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The value of career/technical education

A lot of what we read about today concerns educating our young with guidance toward becoming productive, happy adults. Of course, ideas and opinions are as numerous as the population. Education is a moving target for trends and movements like new math, open classrooms, online education, magnet ...

Driving Test

All three of our children became good drivers; but all three have had unfortunate collisions, none of which they could have prevented, and none that were their fault. Our youngest son Roy Jr. stopped so a trio of deer to cross the highway near Hopwood. While he and Suzanne waited patiently, ...

When all else fails…

In our lives, we are sometimes privileged to interact with exceptional individuals; maybe few, maybe many. They may impress us, amaze us, baffle us, or even enrage us. They may fade from our memory or return there at any time. One such character that I still remember fondly is an uncle to ...

Sixty-six years of memories

We were only on a short trek from the Dawson post office for coffee at the Pea Pod in Vanderbilt when the strangest memory crossed my mind. As I navigated the curves of Route 819 with the care of an octogenarian great grandfather, I was suddenly driving from suburban Dundalk, Md., into ...

The Long Ball Fan

I have a long history of watching baseball. I grew up admiring the game at all levels. I also grew up working, so I didn’t have time for sports, and when I did participate, I wasn’t very good at it. But baseball seemed to always be in my life, from my brother Lou listening to Rosy ...

The Back Stairs

Here’s a free tip for the writer of the yet-to-be-written great romantic novel, mystery or raucous comedy. Wrap the manuscript around an old late 1800s or turn-of-the-century mansion or even a large old home. While my hometown is younger than some of the long-established FayWest ...