At first I was disappointed I would not be able to take my 8-year-old daughter to the Parade of Lights this year, as we had prior commitments. However, when I read the article in the News Record … more

The loss of Twinkies does not affect me greatly. What does is the loss of Sweetheart bread products, always fresh and delicious. Now we are faced with inferior products from Grupo Bimbo, the … more

As a community, parents and taxpayers, we need to make our schools safer. After so many national school shootings, I am left feeling like our children are just moving targets. Why have we not put … more

Remember tough love? That concept from a few decades ago that dealing sternly with someone and facing the problem would be best in the long run? more

Three short months ago, I told a friend I felt led to inform our community about some disturbing information that she and I had heard in a meeting. We educated ourselves. Then with a grassroots … more

This is in response to Brad Schofield’s recent article in the paper: I’m amazed that people really think our country is going to diminish because of the president. I taught at the high school … more

Most of the time, opening the mail is just a chore. There’s the junk mail or the spam, the bills and the other nonsense that you sift through to find little. more

I seem to be a bit confused on the Obama-care issue. I always thought that it was Congress that made all bills and the president just signs or vetoes the bill. And then if Congress still thought a … more

I was raised to be a person willing to accept blame if I did something wrong. Early on, I realized the military’s mantra of “no excuse, sir” for an error had a great deal of logic because, while there’s always a reason something goes wrong, excuses don’t resolve it. more

In the past few months, there have been some efforts to try to stem the tide of what could be a train wreck for Campbell County. more