Category Archives: Opinion

I saw articles about some interesting words on my favorite website, dictionary.com. If you don’t love words like I do, it’s okay to skip this column this week, you’ll be bored. Here are eight interesting and wintry words to defrost your vocabulary.

1. Hibernaculum: Come colder climes, bears, snakes, and other torpor-prone critters retreat to their hibernaculums, or...

“Did you know?” is back by popular demand. I am kicking off 2015 with new facts and figures about the Lynnville-Sully School District. The purpose of the article is to share interesting information about the district. You may even want to use some of the information to reinforce your mental superiority over family and friends. Did...

I have very few friends. A person I believe once told me I once had friends but over the years I have insulted so many that I have just a few left. Though I think I’m entertaining and cute, people are tired of it. This little article and picture are not going to help. We flew out...

1980 (35 years ago) Due to the boiler explosion on Jan. 19 at the Sully Elementary School, the fourth- and fifth-grade students were moved to the school in Searsboro. Many volunteers helped, using three stock trucks, three horse trailers, and several pickups to move supplies. They started the task at 9 a.m., and they were finished...

I like these interesting number facts I read recently in an article about wellness quick tips (seems like those articles are everywhere these days). 34 is the number of times per day the average person looks at his or her cell phone. If you find yourself checking your cell phone constantly, try putting it away during...

Our family chose to open enroll to the L-S School District due to the outstanding educators and leaders in the school. The progress I have seen my children make in their academics, their continued growth in their social skills, and their continued positive attitude toward school is truly a joy to witness. Today, I would like...

It seems that my children never grow up. They don’t completely get away from their father’s ties. They don’t break their mother’s apron strings. With me, it’s ties, like railroad ties. One of my daughters travels a lot for her job. She lives in my basement a few days a month. Her bone-head beagle lives here...