Editorials & Letters

Hold off on outside spring cleaning

Letter to the Editor

Spring is in the air! We get the spring cleaning itch, indoors and out. I’ve already been spring cleaning inside the cabin, started my seeds indoors and have been looking in my garden and yard. However, I have learned to hold off on my spring cleaning outside. The invertebrates (bugs) need the old leaves and stalks to winter over. In […]

Easter 2024 and your relationship with God

Letter to the Editor

With days before Resurrection Sunday, 2024, it’s again time for serious examination and relationship with our Creator; and by faith, acknowledging our Savior Jesus Christ. Jesus’ virgin birth over two thousand years ago: God’s nature yet in human form, crucified, dying and rising to guide us to Himself and our eternal home. We are more than aware that America is […]

Can’t keep kicking solutions down the road

Guest Opinion

By Lee H. Hamilton The American economy is thriving, and immigration should get some of the credit. That’s the message from experts who highlight the critical role that immigrants are playing in the workforce. This may seem surprising when immigration is under attack and chaos at the border is a staple of political rhetoric. But immigrants are filling essential jobs […]

Balance the field

Letter to the Editor

A thousand people make a widget. Upon selling the widget, a profit of $10,000 is realized. All one thousand workers received $10. There was no rich, no poor, everyone received the same amount. New distribution – one gets $9,001 the other 999 each gets $1. The situation has changed drastically. The one has extreme wealth, the remaining have extreme poverty. […]

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Get close to God with a ‘KISS’

Letter to the Editor

Getting close to God is easy with a KISS approach – “Keep It Simple Sinner.” A personal relationship with the Lord is just that – a one-on-one connection. It does not have to include church or reciting prayers. But it does involve praying. Saying prayers before going to bed is something that we learn when we are young. Many of […]

Tune it up or get a new car?

Letter to the Editor

When your car has performance problems, do you junk it or repair it? That’s what mechanics are for, to help make that decision based on a set of diagnostic facts. The problem is more complicated if you neglected to change your oil or do required maintenance on it. Most people don’t have the luxury of abusing a car or simply […]

Jobs number question

Your Opinion

Democrat or Republican – question 13.2 million jobs created in 30 months? We were on lockdown and were not able to work! So how many of those jobs were the workers going back to work (after COVID-19). It would be nice if all the news would report on this. Barb Fistler St. Helen

Whatcha reading, there?

March is National Reading Month
Our Opinion

The late children’s author Theodor Seuss Geisel, otherwise known as Dr. Seuss, was born March 2, 1904, and many schools celebrate not only his birthday, but the entire month of March by participating in National Reading Month activities, hosting book fairs or dressing up like some of the characters from his books. At Collins Lower Elementary, a book fair was […]

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