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Lots of Dad's friends showed up to wish him happy birthday, share stories and have refreshments. A couple of guys mentioned how rare it was that I gave rather than received free food. My cousins,...

Yesterday was Dad's birthday party. Thanks to all who attended. Tuesday is the big day for the knee replacement. We have an early start time, so Bambi watch out. We hope this goes smoother than the...

I saw where there was talk of not funding Special Olympics and cutting autism funding. I think they have been taken off the chopping block, but why were they ever there? We just finished two years of...

As I travel back and forth through the construction at Ingersoll, I keep wondering why the elevator on the north side of the road was spared. The nice chamber lady at Cherokee didn't know but got me...

In 2006 Lynn Martin told me that I should write a weekly column for the paper, because occasionally I would write an opinion about something. The next week I was stirred up about something, wrote a st...

Instead of 8 a.m. it is 7 a.m. – don't be late for church and thank your senator for doing this to you. The Wichita swap meet was this weekend. We did not go this year. I had some things that...

My granddaughter Jaylyn Scribner and several other young people were inducted into the National Honor Society last Tuesday evening. You have to achieve a certain grade average to qualify for this...

And one day later it is nearly gone. We finally got an ideal snow after many other years of drifts and cold. This snow fell straight down, never moved, and the temperatures were very mild. I loved...

Jack and I went to the pinball place at Wichita last Sunday for a round of chasing the silver ball. When we got to the door there was a sign that said closed for a private party. We both started to...

Two men have been arrested in the 2013 death of Alvan Charles Nieman at Boise City. May they be punished as they deserve. Thank you all for rewarding me for the great job I do as City Marshal by letti...

Trump to start deporting Democrats. Mexico responds by starting to build border wall. A week ago last Friday Anne and I went to Shattuck for the tournament grandson Josh and the Alva Junior Varsity...

I wish everyone would quit picking on the Democrats, but my elected officials are making it tough for the rest of us. Case in point: a sign on a billboard, “That awkward moment when a zombie is...

Today is the last day of my cousins Kenny and Joann Cole's auction. They collected lots of neat things over the years. I have to look at their collections and wonder how much stuff Cleo and I have...

After trying to injure myself twice and being only partially successful (jammed neck and skinned elbow), I thought a change of pace was needed to break this phase of “Injure Jim Time,"”so Dad,...

We managed to stay up till after midnight New Year's Eve. I was thinking about the life progression of how things go. When we were young we had parties and would have to go to bed to get people to go...

Christmas is finally over. At least the commercialization is over. The reason for the season, the Birth of our Lord and Savior, celebration is too short. If you need Valentine's Day stuff, Walmart...

I don't know who figured this out but it works for me. The partridge in a pear tree is Jesus Christ. Two turtle doves are the Old and New Testaments. Three French hens stand for faith, hope and love....

I was somewhere the other day when someone mentioned they had gotten a call from the city about impending bad weather at 4 a.m. It opened a floodgate of disparaging remarks of the intelligence of the...

It sucks to be on the Mayor's bad side; he never calls, never writes, never asks for advice. Then to add insult to injury, he didn't put a stamp on my invitation to the city employee Christmas party,...

People Magazine is reporting that we lost 92 famous celebrities in 2017. Sad, but they didn't risk their lives for their millions. They neglected to mention the 139 police officers, 93 firefighters...

I hope you had a great holiday. A couple of people told me about great meals they got locally from different groups. Thanks to all who prepared and furnished meals. You are surely a blessing to the co...

I hope your family has plans to gather for food and fellowship. There are several places having Thanksgiving dinners in our area. Check out the Newsgram for locations. Many are fundraisers, but if...

We decided to celebrate with a trip to Oklahoma City. So, Friday we got up at 5 a.m. in the morning and went to Cleo's doctor appointment in Oklahoma City. I would feel bad about an appointment on...

Cher has a song "If I Could Turn Back Time." Well, today her wish came true. Don't forget to "turn back time" Sunday morning. If you attend church and don't reset your clocks, you will be the first on...

I hope the weather doesn't ruin the festivities, but kids will adapt to bad weather for a chance to show off costumes and get candy. There are several good Halloween related songs to listen to. The...