Tuesday, December 30, 2025

Blogs

Our Other Immigration Problem

I bet you can't guess what creature is the most dangerous in the world? I thought it was wolves but it's flies. That's because they...

Just a Little Light: School Days When My Daddy Was a Kid

Dawn Phelps Columnist   School days, school days, dear old golden rule days, Readin' and 'ritin' and 'rithmetic, Taught to the tune of a hick'ry stick, You were my...

Lettuce Eat Local: All’s Fair In The Fair

Amanda Miller Columnist Lettuce Eat Local It was just past noon, and though the laws of time don’t apply in standard fashion in the fair, it seemed...

Poker in the pokey

Crop harvesting crews usually consist of a few old timers, who own the equipment and establish a customer base, and a bunch of rambunctious,...

Rum Rum Chata Cake

Early Fall Rum Cake? Why not, tis the season! The cooler temperatures are definitely an incentive for a return to baking. Time for creativity, and...

The Great Coon’ Bait Caper

When it comes to eating habits, raccoons are a lot like teenage boys; they’ll eat anything that smells good, and a lot of things...

Son Kevin Writes the Column

Lovina’s Amish Kitchen Lovina Eitcher, Old Order Amish Cook, Wife & Mother of Eight   Hi, this is Kevin, I'm Lovinas' youngest son. She calls me the baby, but I...

Big farmer”oops”

As crop producers keep farming more and more acres, sometimes their management gets stretched a bit too thin. That's what happened to ol' L. Austin...