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Columns

Navigating the ‘precious opportunity’ of college

Do you have a daughter or son planning to go to college, or if in college, will they be home for the holidays? If so, go to Bookstore Plus or your favorite bookseller and get a copy of Philip Glotzbach's recently published Embrace Your Freedom: Winning Strategies to Succeed in College and Life. ...

On the Scene: Shipman Center gives thanks

At the Shipman Center's annual Thanks for Giving Dinner, where they honor people who have contributed through cash, in-kind donations, and volunteerism, the board was especially grateful for the $30,203.27 raised through the Center's Dmitry's Feast of the Peaks and Music Festival, aka Dmitry ...

Martha Sez: Is it OK To Say Gingerbread Man?

Well, here we are, entering the great maw of the holiday season. I am now taking time out from my list-making to write this column, just before Thanksgiving Day. Making holiday lists is the same every year, and every year I wonder: Why does it take so long to accomplish the tasks so clearly ...

Our Animals Ourselves: Home for the Holidays

Editor’s note: This column was first published in 2017. My husband often tells me the story about the best Christmas morning he ever had. He was an only child and even though he had a myriad of cousins who lived right down the road his most loved and trusted companion was his dog ...

Martha Sez: There’s no politics in our youth, nature

On Nov. 15, 2024, the day of a full moon and my friend Darla’s birthday, my granddaughter Emma, at 12 years old, experienced her first ice puddle. Emma has, up to now, spent all of her winters in Southern California. Any ice she has seen has been cube-shaped and served in beverages. Imagine ...

CLAIM FOR FAME: Ceremony celebrates inductees

The 41st Hall of Fame induction ceremony, held at Miracle Plaza on November 13, celebrated two people who have made significant contributions to our community: Dmitry Feld and Betty Little. ORDA and the Hall of Fame committee followed the format established last year at Mt Van Hoevenberg ...