Fall is no doubt my favorite time of the year. With school in session and football season in full swing there’s no questioning that fall is right around the corner. It’s so close I can almost smell the falling leaves and the cool crisp mountain air.Soon the mountains will show...
Well I guess summer is officially over. You can’t tell by the weather yet, so I will enjoy the warmth as long as I can. The East coast has experienced its first hurricane of the season and I hope everyone came through ok. It sure played havoc on the beach...
Letter to the EditorA group of concerned residents of the city met a City Hall on Tuesday evening for an update on the project of repairing the dike on the river at the south end of town.Commissioner Lowell Moore has gotten a set of plans from an engineer for the...
I really enjoy watching the birds out my office window. I feed them everyday and it is a real treat to see how many different kinds come in to eat. I got a big shock yesterday, as I sat at my desk looking out the window. What do I see...
I remember a time when birthdays use to be fun and exciting looking forward to the big day with plenty of cake and presents to open. You got to have a party with all of your friends running around without a care in the world. I’ve relived the excitement all...
I have such a hard time figuring out what I want to eat all the time. I miss Mom and Gran’s cooking. I have tried but it is just not the same. Can you remember back to your youth just exactly how something tasted? Well I can and I remember...
WHY I LOVE TO VOTEI don’t just like to vote. I LOVE to vote…I have since the first time I voted, forty-seven years ago. I still remember the feeling I experienced as I waited in line and then heard my name repeated between the poll workers at the registration table....
With summer winding down Tara and I ventured south to good ole rocky top Tennessee for one last weekend getaway before school starts. The school part use not to be an issue but not anymore as we have a use to be lil one that’s starting school. We’re having a...
I am so proud to be an American as I watch our athletes compete in the Rio Olympics. Not only are they winning a lot of medals, they are doing it with class. The entire team of competitors is in a class all their own. They have worked so hard...
This is a photo of two sisters taken around 1950 when they lived at Stringtown. They are Linda (Mimps) Bonner (left) and Patricia “Pat” Bonner(right); daughters of William “Bill” and Nellie Wymer Bonner. They lived in Stringtown in a house down the hollow from where Bill and Viola Hedrick had...
It’s been another busy year for the Tucker Community Foundation with activity emanating from all corners of our eight county service area: distribution of our 2015 Annual Report, hosting our signature fund raising event Uncle Sam’s Birthday Party, and gearing up for Run For It, just to name a few....
Editor,I am SO MAD!!! On Wednesday, August 3rd the employees of the Parsons clinic were told without any previous warning that Kathy Kahler had been dismissed AND that the clinic would no longer be a family practice facility but instead an "Urgent Care". That's right folks, soon we will no...
by Teri CaytonI want to thank my neighbors this year for keeping me stocked up with fresh produce. I have had yellow squash, broccoli, zucchini, tomatoes, garlic and cucumbers. I did get a surprise out of my garden this past week. I went over to pull up my pathetic little...
It never fails that every year around this time I see a nice buck and my thoughts start to look forward to the cool, frosty mornings of fall. Just this past weekend while working on a new hunting shanty a nice buck jumped up while we were going up the...
Where has the time gone? I cannot believe it is already the first of August. Between the heat, humidity and rain I haven’t done much this summer. I have never been one to have any problems with the heat, but this year it seems to sap the strength right out...
This is a photo of the residence of (A. L.) Abraham Lincoln Helmick of Thomas. It was taken around 1907. The picture is not clear but he and one of the daughters is sitting on the right hand side of the porch. I am not sure if the one standing...
UNDER THE BIG TOPA first year camper’s experience at 4-H CampBy Rorry Day, 4-Leaf Clover 4-H ReporterMy name is Rorry Day and I am a second year 4-H’er and a first year camper at this year’s annual 4-H Camp at Camp Kidd. The theme this year was “Under the Big...
My little squirrel is having a quarrel with a blue jay over the peanuts. The jay is a glutton and tries to fight the squirrel. I like to feed all of them but the jay is a bully, and noisy to boot. Momma Said, “Don’t get too greedy or the...
Dear Editor: “Of the things we think, say or do...” Given the horrible events that have become so common in the news today, it seems timely to think about what is right and wrong. There is an international organization around since 1905 that works, among other things, for world peace...
