Opinion

I’ve been watching the live feed of outer space images captured by the James Webb space telescope. Ethereal music plays in the background as fantastic pictures of color and light play across the screen in my living room.

MARK 5: 35-43 "While he yet spake, there came from the Ruler of the Synagogue's house certain which said, Thy daughter is dead: Why troublest thou the master any further? As soon as Jesus heard the word that was spoken, He saith unto the Ruler of the Synagogue, be not afraid, only believe.

Certain facets of getting older are actually really great. No one tells you this. But it has been a rather pleasant surprise for me. When I was young, I was just sure my life was going to be remarkable.

Recently our family went on a camping trip. Our kids loved how we canoed our supplies across a lake and set up our campsite. My wife and I were reminded how much work it is. Soon our children were experiencing more mosquitos, flies, caterpillars, and ticks than they had ever seen before.

110 Years Ago - July 1912 Ladies! If you want to bake good bread, have your husbands buy Eaco Wing flour at the Burbeck Elevator Company. Ted Steckler has purchased the Star Pool Hall from R. Sawyer and will take possession at once. H.A.

GENESIS 2:18 " And the Lord said, it is not good that the man should be alone, I will make him an help meet for him."(KJV) Just think By the time the Lord made woman, He was into His sixth day of working overtime. An angel appeared and said, " Why are You spending so much time on this one?

If I were a gambling man, I’d be willing to bet that no matter how avid an angler you are, no matter how long you’ve been at it, you would learn something you didn’t know if you read the latest South Dakota Game, Fish, and Parks 2022 Fishing Handbook. I thought that I knew it all, but I didn’t.

Living in a small town, we are often inclined to see change in our community as a threat to ourselves and our way of life. When we feel threatened by change uncertainty rears its ugly head and our negativity often takes over. We say things like – “What’s wrong with the way we’ve always done it.

On occasion editors permit me to stray from hunting and fishing to discuss my favorite topic - regional history. Such is the case with John Bruguier. John Bruguier’s mother was a Yanktonai. His father, Theophile Bruguier, was a Canadian Frenchman born near Montreal in 1813.

I’m presently engaged in a personal struggle of sorts. Not that I’m here to air my dirty laundry publicly, like so many now do, as though it were the new method for displaying one’s honor.