Our county airport manager, Dianna Stanger, along with her co-pilot, Victoria Holt, volunteer as pilots for a non-profit organization named Grace Flights. Dianna has flown as many as 20 flights per year and asked if I would accompany them on June 8th on a Grace Flight to take video, photos and for the experience. So […]
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The Power of Prayer, Part 3 By Jasmine Gordon
Things Dad Teaches By Erny McDonough
Dads are a special breed. Not better, nor more important than moms, just unique in ways God made them to be. Maybe God made man first because He knew that man was going to take a little more time and attention. And maybe God knew how much responsibility would be placed on men – to […]
The Power of Prayer II By Jasmine Gordon
I’m a firm believer in the old saying, “Everything happens for a reason.” God puts us in people’s lives for a purpose and this past Saturday, I was put directly in front of that line of thought and once again, the Power of Prayer. I walked into the flight school and there stood a family […]
Now and Then By J. Phillip Ellenberger, Calhoun County Historical Commission
The Camels are coming, the camels are coming. That might have been the gossip in 1856 at Indianola. One of the many unique aspects of Calhoun County is that among the shipments that came here were camels. They were not for a zoo. The Camels arrived at Decrows Point, by ship, on April 29, 1859, […]
Summer Has Arrived… Island Life… By Clint Bennetsen
Greetings from the island everyone. Hope all of you are doing well and enjoyed your Memorial Day weekend, and Wounded Warriors Tribute. I’ve seen the WW Tribute grow so much the past five years and it will only get larger and more involved as time goes on. I honestly do not believe that it will […]
