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Meeting the princess of rock
Lacy Mitchell “Retro Active” If I had a bucket list she would be on it and a trip to Dallas last week wasn’t going to stop me from seeing her even if it meant driving nearly eight hours to Memphis, a trip that ordinarily takes …
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Letters to the editor
Proud of re-enactment Dear editor: The citizens of Batesville should be proud. The Civil War Re-enactment of the Union Invasion of Batesville was a success. The stunning location on the White River set the stage. And though rain was predicted, the clouds parted Saturday and …
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Going ‘Psycho’ over shower curtain
Donetta Sterling “Say Anything” I, like a lot of others, have been traumatized by movies like “Pyscho,” a classic horror movie by Alfred Hitchcock. One scene in the movie is the famous shower scene and it has stayed with me until this day. In it …
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Giggling the pounds away
Finally, someone has come up with a weight loss program I can sink my teeth into without guilt. And, I say it’s about time. I can’t speak for anybody else, but I’m fed up with diet programs that simply beat me to death. I’m tired …
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Who was Haym Solomon?
Larry Stroud “What the ???” Perhaps I heard about Haym Solomon in American history classes in public school, but if so, it was so long ago I had forgotten. Somehow, though, I doubt that Solomon was mentioned. If he was, I suspect it was only …
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Time brings changes: My history of the farm
It must have been somewhere around the spring of 1948 that my dad, A.A. Heuer, met Mr. Blandford in the post office and asked him if he would like to sell his farm, as his son Don was looking for one. He told my dad …
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Goodnight moon, goodnight America
Addressing Congress on May 25, 1961, President Kennedy challenged America and set a seemingly impossible goal — sending a person to the moon by the end of the decade. Kennedy’s ambitious dream was realized by the Apollo program, and, since that time, manned space exploration …
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Let’s declare a war on stupid
America is not the “social issue fixer-upper in disrepair” Progressives make her out to be. Instead, America is the “world’s last great hope,” and will continue to be, just as soon as we are able to get our head above the water economically. The wave …
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Letter to the editor
Government drug control Dear editor: I am hoping to get replies concerning prescription drugs which started while Bill Clinton was president and gave our government some control over medicines. But first I want to make this clear. Doctors, pharmacists are not responsible for the …
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Bottom line on gay rights
Rick Baber “Into Focus” Here it comes — the end of the world. The president of the United States has come out of the closet and admitted that he is gay. His marriage to the lovely Michelle was a sham. Now, before we can blink …
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Tricky call: Deciding when to hold news
Journalists are in the business of telling the news, not hiding it. But there are times — very few times, despite conspiracy-and-bias claims fueled by a media-criticism cottage industry — when news organizations do decide to hold the news that they know. These instances are …
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Meaning of life in two words
Beyond food and shelter, people of all ages have two core emotional needs: connection and meaning. We want close personal relationships while we’re on this planet, and we want to make a contribution that outlasts our stay on it. Our deepest desire is to make …
