Columns

If there has ever been a time in my life when I feel like crawling under the bed with a blankie and lying there whimpering – it just might be now. Now, I really don’t see myself as a wimp, like a girl who has never had to face anything more unpleasant than a pimple on her nose on prom night.

What my children taught me about parentingThis week I saw a columnist post an inquiry to readers asking, “What did your kids teach you about parenting?” This interesting question made me wonder how I would answer it. So here’s my take on the question.

Language is not the only thing that has gone by the wayside. How many of you remember the pay phones? I read an interesting article about them which I wanted to share… In this installment of ‘Profiles in History,’ we meet an innovator whose family emergency led to the creation of the pay phone.

A Blinded America? The moral decay of America and the World has come to such a point in history that many religious leaders believe that God could any day say enough! Let the judgment begin!

Pigs and wedding bells The Picnic A Jewish Rabbi and a Catholic Priest met at the town’s annual 4th of July picnic. Old friends, they began their usual banter.“This baked ham is really delicious;” the priest teased the rabbi. “You really ought to try it.

“No Matter What” is the title of a popular song released in recent years. The lyrics talk about, “No matter whether we really try to please Him, or if we choose to throw a monstrous bomb into our life and the lives of those around us, He just loves us – no matter what.

Earlier this year a study on the future of families was reported in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. One of the study’s authors was Dr. Deigo Alburez-Gutierrez, a scholarly gent who researches and writes about family relationships.

Going Through Airport Security Seeing what a danger terrorism is to the flying public made me glad to see security was on the lookout for my safter one morning not so long ago. Keeping us safe. Several recent test attempts to smuggle fake bombs, guns aboard passenger planes were successful.

There are many reasons to subscribe to your local newspaper. Here are just a few….START A FIRE — Wadded-up newspaper is the traditional beginning for bonfires, fireplaces and camp grills.

To the Citizens of Coal County: My name is Deborah Yother. I have been a resident of Coal County almost my whole life.