as Marshall and Canby responded to the Ivanhoe Fire Department’s call for ...

Question: I was just talking with someone the other day and they mentioned there is an age requirement for operating an “e-bike.” Can you get me more information on this? Answer: When it comes to E-bikes, a driver’s license or permit is not required. However, the minimum operator age is ...

Anyone who works in a helping profession will deal with success that often is followed by the person being helped sliding back into his or her old ways. The setback then needs to be addressed and dealt with. Their self-defeating behaviors have to stop if success is to be maintained When a ...

Have you noticed how often things really look nice? Did you take time to fully appreciate whatever it was that caught your attention? Many of us were very fortunate to grow up enveloped in the arms of a loving family. Unfortunately, not everyone has been so lucky, and those scars of the past ...

Legend has it that an urban congressman decided to visit a dairy farm. “How often do you milk your cows?” asked the congressman. “Twice a day,” replied the dairyman. “So, ten times a week,” said the congressman. “No, twice a day.” “That’s ...

I can’t tell you exactly when I started to notice how our summers have changed, but it was likely while fishing a bunch in that summer of 2021, while wrapping up the trend of social distancing, which looking back here in the more crotchety years of late middle age, was pretty nice. Since that ...