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Don’t stomp any fires on Halloween night

By Tim Beeland, READ MORE > 7,025 Reads
On Wed, 10/25/2017 - 12:01 PM

Folks my age and older — some younger too I suppose — are always talking about how different things are today than when we were kids. It’s pretty much a never ending cycle. Our parents said it about us, we said it about our kids and they’ll probably say the same thing about their kids.

The bells of summer have tolled

By Tim Beeland, READ MORE > 4,377 Reads
On Wed, 08/09/2017 - 12:32 PM

The bells of summer have tolled once again. School’s back in session and for the first time in over 20 years I don’t have a dog in the race. Or, make that a child. I do, however, still have a wife working in the classroom.

Walking and Poetry

By Dustin Whitlock, READ MORE > 3,133 Reads
On Wed, 08/09/2017 - 12:31 PM

You discover new things about yourself when you start a new job. I have found that sitting at a desk for eight hours is neither practical or good for my body. I have been taking every chance to make inquiries around downtown Forest in person like it is 1957. Outside, it is still August, 1957.

Things, they have changed in 36 years

By Tim Beeland, READ MORE > 3,228 Reads
On Wed, 08/09/2017 - 12:03 PM

It was 36 years ago today, August 2nd, 1981, that the music played and the bride walked down the aisle of Sebastopol Methodist Church to become my wife. What a wonderful day that was.

Reviewing Movies

By Dustin Whitlock, READ MORE > 3,744 Reads
On Wed, 08/09/2017 - 12:01 PM

You may have noticed we will be including a movie review in the paper some weeks. And you may have noticed that I am rating movies on a grade-letter scale. The reason I do this is two-fold — one, because everyone understands letter-grades; and two, because if you grade on a scale of 100, readers are not sure what average means.

Hopefully it will be smooth sailing before long

By Tim Beeland, READ MORE > 2,910 Reads
On Wed, 07/26/2017 - 01:24 PM

Beware the intersections on Highway 80 in Forest. That’s what I’ve been preaching for a little over a week now. Beware!

Prescription for DNC

By Dustin Whitlock, READ MORE > 3,284 Reads
On Wed, 07/26/2017 - 01:23 PM

A couple of weeks ago I drew a cartoon of Congresswoman Nancy Pelosi, illustrating the weight of her brand upon the national party. The Democrat Party needs new leadership in Washington. And when 2020 comes around, the party needs to present a candidate of a new generation — a candidate with a connection to the future.

Squirrels, chipmunks and file tail rats be gone

By Tim Beeland, READ MORE > 3,311 Reads
On Wed, 07/19/2017 - 11:51 AM

It’s not like it’s breaking news or anything, but the old tomato crop ain’t doing real good again this year at the Beeland house. I don’t really even care any more. If I did, but I don’t, I suppose I’d try a little harder to cultivate, water and fertilize. Well we haven’t really had to worry about that watering part this year.

Obesity and the Return of the Bicycle

By Dustin Whitlock, READ MORE > 3,056 Reads
On Wed, 07/19/2017 - 11:48 AM

You might have turned on the television news lately and were reminded that our health care system continues to be a hot mess.

New Mississippi coast just isn’t the same

By Tim Beeland, READ MORE > 4,375 Reads
On Fri, 07/14/2017 - 12:43 PM

Having just returned from a four- day business meeting/convention on the Mississippi Gulf Coast, I have to admit it just isn’t like it was down there in the good ole days. Casinos may have been good for the economy back in the ‘90s, but today some of them are run down, dark and stinky.

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