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First on the scene makes for a long day
Wednesday marked another first in my life and at my age — there’s not a lot of firsts left. I did my very first on-the-scene story. Three-year-old Landen Trammell from Onia had been missing since Tuesday. The next morning when I came into work, I …
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Republican Party’s new branding problem
It stands on six acres, majestically 175 feet high, white against a bright blue Utah sky: The St. George Utah Temple, dedicated in 1877. It was a work of religious necessity and love by Mormon pioneers including Republican Party presidential nominee Mitt Romney’s great-great grandfather, …
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Jimmy Obama, meet your worst nightmare, Ronald Romney
One of the remarkable things about getting older is the opportunity to see history repeat itself. Those of us who are old enough to remember enduring the abysmal economy of the late 1970s frequently tend to forget that there were other factors in Ronald Reagan’s …
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New football coach
Our football team was quite subdued that fall, for two of our teammates had drowned the preceding summer. That’s why what we did, we did with our hearts, without thought of consequences. Lloyd was long past high school age, but he loved football. He had …
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Kids who play together, stay together
Most children who grow up in a small community have a sense of connection. And sometimes the smaller the neighborhood, the stronger the bond. Enter the Franklin kids. From the time they were toddlers they were attached and early on it was obvious their friendships …
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Frozen methane as a solution?
Methane hydrates at the bottom of the sea could cure all of this nation’s energy woes, but our government is so heck-bent on shooting itself in the foot and shooting us in our feet that no one apparently gives a heck. My March 16, 2006 …
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Letter to the editor
To the editor: In the midst of all the crime we read about in the paper, listen to on the radio and watch on television, there is much good that abounds in this world and especially in our community. Much of this good goes unnoticed …
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Honoring Sara
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Congressman Rick Crawford remembered Batesville native Sara Elizabeth Low in a speech before the House of Representatives on Tuesday. Low was a flight attendant on American Airlines Flight 11, the plane that hit the north tower of the World Trade Center on …
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Country ramblings: Oscar, Vince and Ricky
When I made my first appearance for the Grand Ole Opry in 1984, I had already appeared on shows with one of the long-running stars of the show Rollin “Oscar” Sullivan of Lonzo & Oscar. Lonzo and Oscar were one of country music’s best-known comedy …
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Apple: Rotten to the Core?
Up-front disclaimer: I’m a long-time Apple fanboy. I bought my first Macintosh in 1994, and ever since then I’ve defaulted to Macs versus Windows PCs and even Linux boxes when I’ve been able to get one. To my mind, Apple’s design ethos is top-notch. Their …
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Trials, tribulations as only boy at all-girl school
The Daily Beast article brought back several painful memories of my experience as the only boy at an all-girls school. According to the article, a public middle school in West Virginia is being sued by the American Civil Liberties Union for separating boys and girls …
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REMEMBER – A day etched in our memory
September 11, 2001 is a day that will forever be etched in our nation’s memory. This week America will mark the eleventh anniversary of the tragic terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center, Pentagon and the crash of Flight 93 in Pennsylvania. None of us …
