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Cannot end news addiction

I’ve have previously written about my news addiction, but I think it may be getting worse. Read More



Where Charlie Tinker lies buried

Note: This is a second three-part series on Charlie Tinker. This is the first installment. Read More



Here's Cameron Lyle, weight man and lifesaver

Ah, yes. Age 22. I remember that. Barely. Read More



Many moms worth honoring

Recently, the eighth issue of Moments magazine came out. If you subscribe to the Forsyth County News, you received a copy in the Sunday edition. Read More



Mama set her mind and it wouldn't change

Mama was stubborn. “Set in her ways,” is what country folks call it. And boy, was she. When she made up her mind, nothing stopped her. Read More



Baker still going strong after 45 years

Johnnie B. Baker, Jr.? He’s one of my favorites. Read More



Younger generation lacks work ethic

I was recently in a local shoe store trying on sandals for the summer when I heard a rather loud voice. It was female and she was riled up about something. Read More



The long, hard life of a poor dirt farmer

There’s nothing glamorous about being a farmer, nothing charming, little endearing and certainly few things easy about it. Read More



One embarrassment too many for Paul Johnson?

Chadron State College, located in the northern portion of the Nebraska panhandle, has a student body of 3,000. Read More



Can't pull dog away from TV

Does anyone else have a dog that watches television? Read More



Sharing in the pain of others

Oh, the stories people tell. Not always good ones mind you, but the kind that will make you fall down on your knees and thank the good Lord up above that you don’t have a story like that. Read More



Red Sox aid in Boston's recovery

"Nobody’s gonna dictate our freedom. Stay strong!" Read More



Time to plant a garden

Fellow gardeners know this time of year is about more than lovely weather and the pollen count. It is either time to plant your garden or, if you got ahead of the game like we did last weekend, it is time to tend to it lovingly. If you think I’ve been a lifelong gardener raised by parents who loved digging in the dirt, you’re wrong. I was raised in the suburbs, always near a major ... Read More



Everyone is a writer able to spin a tale

Over lunch the other day with friends, all in the newspaper business, I mentioned that I occasionally speak at writers’ conferences. “Everyone has a book in ’em,” I commented, something I most surely believe though they all looked surprised. “They do,” I insisted. “Everyone has a story to tell that is interesting enough to be read by others.” As Oliver Wendell Holmes Sr., poet and doctor, once said, “I have tasted the intoxicating pleasure of ... Read More



Scott's Masters win a credit to others

Let’s give some credit to Adam Scott for playing some great golf and winning the 2013 Masters. Read More



It's been 50 years since the Game of Change

The NCAA Basketball Tournament has come a long way in the past 50 years. Read More


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