December 31, 2009 RSS feed / Features

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Common Talk

Signs of the Time
By JANE E. BRYANT
PEOPLE THINK if you write something on a sign, that others will heed it. More...

Kids Korner

The New Year Celebration
By S. RIZZOTTO

THE CELEBRATION of the New Year is the oldest of all holidays. It was first observed in ancient Babylon about 4000 years ago. In the years around 2000 BC, the Babylonian New Year began with the first New Moon. More...

Thoughts of an Average Joe

He Must Be a Good Person, I Saw Him in Church
By JOE WRIGHT

I try to live a good life and treat people the way I would like to be treated, and I hope that pleases God, but I don’t go to church every Sunday. Many folks feel they should honor God by attending a service every week. More...

Aging In Place

Old Problems – New Approaches
By SCOTT FUNK

With the New Year comes a cavalcade of resolutions, most of which will be broken before the champagne corks can be found and thrown away. Beyond resolutions are issues that plague many retirees and their families. More...

The Gambucchi Conundrum

By ROBERT H. ALLEN

Dear Principal Henniker, More...

Silly Social Scenes

“Put that satirist on my Enemies List!” Richard M. Nixon HOW COACH & HERMIT HUNT THE COUGAR
By Miss Aineeda Lobotomy, Semi-Permanent Guest Columnist

COACH AND HERMIT GO COUGAR HUNTING – Coach Naugahyde, distraught at the announcement of his low polling numbers and the abrupt conclusion of his fascinating saga (as reluctantly reported in last week’s column), was so despondent that his More...

Keeping In Touch

Anticipation
By CHRISTINE BARNES

THE MONARCH butterflies have left St. Marks NWR and flitted their way across the Gulf to central Mexico. Increasingly, attention is turning toward the Whooping Cranes. More...