David chose five smooth stones. Only five. Not four. Not six. Five. Some Biblical scholars have various theories of why the number five is significant, and they mostly...

Forget About Your “But”Some individuals just don’t know how to receive a compliment.  For example, I might say, “You look good in that shirt,” and the friend responds,...

At my age when my mind says I can do this, my body says try it, you will be sorry. All this over a sock on the floor. Always happy when a former player calls me...

October brings us Paster Appreciation Month, Medical Assistance Day, Sleep Tech week, Boss Day, Happy Halloween. Happy birthday to niece-in-law Taryn Vandegrift, niece...

Birthdays: October 10th-Tresa O’Neal, Maelie Spotz 10 and Ana Huser 14; 11th-Sandra Crutcher, Angie Goettling, Lucas Carmical 9, Chad Adams 35, Joel Gray 44, Ron Baxter 71...

The finest lessons don’t always come from the arithmetic or reading lessons. They are lived out by the men and women who anchor our homes and histories, teaching us how to...

Wasabi vs GuacamoleFrom the time I was born until I was five years old, my family lived in California. We had an avocado tree in our back yard and my family enjoyed eating...

Time and choices face you daily, choose wisely. Stoney Point Church members eat good fish fry after church on September 27, 2026.Love your enemies but keep your gun loaded...

In The Old DaysIn Southwest Missouri, in the old days, if you planted corn on the 4th of July you had better pray hard. Simply because it was the general consensus that the...

Done with the January 1960 Tiger Roar so I donated it to the Everton Library along with a copy of the 1939-40 Everton Echo yearbook that my great aunt Nina Rutherford had...

Here we are, going into the Autumn season of the year. It was like someone flipped the switch from extreme hot weather, to comfortably cool weather. Hot weather will...

Birthdays: October 3rd-Trudy Jacobson, Doug Shaw, Zyler Sartin 4, Tyler Graf 14, Coleman Whitaker 30, twins-Nina & Marie Poirot 37, Ryan McGeehee 39, Jarad Johnson 41,...

Grilled House ShoesI had given my seven-year-old granddaughter, Vivienne, a new pair of house shoes when she spent three days and nights with me. She liked the soft and...

Forty-seven properties, land and homes listed in Dade County for sale. What does this mean?New laundromat coming to Main Street, Lockwood. Stay tuned.The U.S. Air Force...

Growing up through recessions and getting married at the height of the Depression, our one room schoolhouse teacher mother and farmer mechanic father knew how to make food,...