…at Drayton Public School where I am still not a teacher.

On a weekly basis I struggle with what I am going to write my column about, knowing that it is going to be an issue in roughly forty-five of the fifty-two weeks each year. I try my best to have it written before I retire on Sunday evening.

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The Tombstone Market Becomes Personal

Just when I was planning to get one, the tombstone market turned to dust and everyone has to wait for memorial stones because the supply line died before we did. All we can say to bereaved friends, if any, is “be patient”. I am not sure if the Scriptural suggestion to “be content” applies or not.

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Try These Questions Before Spring Kitchen Clean-up

I was alone working on my computer in my office. I heard the doorknob rattling. I got up from my office chair to investigate, but I didn’t open the door. At first, I thought someone was trying to enter my office.

KC’s Column

GREAT BEGINNINGS, 1820 Vaughn (singing): “Red sails in the sunset, way out on the sea, please carry my loved one home safely to me.” Announcer: “Ladies and gentlemen, Vaughn De Leath, radio’s first song sensation with next year’s style in songs, as up to the minute as tomorrow’s newspaper.

Perpetual Prerequisite

“Winter is on my head, but eternal spring is in my heart.” - Victor Hugo The grace filled pathways of life’s ever changing journey depicts the preparation for love’s purity. In the alabaster view of winter’s depths comes the transformation of sheltered awareness.

Please Help Us with Social Security Planning

Dear Rusty: Would you please advise on my wife and my Social Security planning? I’m 69 & 2 months, my wife is 66 & 2 months, so we both hit full retirement age. We both plan on starting to take SS next month.

Mercy

Compassion happens between strangers. We have seen a lot of that coming out of the conflict in Ukraine. Where evil intention is, God’s plan is much greater. What man has intended for harm, God has made His redemption.

Tidbits from AMAC

Just for the fun of it Was it whimsy or a brash gesture when Karly Sindy in Asheville, NC ordered her personalized license plate from the Department of Motor Vehicles?