Opinion
Off the Editor’s Desk 8-17-2022
I must report to everyone that last Wednesday I tested positive for the Coronavirus after I came down with what I thought was a very bad cold. I had a chest cold with a runny nose, fever, sore throat, and I felt very weak. I was given a prescription for PAXLOVID and I take two…
Read MoreLetters to the Editor 8-10-2022
Letter to the Editor-Let’s talk about the Boomer generation You can’t hardly go a week about hearing or reading about the Boomer generation and its effects on society. When we were in our working years, there wasn’t any problems basically with the workforce related to shortages, lack of skills for the most part. I don’t…
Read MoreOff the Editor’s Desk 8-10-2022
Beware of the Government We all have heard stories about how our federal government is making it harder for us citizens to address our grievances to our government. There is the story of people who faced federal forces for challenging school boards. People that were involved in the January 6th ruckus at the capitol in…
Read MoreLetters to the Editor 8-3-2022
The Cost of Clean Water They’re not projects most people get excited about. But without upgrades to municipal wastewater treatment plants and Community Drinking Water systems, we’d be in trouble. In the 1800’s, illness from contaminated drinking water was a leading cause of death in Western Wisconsin and around the country. In my years supervising…
Read MoreLetters to the Editor 7-27-2022
Dear Editor: I am somewhat new to the Third Congressional District, so I have been paying close attention to the four candidates seeking to fill Ron Kind’s shoes. After the July 13 forum in Eau Claire last week, I narrowed it down to two: Brad Pfaff or Deb McGrath. Reading the news on July 14,…
Read MoreOff the Editor’s Desk 7-27-2022
I wish I could turn the clock back As I sat at my desk the other morning thinking about all the turmoil in government today I suddenly wished that I were back in the 1950s. Then, just being a young teenager, the only thing that I had to worry about was what time was dinner.…
Read MoreLetters to the Editor 7-20-2022
Dear Editor, friends and neighbors: My grandmother raised her children in The Great Depression of the 1930’s. She would say: “Use it up, wear it out, make it do, do without.” And so it is today as we deal with our changing automotive needs in a world threatened by a changing climate. It takes a…
Read MoreOff the Editor’s Desk 7-20-2022
Do things ever change? “Our government today is weak and in many cases almost futile. In spots it has apparently broken down from sheer-over expansion. Mobs commit acts of appalling barbarity with impunity, strikers brazenly defy orders issued by government boards. In our large cities no man is safe from the armed bandit either on…
Read MoreHavenwood Scoop 7-13-2022
Greetings and salutation to all of you out there. Every now and then I run into someone who actually reads my article and I thank you for your encouragement and support. The summer weeks are flying by it’s hard to keep up. But I will give it the old college try and yes I do…
Read MoreOff the Editor’s Desk 7-13-2022
Who or what are you afraid of? As I sat in my favorite chair for morning coffee Friday the conversation turned into a political topic, as it usually does. The bearded gentleman by the name of Harvey who sits at the head of the table brought up the question, “Who are you afraid of?” “I…
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