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Local Commentaries

Different places, times to find weekly muse

Andy Rooney, the reporter who occupied the curmudgeon seat on “60 Minutes” is long gone. I have trouble believing that it has been eleven years since he passed, at the ripe old age of 92. His was the last face every Sunday night, usually grumbling, and always amusing. Andy’s collection ...

Battling the personalities with military

A legacy of having lived a relatively long life is that one can look back … providing that one’s memory is still basically intact … on the host of characters with whom one has come into fairly close contact during all those years. Included in that manifold roster of course are those one ...

Rural parts of state are seeing investment

I was appointed State Director of USDA Rural Development for the Commonwealth in October 2021. Thus far, the highlight was seeing St. Luke’s Carbon Campus Hospital open its doors in November. During the tour of the trauma-4 facility, I was told that the hospital would treat about 50,000 ...

View from Hickory Heights: Therapy in the kitchen

When you think you need therapy you might consider this. This week I talked to several people about making bread. One lady told me that her last loaf flopped. She thought may be her yeast was bad. I explained to her about blooming your yeast so that you know it is active. All you do is put warm ...

Thinking twice before climbing the ladder

This is not about climbing the ladder of success. In fact, it’s almost the opposite – toppling off the ladder of disaster. I don’t know what the attraction is between men – particularly men of the senior persuasion – and their ladders. I know it has something to do with getting ...

Grappling with area wrestling numbers

The high school wrestling championship season is upon us and Warren County has moved only four wrestlers (in both AAA and AA) beyond the District X championships. The participant numbers in three District X schools (i.e., at Eisenhower, Warren, and Youngsville) are in decline at the both the ...