Most of us have family traditions that we enjoy during the Christmas season.  Families with small children may spend Christmas Eve baking cookies for Santa, or listening to Christmas carols while enjoying eggnog by the fire.  As a small child I remember the anticipation of Christmas being so intense. ...

Your Health Matters NIGHTTIME NUISANCE: Leg Cramps.  After a busy, hard day at work, you do not want to wake-up in the middle of the night with painful leg cramps that usually involve calf and foot muscles.  Wow!  Nothing to do, but jump out of bed and walk around the room while moaning and groaning...

THROUGH MOUNTAIN MISTS Ethelene Dyer Jones Patterson Families ~ Early Settlers in Union With our annual Thanksgiving celebration immediately past we have fond memories of our own family get-togethers, traditional turkey and dressing and other excellent food, and the good times such family events...

Leaning Left Jim Fitzgerald Was anybody surprised the super-committee failed to reach a deal to reduce the national debt? We may never know all of the complicated reasons why the failure took place but here are several theories. When both parties appointed their most ideological members, they were ensuring...

For many “Christmas is a time when kids tell Santa what they want and adults pay for it. Deficits are when adults tell the government what they want and their kids pay for it.” (Richard Lamm, former Colorado governor). Sad but true. The purpose of this discussion is to explain the difference between...

The Green Column by Richard C. MacCrea, Andrews Valley Initiative rmaccrea1@gmail.com Live Green by Living Smaller Thirty years ago most people were trying to get the largest house they could afford. The idea was like shopping for meat, more pounds for less dollars. But now most home buyers are turning...

The Green Column by Richard C. MacCrea, Andrews Valley Initiative rmaccrea1@gmail.com Live Green by Living Smaller Thirty years ago most people were trying to get the largest house they could afford. The idea was like shopping for meat, more pounds for less dollars. But now most home buyers are turning...

The Green Column by Richard C. MacCrea, Andrews Valley Initiative rmaccrea1@gmail.com Low Cost Water Heating If you have children at home, you probably spend $50 each month to heat your water. How can this be reduced? Lets look at four ways: Solar water heating can cost $6000 or more installed. There...

Tusquittee Chronicles XX By Claude Moss SAN FRANCISCO–1953–When I was about ten years old, a one-armed man named Justice was hanged at Hiawassee, Georgia eleven miles distant from home. I made the trip horseback with John Hogan, and we arrived just as the sun was rising. The largest number...

YOUR HEALTH MATTERS It was only a matter of time before we would be informed of the very possible serious side-effects of the drug FOSAMAX.  Dr. Richard Besser, senior health and medical editor on ABC News gave an excellent report last year.  In short, he stated that Merck took an entire year to respond...