Looking Down Main

This past summer has been extremely busy at our house, various projects at home, and with family, have ruled our lives. Fortunately, we have managed to take a few weekends for ourselves, and they have been wonderful.

Guest Columnist

Term limits will not greatly impact the state legislature if the constitutional provision being proposed by initiative petition is approved by the voters in 2022.

We the People

The founders believed, as James Madison wrote, that Americans possessed sufficient virtue to summon the courage and conviction to do the right thing in the face of the most trying circumstances.

Cards of Thanks

We would like to thank the Drayton community for all your support the past 3 1/2 years while Amber was battling cancer. This town is filled with such wonderful, kind and thoughtful people. Special thanks to Pastor Leroy for his many visits and meaningful words at her funeral service.

KC’s Column

GREAT BEGINNINGS, 1789 “Captain Carpenter rose up in his prime Put on his pistols and went riding out But had got wellnigh nowhere at that time Till he fell in with ladies in a rout.

‘Rainbow Bridge’

“Until one has loved an animal, a part of one’s soul remains unawakened.” -Anatole France In the great evolution of understanding, we begin to comprehend how everything is connected and the sacred manifests in our lives in extraordinary ways.

I’m Terminal; What Are My Wife’s Options as My Survivor?

Dear Rusty: I’m 60 and my wife is 62. I have terminal Stage IV prostate cancer, but my wife is in pretty good health. If I draw at 62 would that affect my wife’s survivor benefits? When should she start to withdraw? Also, when I die what would she get?

Rack’em

Walking in to Fargo Billiards I met a fellow Veteran from California. We get a nine foot table and rack the balls. Alan reminds me of a few California rules and I break. It is already a good day. After a few games, Alan’s two grandsons and granddaughter come in the door.

The Senate’s Check on Judicial Nominations

The U.S. Senate’s constitutional role in the appointment process for federal judges empowers it to thwart presidential nominations to the bench, including those nominated to the Supreme Court.

Helping hand or hand out....

Many of the welfare programs that now exist started with private charitable organizations lending aid to mothers with dependent children. Since that time, it has grown into federal programs.