Online angling research has a way of spurring on preparations that have been back-burnered for some time. Well behind the curve in my annual fly-tying efforts, I found the motivation I required to catch up on the usual off-season work at the vise over the past week following a storm which ...
As we finalize this year’s budget revisions, we are already planning for next year. Despite our best efforts to manage costs efficiently, the district will need to use more than $1 million in reserves this school year due to inflation and state mandates. For the 2025-26 school year, we ...
The writer Arthur Brooks recently penned a column about a dinner party he and his wife attended with several other long-married couples. After some requisite social niceties, the hostess posed a question that sparked an evening of fascinating discussion: have you ever had a major crisis in your ...
We’ve been learning about Karl Porisch’s Vietnam service, piloting CH-46 helicopters with Marine Medium Helicopter Squadron 263 (MMH 263) out of Marble Mountain Airfield south of Danang. He arrived there in October 1970. Karl recalled the pilots of MMH 263 were busy. “Most of the ...
The social news or gossip columns in the old newspapers are always fascinating to read. A special section in the newspaper was devoted to the social media of the day. The whereabouts of local people and events were often featured in these columns. Here are a few from The News Messenger of Lyon ...
I remember the days when many people had favorite radio and television commercials, ones that went the extra mile for being clever and entertaining. Maybe it’s a reflection of my age, but current commercials don’t seem to measure up to the best of the past. When they try to be funny, they ...