Columns

Dear Editor: I would like to express my appreciation for the hard work and commitment that the city crew put into removing the snow here in Callaway. I know they put in long hard hours to get the job done. I think we all take you guys for granted, but I know that takes a lot of work.

Following three days of meetings and workshops at the American Farm Bureau convention in San Juan, Puerto Rico we were sent home with a motivational address by Bert Jacobs, co-founder of the Life Is Good brand.

A birth certificate shows we were born, a death certificate shows we died. Pictures show we lived! I Believe…just because two people argue, doesn’t mean they don’t love each other.

When things in your life seem almost too much to handle, when 24 hours in a day are not enough, remember the mayonnaise jar…and the coffee… A professor stood before his philosophy class and had some items in front of him.

Do not expect an accurate perspective about inflation from mainstream media. Such reporting is based on the lie that inflation is the condition of rising prices. This is often repeated by political leaders, news reporters and pundits. It is also taught at all levels of education.

What if you were playing in the club championship tournament finals and the match was halved at the end of 17 holes? You had the honor and hit your ball a modest 250 yards to the middle of the fairway, leaving a simple six iron to the pin.

From the Collection of Pat Young Once upon a time the government had a vast scrap yard in the middle of a desert. Congress said, 'Someone may steal from it at night.' So they created a night watchman position and hired a person for the job.

Every other year our immediate family Christmas is celebrated on a date other than Christmas Eve or Christmas.

The longer you have been cooking, the more likely it is that a culinary disaster will strike. Usually, it comes in the form of either a missing ingredient or one added by mistake.

The first day of school our professor introduced himself and challenged us to get to know someone we didn’t already know. I stood up to look around when a gentle hand touched my shoulder.