by Ralphine Major | Sep 15, 2014 | Columnist, Major
By Ralphine Major Several of the players who helped Bob Dagley’s Gibbs Eagles achieve a 31-2 record in 1964-65 played a major role in several games when called upon, though their time to excel actually came the following year. One of those players is Charlie Ballard....
by Steve Williams | Sep 15, 2014 | Columnist, Williams
By Steve Williams Officially, it’s the Historic Fountain City Lake. Most of us, however, know it simply as The Duck Pond. But for over a year now, you would be more accurate to call it The Yuck Pond. It’s become an eyesore. Slimy green algae covers about 80 percent of...
by Mark Nagi | Sep 15, 2014 | Columnist, Nagi, Norman
By Alex Norman Domestic violence is a serious problem in this country. According to safehorizon.org, one in four women will experience domestic violence during her lifetime. This is something we should all care about. The National Football League? Not so much. The...
by Ray Hill | Sep 14, 2014 | Archives, Columnist, Hill, Ray Hill's Archives
By Ray Hill Woodrow Wilson returned to America to face a hostile Republican Congress and a people tired of the war. Wilson believed if he could reach the American people, he could convince them the United States’ participation in the League of Nations was essential....
by design | Sep 8, 2014 | Columnist, Ferguson
By Dr. Jim Ferguson I am not musically gifted, though I fancy that I sing “well” in the shower. I hum along or sing by ear, not by training. It’s fortunate that I sit next to my wife in church because she reads music and this allows me to follow her lead. I know I...
by design | Sep 8, 2014 | Columnist, Moore
By Rosie Moore I hear the men outside mowing my lawn. They come here three times a month, one with the mower, and one with a weed-whacker. As I watched the blades of grass tumble to the ground as on a swift journey, I recalled a book I have called, “Selections from...
