Many years back, when I was a kid about 8 or maybe 9, there was a very, very tall flag pole in the school yard. One sunny and hot Saturday, I decided to climb to the top, just because it was there — not a good idea. There was no rope or flag on the pole, so all the better, I thought. I ...

The world is going to end in 12 years, unless we do something about global warming. The problem is that an ignorant statement by a millennial does not make it so. Scientific evidence proves that at the advent of humans on the planet, Earth was 15 degrees warmer than it is now. Yet many ...

EDITOR: I am sending a photo of two old veterans and their wives who were reunited June 4 after nearly 51 years. Bob LeFleur of Florence, Wis., and I served in Vietnam with the 20th Engineer Battalion at Pleiku in 1968. We lost contact after Vietnam. After 50 years, I thought I’d try ...

Bouquet - From Bob Furno, Iron Mountain: Thank you, Raph Rittenhouse, for a job well done as Iron Mountain School District superintendent under difficult and trying circumstances for you and your family. To your credit, you have handled the adversity with class with malice towards none. You ...

EDITOR: The greatest gift you can give to society and the human race is to help people realize their potential and how special they are as an individual, no matter their current situation. Every person inside themselves has a positive potential waiting to be awakened. Imagine what kind of ...

I recently visited a local fast-food restaurant and I was waited on by an employee with no name tag. I asked this pleasant young woman if she just started and she affirmed that she did and her name tag was not ready yet. She also mentioned that while I might find her at the restaurant in the ...