Opinion

By AMY SHANKLAND Sandwiched About 10 days ago, while my husband John was away working in Kentucky, I sat on the floor with one of our cats in my lap…

By RAY ADLER Ask Adler In a previous column we talked about setting goals. Ancient wisdom from the Book of Habakkuk tells us to write our goals on tablets of…

By DR. DEREK ARROWOOD Hamilton Heights Superintendent Update No. 76 In recognition of National Mentoring Month, I want to take this opportunity to thank the many community mentors for the…

By SHARON McMAHON Be Well “Our bodies are our gardens – our wills are our gardeners.” – William Shakespeare Have you had enough of winter yet? This is the time…

By JANET HART LEONARD From the Hart Merriam-Webster Dictionary defines communicate as: “to get someone to understand your thoughts or feelings.” Google defines communicate as: “to share or exchange information, news…

By ALMA MASON Sheridan High School Student Editor’s Note: The Sheridan Student Column is brought to readers by Sheridan High School’s 10th grade English class, taught by Abby Williams. Two…

By JEFF JELLISON Guest Columnist Recently I read a CNN news story published on WISH-TV’s website regarding a high school football coach that was disciplined and barred from praying on…

By COREY SYLVESTER Cicero Edward Jones As you know, inflation heated up in 2021, following years of pretty stable – and low – numbers. And now, early in 2022, we’re…

By SCOTT SAALMAN Scaramouch No matter how hard I tried to get her to admit otherwise, Brynne insisted she was NOT UNHAPPY about a recent impulse buy of mine that…