Alva Review-Courier -

Every morning when I open my work email, I sigh in dismay at the number of new items in my inbox. Some days, there is a storm of obvious scams. The ones in Chinese are the easiest to spot. Other days it’s just a matter of wading through all the chaff to find the good stuff. I’m sure all newspapers are hit daily by the onslaught of public relations news releases that are generally self-serving, thinly disguised ads.

My trash folder is soon loaded with everything I had to delete. Some of the items are entertaining like the ones supposedly seeking shipping services. Because we have “courier” in o...