A nothing special day
Last Friday was a fairly quiet, nothing special day. The last business day before a holiday usually is.
The...
Who knew it would be so hard to buy Christmas decorations
“You might say it was a Christmas miracle.”
Longtime friend and News-Banner colleague Chet Baumgartner summed up our conversation...
Dinner with a rock star
Larisa and I were on vacation last week with our best friends. I hadn’t planned to write about it — 10 people...
New assessments on the way. Please let me explain …
Wells County property owners will be getting their updated property assessments later this week. These are what we call a “Form 11.”...
Dotting my i’s and crossing my t’s at the county fair
Spending time at the county fair each July has been something I have enjoyed doing since I first started working for The...
What does a four-letter word have to do with tourism?
There are four-letter words in this world that do not have four letters. There are some, indeed,...
Let’s consider time, says the guy who lives with deadlines
Time, time time, see what’s become of me
While I looked around for my possibilities
I...
National Endangered Species Day 2022
There is no historical nor traditional way to celebrate a designated Friday for endangered species. The Endangered...
Moving with the times
The older some people got, history becomes more important.
Older people reminisced about “the...
Keeping track of our internet footprint is driving us nuts
My wife was trying to make a credit card payment a few days ago when her computer...