A Historical Perspective by Pat Rooney In an interview with The Wall Street Journal’s Jason Willick, we get to hear from a famous American historian, Gordon Wood. Mr. Wood is a professor emeritus at Brown University, a noted history scholar and is often cited as the “dean of the 18th Century historians.” Upon graduation from […]

“4th of July” – Dick Hefton March is capable of throwing atmospheric belly-punches at us. Those golf and outdoor days, however, overpower to promise holidays and vacations on the way! There’ll be Easter, Memorial Day then Independence Day – and from there we’re full blower to Labor Day! Me? My favorite of all – UP […]

The Pigeon Pie Episode By Ron Page Reynolds Church and its parsonage lie far out in farm country surrounded by a flat and featureless plain – black soil in the spring, tall green corn in the summer, turning to brown stalks before harvest in the fall, and often white with snow in the winter. Situated […]

Dr. Laura Garrett Childhood Memories Turn to Donuts Over the years I have kept an eye on the old bank property on the corner of Dewey and 23rd Street. I have great memories of the bank because my father was the President of Mutual Federal Savings and Loan whose headquarters was located there for many […]