by Ray Hill | Nov 29, 2015 | Archives, Columnist, Hill, Ray Hill's Archives
By Ray Hill There is likely no other career that affords fewer opportunities for revival than politics. Even more rare in a political career is redemption. Claude Pepper’s political career spanned a remarkable sixty years, from 1928 until his death in 1989. By the...
by Ralphine Major | Nov 29, 2015 | Major
By Ralphine Major ralphine3@yahoo.com I looked at the list of names and realized I had met many of them through the years as our paths crossed. 1961 was the year my class began first grade, and I had no idea who the graduating seniors were. On a gorgeous July...
by design | Nov 23, 2015 | Columnist, Ferguson
By Dr. Jim Ferguson My wife, Becky, relates a story of a long departed relative who grew up in the Great Depression. This lady understood privation, and as a result saved everything for the proverbial “rainy day.” As the family sorted through her life’s history and...
by design | Nov 23, 2015 | Columnist, Moore
By Rosie Moore I came in contact with a stack of Reader’s Digest magazines and I’m in seventh heaven. The smallest book with the most information of any magazine around, it contains Jokes, Food, Money, Home, Heroes, Dreams, and Health articles that keeps one turning...
by Ralphine Major | Nov 23, 2015 | Columnist, Major
By Ralphine Major ralphine3@yahoo.com “O give thanks unto the Lord; for he is good; for his mercy endureth for ever. 1 Chronicles 16:34 (KJV) Dressed in my cowgirl outfit, I was Annie Oakley—hat and all! Growing up on our dairy farm, life was simple and time...
by Joe Rector | Nov 23, 2015 | Columnist, Rector
By Joe Rector Yes, I know that Thanksgiving is still three more days away, but I wanted to get a jump on it and make my list of all the things for which I am thankful and for the blessings poured out to me. I’m thankful for the job I have. The previous one that I had...
