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Farmer’s Fate: Footprints or ripples?

Something about watching ocean waves makes one reflect on life — and the choices which have led you…

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Off the Beaten Path: Memories of a list-maker

I confess. I’m a compulsive list-maker. Someone mentions a drive into town and I grab paper and pencil…

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Commentary: Shortage of sports officials critical

“Games canceled — no officials.” This headline is becoming increasingly frequent. High school and middle school athletes, coaches,…

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Remembering the Korean War on Veterans Day

We are proud to note that even in the wake of devastating and destabilizing world events like the…

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Commentary: M114 would leave you defenseless

No matter where you stand on guns, the simple fact is someday, somewhere, you may have to protect…

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Farmer’s Fate: Tans fade but memories last

Every summer has a story — but this one started with an especially long “spring prologue,” and the…

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Commentary: Prosecutors back Measure 114

As law enforcement professionals, we know too well the consequences of devastating and rampant gun violence, and that’s…

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Off the Beaten Path: On feeding hungry hunters

When I was a child, my father loved to hunt — primarily pheasants. He and a friend would…

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Farmer’s Fate: OK, this really is rocket science

I didn’t grow up doing 4-H or FFA. I could match the clover leaf to 4-H and the…

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Off the Beaten Path: Memories of school days

My first day of school. I stood on our front sidewalk for the obligatory first-day-of-first-grade-school photograph by my…

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