“If you’ve been driving for a little while and nothing’s happened to you yet – and you’ve been texting and driving – you think, ‘Oh nothing’s going to happen.’ But all it…
Category: Editorials
Breathe
Breathe, this is not bad news. I swear this will help, just breathe. I’m serious; the systems in the body that make up your breath matter. Before you even make yourself take…
Flight test
About half way through my Air Force career, I had an opportunity to enter the flight test arena. With the exception of a three year stint as a part of the Inspector…
Churches need a get out the vote plan
One of the fundamental rules of politics is that the only poll that matters is the one taken on Election Day. We learned that in the most recent Iowa caucuses, polls showed…
Focus on more fruits and vegetables
As we move through March, National Nutrition Month, “Savor the Flavor” (this year’s theme) by serving more fruits and vegetables in your meals. If you aren’t sure how to combine good taste…
Get fit or live trying
“Move more than you eat” –Liz Sanderson, my mother, sums up her health plan in those five words. It’s simple and it works. It is about that time of year again. That…
Water
A month ago, the water situation in Flint, Michigan dominated the news. A couple of years ago, in an effort to save costs, the city administrator switched the water supply from Detroit…
Making weight
With a big grin and an excited fluttering of hands, he jumps from the car and runs to the pin. “Feed Hampshire,” the boy states in a very serious manner. He proceeds…
Iwo Jima
The Pacific War, the secondary theater of operations in World War II, was primarily about taking and building airfields. The vast expanse of the ocean and tremendous distances could only be closed…
Drink. Eat. Move.
Drink. Eat. Move. Water. Food. Activity. That’s it. That’s my whole column. That’s all you need to know. No special diet. No mind blowing advice. Just water, food and activity. You say,…
VITA site at the Madison Extension Office
Guest Columnist: Diann Douglas Forty years ago, an accounting student at California State University saw a need to help moderate and low income citizens with tax returns. From that idea, the Volunteer Income…
National Security: Old Greenville
I loved the story in Friday’s Enterprise-Recorder about the history of the Prince house in Greenville (Old Prince House to Relocate). In the story, one of the five daughters of William and…
Conservative Corner: Be an Elijah
Things heated up in Iowa this week. Presidential contender Ted Cruz won the Republican caucus and the Democrats, well, there may have been a winner. Some think it was more of a…
H4: Why 4-H livestock projects build life skills
Guest Columnist: Becky Bennett 4-H is a non-formal, practical educational program for youth. It is the premiere youth development program of UF/IFAS Extension Services, which is a part of the national land…
National Security: Reform
Politicians love to make promises about reforming this or that. The list is practically endless: health insurance; entitlements; taxes; immigration; government organization; education; welfare; the Veterans Administration; agriculture; and energy. These are…
Conservative Corner: Small Town America
George Washington’s patriotic influence on America still impacts America. Daniel Webster recognized this, on Feb. 22, 1832, when he spoke of Constitutional Liberty at Washington’s centennial birthday at Washington City, with these…
Big Dog Natural recalls dog food
Big Dog Natural is voluntarily recalling a select production lot of Big Dog Natural raw dehydrated dog food Chicken Supreme potentially contaminated with Salmonella and Fish Supreme potentially contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes…
Conservative Corner: The new broom
Nelson A. Pryor, Guest Columnist All America abhorred corruption. But did the Florida Legislators of the 1950’s? The Grand Jury Corruption issues are the traditional bread and butter of investigations for the Grand…
Jabba
First, let me apologize to my readers and Greene Publishing for missing last week’s deadline. It doesn’t happen often; chalk it up to a hectic holiday period. Second, let me wish each…
Bellisio Foods, Inc. recalls boneless pork rib frozen entree products
Bellisio Foods, Inc., a Jackson, Ohio establishment, is recalling approximately 285,264 pounds of boneless pork rib shaped patty frozen entree products that may be adulterated with extraneous materials, the U.S. Department of…