Opinion

Choosing happiness for the holidays

Be Well “I have decided to be happy because it is better for my health.” – Voltaire Many of us, and I include myself in the “us”, wait for circumstances…


Grace said, Grace given

From the Heart I’ve been a mom for 40 years, a grandmother for 20 and a mother-in-law for 12 years. There is one thing that I have learned to give…






Reader’s suggestion for 911 funding

Dear Editor: After reading the Fred Swift article (11-15-2017) about additional funding needed from rural townships to fund the 911 emergency call center, I researched my files and my present…



Butter up, family!

From the Heart For me, family dinners around the table are sacred. My reasons will be explained later in this column. So when Emily and I were in the dairy…