Columns

Pitcher plants at The Crosby Arboretum!

By Patricia R. Drackett Are you acquainted with the tall yellow pitcher plants that grow among the grasses…

Columns

A Place Called Hell

By Shannon Marshall I once mistakenly ran a red light. The left lane had the green turn arrow.…

Opinion

The art and joy of being alone

By Jillian Haskin It’s bittersweet, yet it is the demise of many and cultivates the final ending to…

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Historic early cold snap sets records this week

By Skip Rigney You knew it was cold this week, but you may not have realized just how…

Opinion

Two shall become one in matrimony

By Jan Miller Penton There are some memories that burn in our hearts of something more wonderful than…

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Thoughts from thin places

By Felder Rushing Digging in the dirt for me has deep mental and philosophical connotations. As we physically…

Opinion

New supercomputers to improve forecast accuracy

By Skip Rigney Last week’s scorching heat wave culminated last Friday and Saturday (June 24-25) with high temperatures…

Opinion

God’s Beautiful World

By Erlene Smith He hath made everything beautiful in his time. Ecclesiastes 3:11a (KJV) From early morning at…

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Keep your eyes open to the plight around us

By Jan Miller Penton After my water aerobics class this morning I realized I didn’t have much at…

Opinion

“Are You A Christian? Why?”

By Shannon Marshall Ask most people the question, “Are you a Christian?” and they will give you the…