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Rising costs, ruined lives
JANE SCHMIDT STARTED Fitness Choices, a local health and fitness business, in April 2002. She set a goal for herself: to have health care coverage within four years. Due to the lagging economy and rising health care costs, she didn’t reach that goal. Read More ...
Ben Deline |
Making a choice
HEALTH CARE IN America can be simple or it can be complicated. Regardless, freedom of choice enables the patient to be involved as fully as possible in his own care. For example, when I was 19, I developed a pain in my abdomen. Read More ...
Pete Daniels |
Sustaining hope
MELODY MORRELL WAS living in Duluth, Minn., and itching for a way to get out to some land. She had no idea that she would end up in Wisconsin, on a remote farm, living with people she didn’t really know, learning about herself and new ways to farm, build a home, and get along with people. Read More ...
Anne O’Connor |
Kids take great shots
SOMETIMES FATE PLAYS a wonderful hand and you are lucky enough to be there. I have the pleasure of being superintendent of the 4-H photography exhibit at the Vernon County Fair. Each year I am amazed at the quality and skill demonstrated in the photos provided by the young artists. Read More ...
Carolyn Solverson |
Terror in the woods
UNTIL THIS SUMMER, I never knew that I was such a townie. As a lifelong resident of the Kickapoo Valley, I have always felt that in the broad spectrum of humanity I was far from being an urbanite. Read More ...
John H. Sime |
To Stop a Thief
AS YOU MAY know, two notebook computers were recently stolen from our business, Main Street Station, right under my poor Mom’s nose (who was working at the time). Dang. A short time later, I solved the crime! Allow me to explain... Read More ...
Tony Macasaet |
Courthouse tiles
LUDOWICI IS A Germanized form of an Italian name, Ludovisi. Since the 17th century this was the name of a prominent family of potters and creators of clay roofing tiles which are so common in the Mediterranean area. Read More ...
John H. Sime |
Everyone needs a Mrs. Kriescher
A LIFETIME HAS passed, and along with it, Myrt Kriescher, who lived with her family two backyards over. There she was at her ironing board, singing with gusto along with Patsy Cline, running her iron back and forth over her husband’s white, cotton shirts. Read More ...
Doreen O'Donnell |
Innocence Cost: Dirtiest part of our body is our minds
SOME FRIENDS RECOUNTED the following story to me, which has become the inspiration for this month’s column. It was a hot summer afternoon, over 95 degrees and humid—the kind of day that turns your brain into hot mayonnaise around two o’clock in the afternoon. That was about what time it was when the police officer showed up at the door of my friend’s quaint two-story house ... Read More ...
Matthew Voz |
Booklist
The River of Doubt by Candice Millard
Buffalo for the Broken Heart by Dan O’Brien
The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins
Fanny by Holly Hobbie Read More ...
Susan Paull, owner of Bramble Bookstore |
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