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The bronze statue of T.C. Douglas stands in silhouette at sunset on Sept. 19, along with the wheat sheaves that stand alongside the Riverfront Boardwalk.

Last evening Stewart was awarded the Queen's Jubilee Medal and I was awarded the privilege of an invitation to the event. Although low key in ambiance, it was a prestigious occasion. Over the years Mr.

If this column is published that means we're still enjoying the Christmas and upcoming New Year's season, meaning we've still got time for more celebrating.

Happy New Year! Another brand new year, the year of 2013, will begin next Tuesday. That Tuesday will not be just an ordinary Tuesday; it will be a very special day, New Year's day.

In one of history's dark hours, on a cold Christmas Eve during the Korean War, a young woman struggles along a village street, about deliver a child. "Help me! Please. My baby." No one pays any attention. A middle-aged couple walks by.

Although I rarely comment on current events I cannot ignore the grief and confusion associated with Connecticut's Sandy Hook Elementary School tragedy. In reality, it is everyone's tragedy.

Christmas day is around the corner. A week later, a new year will arrive. Time keeps on ticking. Day time is getting shorter and shorter. During a long night time, all kinds of thoughts and memories are bombarding our minds.

A gifted speaker was asked to recall his most difficult speech assignment. "That's easy," he said. "It was an address I gave to the National Conference of Undertakers. The topic was, 'How to look sad at a ten thousand dollar funeral.

I recently read this Facebook message, posted by a family member: "Abby was very excited about her new Christmas piano music. She told me all about it on the way home....'Mom, I got the music for Come and Yell on a Mountain!'...

You know you're in a big family when: One of your children looks wistfully at the newborn and asks you, "Can't you have another baby really soon? I hardly get to hold this one because everybody else is taking turns".