Polar Bare
As this episode of “The Polar Vortex vs. Humanity” seems to be coming to an end, I must confess to being just a bit bemused by the week-long panic I saw on the faces of area weathercasters. There is no doubt b...
Editorials
Air Pebble Creek Finances, Completely
Pebble Creek Golf Course opened to the public in 1989 with a lot of hoopla. It was designed to be the finest golf course in the region - and it has served in that regard since. But in past years, there has been ...
That Same Old Lang Syne
Here’s to hoping 2014 is a way better year than 2013. One of my favorite songs this time of year is “Same Old Lang Syne” by Dan Fogelberg. It’s a song about Fogelberg meeting up with a lover from his past with a...
Glendorado Woman's Brush With Portraiture
I'm impressed by people who have artistic ability. (I find drawing stick people challenging). When I worked as a cashier for Virgil Gilyard at the Country Store/gas station in Santiago from 1985-1993, I got to k...
“O Tannenbaum!”
As always on the day after Thanksgiving, it appeared that every other car and truck passing through the Becker area had a Christmas tree bagged and tagged on the roof, as people from far and wide visited their f...
Letters To The Editor
TO THE EDITOR: - Enlighten me, please. Doesn’t the golf course rely on city subsidies? Hasn’t the question been raised: Can Becker afford the golf course? Shouldn’t the mayor do everything possible to get i...
The Iniquity For All Time, The Acropolis, In Athens.
(EDITOR’S NOTE: The following is the third and concluding story in a series on Turkey and Greece, visited by Editor Gary W. Meyer with Inland Press Association in September.) Turkey and Greece have had mud huts ...
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