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The life cycle of a recycling cart

Local Columns

If your recycling cart could talk, what stories would it tell? It might talk about the hundreds if not thousands of bottles, cans, paper and cardboard boxes it has carried through the years. Perhaps it could complain about the -20 degree winters or the 90+ degrees days in the summer and it might simply say, “I’m tired. I’ve recycled enough for one lifetime.” I get it. There is a great story behind our recycling carts because we have been using most of them for well over 20 years. If we think about that time frame, smartphones were just getting going, social media was just ...

Finally my day

Local Columns

Please, Odin, may I have my day? Lately, the calendar seems to be crowded with meetings, volunteering, programs, shopping and whatever else finds its way into the month. I realize much of that overflowing calendar happenings is my fault, so maybe I shouldn't complain too much. However, its still needs to be addressed. Along the way, I've read that the way to self satisfaction is self evaluation. There's a lot of wisdom in those few words so let's meander a bit. First of all, I just opened a bottle of McManis Pinot Grigio. It's not the first time I have tasted this wine, and it ...

Getting the shot

Local Columns

A long time ago, when I first started writing this column, the weekly email to my publishing papers didn’t always include a photo. I figured that my 700 words or so were enough to amply describe the adventure in each week’s article or to lay out my ideas for better hunting or angling for ...

A Diamond experience

Community Voices

Our weather of late proves the truth of the axiom, “Be careful what you wish for. You just might get it.” This past summer was hot and dry in our neck of the woods. Summertime conditions were so sizzling that an expectoration would evaporate before it could reach the ground. Thanks to ...

Spending taxpayer money on ads

Letters to the Editor

Our fearless leader (President Donald Trump) has supposedly pulled a rabbit out of his hat six weeks before the midterms, in which he is not running. He has aired some ridiculous ads attacking anyone left of the doorway, having spent some $920,000 taxpayer dollars in attempt to turn his past missteps into victories. All the while he is being supported by his own Supreme Court and every Republican in Congress. Please remember this. Release the Epstein files. Dennis Phelps Westbrook

Some food for thought at the Atlantic Place

Community Voices

Back in May, one of the Independent’s more loyal readers sent me an email request for this column. “A group of senior center (Adult Community Center) members visited the Atlantic Place for a tour and taste event. It  would be of interest to others, I think, to learn more about the new ...