Category Archives: Opinion

The March 5 issue of the Hometown Press on page seven ran an ad featuring Greg Louganis and whom I assume to be his homosexual partner / spouse /hus-band/whatever? – Johnny Chaillot. The unfortunate part about this ad is that it portrays one of the many myths perpetuated by the homosexual community. That myth: “Homosexual...

35 years ago (1980) Glenn Lewis, 112-pound Lynnville-Sully High School wrestler, took all four matches at the Iowa State High School Wrestling tournament to capture the state championship. Lewis won the championship match with an impressive 13-0 decision. The son of Mr. and Mrs. Bruce Lewis of Searsboro, he had to fight the hardest in his...

Most of us can’t wait. “April showers bring May flowers,” the saying goes. I’m told a group of ladies was at a local restaurant recently and somehow were talking about this saying and other sayings for other months. Some thought for sure there would be little sayings for each month. Some also thought someone should...

35 years ago (1980) Glenn Lewis, 112 pounds, son of Mr. and Mrs. Bruce Lewis; and Joel Henning, 132 pounds, son of Mr. and Mrs. Carl Henning, were two L-S wrestlers who earned a trip to the Class A State Tournament held at Vets Auditorium. During district wresting, Lewis defeated opponents from Waco and Lone Tree,...

All right, let’s have a show of hands: Who is ready for this bitterly cold weather to be over? Some days it seems it has never been this cold ever before. We did have a milder January than normal, but several times this season on a certain day, all 50 states had at least one...

Sincere congratulations to all Hometown Press personnel on the many honors your paper received from the Iowa Newspaper Association! You all do an outstanding job of reporting local news and reporting in such a way it is a true joy to read about all that is happening in the area! I love to keep in...

I can take a joke as well as the next, but the cold weather is wearing me down. Anytime there is a minus sign in front of the number on your thermometer, it’s too darn cold for any human being to be out of the house. Most animals get put into a shed or at least...