I have ten resolutions for 2018.Some are old, some are used, some are new and some are blue. I guess. And to the best of my ability, I will not be panache, if that's ok with you. I will also not write anything that might border on calumny. So without caterwauling any longer, here is my list of ...
As we come to the end of one year and start a new one, I want to thank all of you who have contributed to the fundraiser of the Wieting Foundation.We appreciate your support of the Phase II project.A lot has been accomplished but we still need to raise the rest of the amount to complete this ...
It all started the day after Thanksgiving when a shipment of 75-100 Christmas Trees came to our grocery store for sale to one and all. What an exciting time. The fresh smell of all those pine-fir trees was enough to make a kid of ten or eleven feel as if he's in heaven. It's 1960 and it's ...
Ho Ho Ho.........Merry Christmas to all of you. Santa here. Yep, it's the real me!! Rudolph's fine as are all the elves. Mrs. Claus is busy wrapping presents, making cookies and getting the reindeer all ready for the big day. As you all know, I get tons of letters from all you boys and girls ...
With the Christmas season just beginning, I though it would be a grand idea to let you know which movies are "must sees" in your Christmas movie itinerary. There are tons and tons out there and most of them are just plain bad. I, your humble servant, will try to steer you away from all the ...
I love participating in events known as "Star Parties"toamateur astronomers. A 'Star Party' is simply a gathering of amateur and sometimes professional astronomers at night under the stars with their binoculars and telescopes. The general public, including families with young children is ...
It looks like we have come to the end of the 1942 Film Festival. The last film is a documentary of a happening at Clutier. The film is titled "Hometown".If you don't know what happened you need to come see the film. This takes place at the Wieting, Sunday, Dec. 10 at 2 p.m. Admission is free ...
As I write this week's column, it is still November.However as you read it, December will have arrived. I have a hard and fast, yet quite vague rule that the "official" Christmas season doesn't begin until December. Next week we shall begin a series of Christmas columns but not today!! ...
Did the young people of the community have enough to do last weekend? I hope they participated in the many activities that were arranged for them.I understand the matinee was a BIG success. We need to thank the workers for all their work. You came through.The parade was a success. Boy, it was ...
Now at first glance, you're probably thinking that this is going to be a very, very long column. The things I don't understand are myriad but today I'm just gonna hit some of the things that not necessarily bug me, but that I just don't understand. I have no idea how televisions, cell phones, ...