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Setting the right priorities will guide us to a better world

NIAGARA, Wis. — We are all familiar with the need to set priorities. There is always more to do than there are hours in the day so in order to live as intentionally and effectively as possible, we set about assigning a level of importance to life’s demands. Most of us learn to do this as we make our way through our lives and find out — most of the time the hard way — what happens when we do not prioritize our life’s activities. Priorities change as we grow from children into adults. Even in adulthood, our priorities may flex as we age or when we find ourselves in different ...

Have we become characters in the video game of life?

NIAGARA, Wis. — Catchy little title, isn’t it? I wish I could take credit for thinking of it, but once again I draw on Roy H. Williams’ Monday Morning Memo. Recently, Williams wrote about our frenetic, overscheduled lives: the causes as well as a suggested solution. For many of us, our working years could certainly be described as a marathon of obligations and calendars so full they bordered on humanly impossible. If we did not learn how to juggle and prioritize, that state of living followed us right into retirement. If you are prone to being a “busy person,” you may be ...

Golden K hears from St. Vincent de Paul Food Pantry representatives

KINGSFORD — The Carpenters had a hit song, “Rainy Days and Mondays” with the added lyrics, “always get me down.” Rainy days may dampen the mood of the Golden K seniors, but they do not bring them down on Monday mornings as they head out for their weekly meeting. They arrive with ...

Parkinson’s group meets on Sept 28

KINGSFORD — The Parkinson Society, a support group for Parkinson’s patients and their families, will meet at 1 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 28, in the Fellowship Hall of the First Presbyterian Church in Kingsford. Catherine Vivio is facilitator for the group. For more information, call her at 906-282-7309.

Boomers still creating the need for change after all these years

NIAGARA, Wis. — Most of you reading this column are part of the baby boom generation having been born after World War II. Because of our numbers, we impacted society like no other generation before us. There were many pluses to being members of such a large segment of the population. We filled neighborhood schools, and our neighborhoods were filled with playmates. Our sports teams were never short of players, and extracurricular activities of all kinds were available. We were marketed to; entire product lines were designed with our generation in mind. As we grew older, teenage bars ...

Summer remodeling projects recall previous house repairs

NIAGARA, Wis. — When I was in grade school, our teachers usually began each new school year by having us address the topic of our summer vacation. I guess this was a way to help us close the door on summer and to mentally prepare us for the discipline of the year ahead; it helped us change our focus from fun to work. Back then, as kids, most of us really did not want summer to end. We were not that eager to exchange shorts and a T-shirt for school clothes we had to keep clean. Nor were we looking forward to trading in our favorite place in the tree we had just climbed for the rigid ...