KC’s Column

GREAT BEGINNINGS, 1755 “Whenever Richard Cory went down town, We people on the pavement looked at him: He was a gentleman from sole to crown, Clean favored, and imperially thin.

‘Life is Good’

“I never had no one that I could count on, I’ve been let down so many times. I was tired of hurtin’ so tired of searchin’ till you walked into my life. It was a feelin’ I’d never known and for the first time, I didn’t feel alone.

Will My U.K. Pension Affect My Social Security?

Dear Rusty: I lived and worked in the United Kingdom prior to coming to the US at age 45, which qualified me for a UK State Pension worth the equivalent of about $740 US dollars per month.

Small Houses (Part 2)

There are years when the Christmas gathering expanded beyond the capacity of the little “A” frame house on Windom Street in Drayton. A couple of Great Aunts, Grandmother’s cousin, and a few cousins from the West Coast are added to the family mix.

Bowesmont Lives

Friday December 4th Merv and Phyllis Holter went to Cavalier to take in “Moonlight Madness” and also attended the “Faith in Action” bake sale. That Sunday Phyllis Holter helped the group at church decorate for the Christmas season. That day Ken and Liz Linster visited Saralee Hosselton.

Legislative Report

Dec. 9, 2020 In the weeks after the Nov. 3 election meetings of all kinds have been coming at us fast and furious. Nov. 12 and 13 was the final wrap up of the 2019 interim when all the interim committee chairmen gave their final reports to the outgoing, returning, and newly elected legislators.

Dakota Datebook

Nye Fortells the Future by Merry Helm December 14, 2020 — On this date in 1944, Senator Gerald Nye made news by marrying Arda Marguerite Johnson in Iowa Falls; it had been less than a year since Nye’s first wife had divorced him. Nye was a Cooperstown newspaper editor when he began his 20-year U.

Will the new vaccine be the answer…

The news is filled with reports of two companies that have developed a vaccine for coronavirus. With the first vaccine available on a limited basis in the United States this week it leaves people wondering if this will be the answer to solving all things coronavirus.

The Christmas Music is playing…

I have had the Christmas music playing since the day after Thanksgiving. I will keep playing all the way through the Christmas season which actually ends with Epiphany Sunday which is 12 days after Christmas Day. We also do not take down our Christmas tree until then either most years.

Two fingers if I use a computer.

Some years ago Apple came out with the Apple Pencil which has proven to be a great tool for anyone who uses their iPad for graphics or photography.