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The departed and things they said

Kathy Whitworth died last week. She was 83 and dropped dead at a holiday party, apparently a festive affair. It was said she was her usual self moments before she died: convivial, happy, looking ahead.Whitworth was professional golfĢƵ winningest player, with 88 tournament championships. Asked ...

Vaccine hesitancy shows how easily we can move backwards

Wasn’t it just yesterday that we were all nervous about Y2K?You remember that – some folks were hoarding food and water in the midst of overheated predictions that the transition from Dec. 31, 1999, to Jan. 1, 2000, would lead to computer meltdowns, planes falling from the sky and all ...

Cheers & Jeers

<strong>Cheers:</strong> One month ago, Pam Snyder became a former state representative following almost a decade in Harrisburg, and, before that, almost a decade as a county commissioner in Greene County. You’d be hard-pressed to find anyone in the region who is ...

Sheepskin Trail is a Fayette jewel

While reflecting on Fayette CountyĢƵ incredible progress across a variety of industries and projects in 2022, I would be remiss not to mention the tremendous strides made on the Sheepskin Trail.The board of commissioners recently hosted a ribbon cutting celebrating completion of the latest ...

The naysayers are wrong — nuclear fusion will change the world

A government laboratory, after decades of tireless effort and many a disappointment, announces that it has achieved the holy grail of green energy – nuclear fusion ignition! And the response has been ... a damp squib.A reporter at The Guardian sniffed that what happened at Lawrence Livermore ...

OP-ED: When the holiday season is not jolly

“Creator God letĢƵ be honest, there are some things I am not thankful for today. I am not thankful for cancer, disease, addiction, and crime” is how I started the holiday blessing before meals at our home last month on Thanksgiving Day.2021 and 2022 were difficult times for my immediate ...