Halloween Is A Day, Not A Month!
We have so many holidays on the American calendar. New Year's Day, MLK's Birthday, Presidents' Day, Valentine Day... On into Memorial Day, Independence Day, Labor Day and Columbus Day. As fall approaches there are really only a small handful of celebrated holidays: Thanksgiving, Christmas and New Year's Eve...
I missed seeing you at the German Hymnfest on Sunday afternoon. The crowd was small but enthusiastic. Mark your calendar for next year on the last Sunday in September.
Class Meetings continue at the Art United Methodist Church on Wednesday evenings.
Choir practice has been changed to Tuesday, October 3rd, at the Art United Methodist Church.
Happy Birthday to Faye Laykin on September 27th and Samantha Jordan on September 29th.
Make yours a good week.
ger/sep 27 ltr-chris keating
Climate
Let me count the ways.
I have no desire to get into a duel of letters with Kendal Hemphill. It’s clear that nothing will ever educate him concerning the facts of science, so I’m not interested in trying. But, as it was pointed out to me, there might be some people out there who actually believe what he’s saying.
Recycle!
Dear Editor,
I am writing to you again to remind everyone of our recycle center. If we as citizens, become mindful of our community, we can save time for our landfill, when we recycle we save space and help our environment at the same time. I never gave recycling a second thought until I became aware or our landfill and what it takes to maintain it, and be accountable for it.
I want to remind everyone that Celtic guitarist and singer Jerry Barlow will perform Voyage of Hope tomorrow night at 6:00 in the Stribling Room! “I have always been intrigued by the Irish immigration,” says Barlow. “One million strong…leaving their beloved homeland to escape English oppression and the Potato Famine.
Say banana
To begin with, I’d like to acknowledge that I owe a huge debt of gratitude to peta for their selfless dedication to this column during the past twenty years. No other group or organization has exerted itself to such an impressive extent to provide me with column material. The global warming cult has made efforts, and good ones, in that area, but peta is still Number One when it comes to giving me easy topics to write about.
Now, if you’re normal, you probably look at peta
I’m looking forward to the new television shows. Had enough of the re-runs! I’m a fan of the Punchers and not the NFL. If they can’t stand and put their hands on over their hearts, I don’t have to watch them. Too, the players seem to think that their nasty long hair is appealing?
Say What?...
Rarely do I make promises that I do not intend to keep. I am quick to make ‘em, though, if they’re likely to be forgotten by the person to whom they’re made.
Examples of the “likely-to-be-forgottens” include the promise to avoid chocolate for 60 days or to chew each bite of food 28 times.
In neither case is there any “telltale” evidence of whether pledges are honored, unless spouses retrieve candy wrappers from pockets, or watch our chewing to count the number ...
Agitator or Innovator? History Decides...
An often quoted, or misquoted, axiom says: "History is written by the victors." Whether originally uttered by Pliny the Elder or Winston Churchill, the substance remains. How we view people and events that have lived and occurred has much to do with who documented and recorded those things.
In today's world, there are many historical figures that we celebrate as visionaries; but, during their time, they were equally reviled by many of their contem ...
Education Costs
This letter is in response to the article published in the paper on Sept. 13 pg. 14 regarding the state and federal budgets and how they will affect our public schools. In case you missed it I would you suggest that you get that paper from the Mason County News office and read it.
