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Local Commentaries

Can the U.S. move past this ‘disgraceful’ era?

The Durham Report confirmed the involvement of individuals promoting the Russian collusion hoax. Well before the report, honest news sources named culprits including former FBI director James Comey,assistant director Andrew McCabe, Peter Strzok and the Hillary Clinton Campaign. Earlier,the ...

Menu of memories from summer picnics

Picnic food is some of the best. When I was growing up, we had many picnics. Many of them were informal, organized at the spur of the moment. When that happened, we were most often at my aunt and uncle’s cottage on Lake Erie. The cottage itself was nothing to write home about. It was a ...

Total extermination: a gardener’s tale

My computer dictionary defines varmint as “an objectionable or undesirable animal, usually predatory, as a coyote or bobcat.” Fuggedaboudit. Not all varmints have four legs. My current objectionable and undesirable varmint has six legs. And wings. I have an infestation of Japanese ...

Many reasons for church disaffiliations

This is regarding the article about local churches that have disaffiliated from the United Methodist Church that was published in the Times Observer (June 17). I had hoped to have made this reply much sooner, but I have been spearheading the disaffiliation and reincorporation for Covenant ...

Vacations of past are trip down memory lane

From the first car we had until the last, we went on vacation. My mother and my grandparents owned the car together. The first car I remember was a 40 something Buick. Then, we got a 1949 Plymouth. From that we bought our first new car a 1955 two-tone Plymouth. My grandmother’s brother worked ...

We’ve come a long way baby … maybe not

For a while, I thought we HAD come a long way. Women have made substantial inroads in business, the professions, and job equality. We may eventually catch up salary-wise, but honestly, I don’t expect to live that long. However, following a few recent experiences, my response is a loud, ...