04/20/2017 - 17:09
I know, the title of my editorial appears to be a contradiction. While the root of both words comes from the Latin “voluntaries” which means “voluntary; of one’s free will”, the prefix “in” at the beginning of the word “involuntary” signifies “not”. Read more
04/06/2017 - 00:00
“Instead of comparing our lot with that of those who are more fortunate than we are, we should compare it with the lot of the great majority of our fellow men. It then appears that we are among the privileged.” Helen Keller
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03/09/2017 - 00:00
Last week I had the opportunity to attend a writing session offered by CBAL. A group of about seven adults had been meeting for several weeks each Tuesday to hone their writing skills with the help of CBAL coordinator Bridget Uhl.
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02/23/2017 - 00:00
Yay! Seedy Saturday is coming up. For our outside readers this is the spring event in the Valley.
A group of eager planters congregate in the Dunster school and talk seeds and sowing, cultivating and composting. Seeds and books and words of wisdom are exchanged.
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02/09/2017 - 00:00
There’s a line that goes, “the boundary lines have fallen for me in pleasant places.”
Pleasant places. Just those words alone tend to make a person feel good. No anxiety, no stress, anger or frustration.
That’s what I’ve witnessed over the last week or so.
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01/26/2017 - 00:00
Do you know where the word “candidate” comes from? According to a number of references, in ancient Rome, when someone was campaigning for public office, they wore a toga that had been whitened with chalk as they greeted voters. The Latin word “candidatus” eventually came to mean “wearing white”.
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01/12/2017 - 00:00
Here we are, launched into another new year and already off to an interesting start. A lot of things that happened in the last year have obviously set the tone for the upcoming one, some of the events still raising controversy.
As mentioned in the article on the front page, 2017 is a year of special milestones, especially for those of us living in this region.
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12/22/2016 - 00:00
“Without change there is no innovation, creativity, or incentive for improvement. Those who initiate change will have a better opportunity to manage the change that is inevitable.” William Pollard
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12/08/2016 - 00:00
Again a few weeks ago in the United States there was an active shooter in a high school. A female student sent a message from her cell phone that she and a few others were holed up in one of the classrooms, hiding. Others had the opportunity to run. Read more
11/24/2016 - 00:00
Democracy always works, right? Think twice.
Democracy basically means the majority rules, but in order for that to truly happen, the majority have to speak up.
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