Each year, June 12 is designated as Women Veterans Recognition Day to celebrate the brave women who have defended our freedom throughout their military service. This year’s observation was especially significant as it marked the 75th anniversary of the Women’s Armed Services Integration Act of 1948 that gave women the right to serve as permanent, […]
I grew up with a beautiful silver maple tree in my front yard. One of its branches sat just low enough so I could hoist my 7-year-old frame up to sit atop it. I could look out at the expanse of the yard of my childhood home. To my right, two large maple trees stood. […]
To the editor: It has been my experience that people tend to be very generous and giving when they make out their wills or when they make donations to various causes they hold dear. It is unfortunate, however, that some recipients of such donations are already so engorged with money that they couldn’t spend their […]
Everyone’s heard of Ellis Island, the gateway to the United States for Europeans, western Asians and some Africans. Unless you live on the West Coast, you may not have heard of the Angel Island Immigration Station, situated in the bay off San Francisco.
To the editor: A good friend of mine from out of state visited me a couple of days ago after some 25 years of “no see.” The two of us, being of the same age (80), talked about life, the old days, politics, religion and — naturally — women. We agreed on the subjects of […]
To the editor: United we stand, divided we fall. When you have both parties pointing fingers at one another, nothing gets done in Washington. Either party will say anything in order to stay in power. Accepting bribes from “special interests” is what politicians seem best at. Under President Biden’s watch the “debt ceiling” has gone […]
To the editor: I write to the Valley’s young men and women, who I hope will not quietly inherit the privilege to lead their wonderful, caring community. I commend to your attention a letter from Walter Crean published June 14. Please read it, respectfully. Walter speaks here often, freely and rightly. Like so much of […]
Nos parents pi nos grandparents pi nos arrières grandparents n’étais pas toute des sainte ni-touches, tu sais. Y en avais qui sacrais gros comme l’bras pi des fois que ça prennais pas grand chôses pour les décollers, non plus. En français standard, cosse que nous autres on appel sacré, eux autres y appel ça jurer. […]
“Mooseleuk” is the name of both a lake and a mountain. Did you know that early Presque Isle also had a men’s group known as the Mooseleuk Club?
