Opinion

Drive-ins and the threat to clean cars

When I first took possession my car, it was pre-owned but it felt brand new. Thus, in earnest, filled with pride, I declared: No one will eat in this car! And everyone laughed. They thought it was a grand joke. But it was not a joke. I meant what I said and I said what I meant: No one will eat in this car! By “no one,” of course, I meant The Wife and kids. Yes, humans, especially the small ones will get hungry and cry for food. No problem. We will stop what we are doing, pause where we are going, and find somewhere and eat.

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Happy that we have a new newspaper in town

MediaNews Group’s recent announcement that they were closing the Independent Review sent our community into a tizzy. Suddenly, we were in mourning for our newspaper. We were scrambling to figure out ways to advertise local events. We were sad that we would not have a public display of photographs of the kids at all their events. We wondered how we would maintain a historical record of our community.

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