“The Seven Year Itch” It is still cold today (April 10, 2016). The winter has not been cold enough for a “hog butchering” winter though.  A friend and I are old enough to remember the “cold hog butchering days” of winter. This friend called me on the phone and told me she broke out in […]

Thank You The family of Elvira Carabajal would like to thank you for your sympathy during our time of sorrow. Words cannot express how grateful we are for all of your kind words, food, money and beautiful flowers. We especially appreciate the time each of you took out of your schedules to simply be there […]

Concerning the POC Improvement District: My name is Marilyn Miller. I attend most of the water district meetings. To my knowledge, I have never been ugly when I write about the Water Board, but the people who have friends that constitute the quorum certainly have no qualms about being ugly when they write about anyone […]

County Politics I want to say a “Big Thank You” to Connie Hunt for her letter on “County Politics”. It is time, and way past time to hold the local and State Party people responsible for the actions of their National Party Leadership. I still consider myself to be a Jeffersonian-Jacksonian ‘Democrat’, was raised a […]

Yes! Virginia, There is a Santa Claus. Yes! Virginia, There is a God. I was feeling low on the Holidays because my husband had passed on many years ago, and the 24th of December would have been our 70th Wedding Anniversary. Also, on New Year’s night, our first-born son took his own life years ago. […]