Editorials

Bluebird master reports a so-so season

For a baseball fan, it would be like a visit from Willie Mays. For a Roman Catholic, it…

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Lambsquarter weed reigns in the pasture

Out in the cow pasture Saturday morning, I didn’t worry at all about Donald Trump, Hillary Clinton, the…

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Mt. LeConte’s Peak Is Calling Me To Climb

The Smokies are calling me again, but I’m stuck here 200 miles from paradise. A swollen Achilles tendon…

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High School Football’s Long Layoff Is Over

After a long lay off since the Super Bowl last winter, football returns this week, at least for…

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Child’s fruit stand has best melon

The world’s best watermelons are grown in … (fill in the blank.) Until last week, I would have…

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Beach chair musings while flying a kite

MYRTLE BEACH — For a week, our daily routine was wonderfully boring: Sleep late, make coffee, buy the…

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Professor’s gift sent smart girl off to college

The little girl from the headwaters of Bear Creek happily walked the two miles to the bus stop…

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Did Mothers On Wagon Trains Rebel At Denver?

DENVER — They had bumped along in their Conestoga wagons for a thousand miles over the prairie, surviving…

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Columbine High School Memorial

COLUMBINE HIGH SCHOOL — A warren of rabbits played and nibbled on the manicured lawn — 10 of…

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Raising A Stink Over Land Near New High School

Ah, the country life. Peaceful. Relaxing. And the air’s a little … stinky? Pity the city slickers —…