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Opinion

Trump chaos changing our country

Community Voices

I remember as a kid hoping that between chores and supper, I could watch Walter Cronkite give the news on our black and white television. Yeah, I was a geek. I’ve been a news junkie ever since. I get that not everyone is so obsessed. If you have kids at home, maybe working two jobs, you ...

Factors contributing to successful marriage

Community Voices

Over the years I have seen both good and bad marriages. What follows is a psychologist’s opinion as to a few of the factors that contribute to a successful, mutually satisfying, healthy marriage. There certainly are more factors that could be listed here, but what follows are a few that have ...

DEI polices not American

Letters to the Editor

To the editor: I support President Trump in removing all DEI from all federal agencies and any others that get federal money. DEI — what that means is we should favor those who have a certain skin color or lifestyle. That is not American, is it? No. Is that what Martin Luther King Jr. ...

Words of wisdom

Local Columns

In today’s chaotic world, it seems we could all use a few words of wisdom. I recently came across an article about Charlie Chaplin. One of his comments referred to the six best doctors in the world. I found those words of wisdom to be timely and upbeat. While pondering them, I, of course, ...

All options open

Local Columns

During a recent trip to a favorite slump-buster of a panfish lake, I was reminded that sometimes a few extra moments pay off with bites from fish and sometimes schools of them that settle in once the din of drilling holes over a chosen area dies off. It’s that never-give-up attitude that can ...

Heart Month awareness: You may not realize your risk

Community Voices

Heart disease has been the number 1 killer in America for a century. Nearly half of all people have some type of cardiovascular disease, yet 38% don’t even realize they have it, according to the American Heart Association. That makes American Heart Month each February an important time of ...