Conservation in Mind – We need to keep our waters safe
By Frances Lamberts
Drought plagued Mountain City for several years around the turn of the century. It became critical in …
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A Refreshing Knapp – Mardi Gras
By Ray Knapp
Coming straight out of the Ozark Mountains, I hadn’t seen much of the world before enlisting in …
Officer Norway’s Corner – A focus on vaping, mental health
By UCHS SRO Kjell Michelsen
It’s hard to believe we have passed the halfway mark through February already, and March …
Conservation In Mind – A winter delight for the garden
By Frances Lamberts
An exhilarating sight at January’s end: A few new, bright yellow blossoms had come out on a …
Hood’s Winks – WWII from the eyes of a kid!
By Ralph Hood
I was four months old when Pearl Harbor was bombed in 1941 and our country entered WW …
Officer Norway’s Corner – The blessings, curses of technology
By SRO Kjell Michelsen
While I have been living and working here in the United States since 1996, I still …
Conservation In Mind – Protecting species, citizens’ participation
By Frances Lamberts
An interview with country singer Roseanne Cash was reported in the newspaper Zeit in December, following a …
Hood’s Winks – Computers – blessing or curse?
By Ralph Hood
Hard to believe, but I managed to graduate from Clemson without ever seeing a computer. Supposedly, Clemson …
Officer Norway’s Corner – New year gets off to a good start
By SRO Kjell Michelsen
As I write this, we have been enjoying some much warmer weather than usual, and as …
A Refreshing Knapp – Flu revisited
By Ray Knapp
My grandmother died in the flu pandemic of 1918/1919. Maybe one of your relatives died also as …
Conservation In Mind – Effective, efficient, fair – Carbon pricing
By Frances Lamberts
The terror which thousands of Australians and millions of wild animals have been facing for weeks through …
Hood’s Winks – New Year resolution for the U.S.A.
By Ralph Hood
I no longer make New Year’s resolutions. I did in the past, but failed on every one. …
Officer Norway’s Corner – Consider setting goals for the new year
By SRO Kjell Michelsen
So here we are a week into a new year, indeed a new decade. Already many …
Conservation In Mind – Democracy, the young & climate change
By Frances Lamberts
The Union of Concerned Scientists’ Alden Meyer gave a harsh judgment of the outcome of the world …
Conservation In Mind – Environmental visionaries to remember
By Frances Lamberts
The year now coming to a close took from us three persons whose inspiring work, for appreciative …
Officer Norway’s Corner – Now is a season of giving
By SRO Kjell Michelsen
Hard to believe we are only a couple of weeks away from Christmas. Where’s the time …
Hood’s Winks – Dog sitting!
By Ralph Hood
Friends B.J. and Ellen Sewell traveled to Italy, leaving their dog Buddy with us for 10 days …
A Refreshing Knapp – Thanksgiving
By Ray Knapp
I still recall my 5-year-old granddaughter’s words of wisdom from a dozen years ago as we followed …
Officer Norway’s Corner – Thanksgiving, football and the dark season
By SRO Kjell Michelsen
On Thursday, Nov. 28, we celebrate Thanksgiving. The one and only true American holiday. When I …
A Denney for Your Thoughts – It’s back to school, and then some
By Connie Denney
Yes, there’s excitement on that first day of school. Apprehension is in order. Sarah Wolfe remembers hand-wringing …