2021-04-14

Strange BUT TRUE


• Alligators will give manatees the right of way if they swim near each other. • A day on Mars lasts 24 hours, 39 minutes and 35 seconds. You’d assume therefore that there are fewer days in a Martian year than an Earth year, right? Nope — because Mars orbits the sun more slowly than Earth, a Martian year actually […]

Some bills could harm people here



The General Assembly may enact dozens of new laws each year, but legislative sessions are invariably remembered for just a handful of major issues. The three most likely to top the list for 2021 include new, but unnecessary, limits on gubernatorial powers; two new, and also unnecessary, initiatives that will cause lasting harm to public education; and a new, and […]

If Henry Ford were alive today


When Henry Ford introduced the Model T in 1908, he had a problem. There were almost no paved roads in America. To sell his product to the masses, he needed good roads. No one would ever deny his place among titans of American capitalism, but Ford was not shy about urging the government to supply the infrastructure essential to his […]

MINIs on Pine

Several members of the Atlanta, Georgiabased auto club “MINIs & COFFEE-GEORGIA” parked their “MINI Cooper” cars (above) in a field near the top of Pine Mountain Saturday during their visit here organized by “Backroads of Appalachia.” Backroads director Erik Hubbard said the visitors enjoyed dinner at CANE Kitchen and a tour of Kentucky Mist Moonshine Distillery in Whitesburg.

Pickled pigs’ feet are hard to find, but delicious

Points East

At this time two years ago, I weighed 186 pounds. It wouldn’t have hurt me to lose about 10 of them, so that’s what I did. By April of 2020 I was down to 176 even though I hadn’t intentionally done anything to lose the pounds. I had developed cancer but I promise you faithfully, that was not done on […]

SOAP Updates

THE BOLD AND THE BEAUTIFUL — An emotional and positive identification was made on a recently deceased person. Bill complicated his cover-up by telling additional lies to those he loves. Zende attempted to right the wrong he made with Carter. Zoe had an epiphany about how to regain her happiness. Lt. Baker made a surprise appearance at Forrester Creations. Everyone […]

A box of greeting cards

Senior News

A few months ago, I got the idea to send greeting cards to some residents of a local nursing home who were locked down and not allowed to have visitors. It started small: a box of greeting cards and the first names of some of the residents, courtesy of the facility director. The idea has, to put it mildly, expanded. […]

This week’s top videos and DVDs

Video on Demand 1. News of the World (PG-13) Tom Hanks 2. Promising Young Woman (R) Carey Mulligan 3. The Little Things (R) Denzel Washington 4. The Croods: A New Age (PG) animated 5. SpongeBob Movie: Sponge on the Run (PG) animated 6. Cosmic Sin (R) Frank Grillo 7. Monster Hunter (PG- 13) Milla Jovovich 8. Six Minutes to Midnight […]

Now here’s a tip!

• If you’re reattaching a button to shorts or pants, try using dental floss, the unwaxed kind. It’s much stronger, and can hold the button better than regular thread. Use a marker to darken it if the color is an issue. • Here’s a great way to get a longer life from a bar of soap: Press the plastic top […]

Bible trivia


1. Is the book of Gilead in the Old or New Testament or neither? 2. Solomon asked, what biteth like a serpent and stingeth like an adder? Woman’s scorn, Evil brother, Tax collector, Wine 3. From John 1:42, what name did Jesus give to Simon Peter? Macedonia, Nahu, Cephas, Eli 4. In Psalms 68 what are the dove’s feathers covered […]