Life in the Slow Lane?

Tuesday morning saw the first day of this school year in Drayton. With the start of school comes all the running and hustle and bustle of games. This year everything is very different.

Looking Down Main

When Jerry Falwell passed away in 2007 the religious right lost one of their most well-known leaders. Falwell had been well respected and loved by conservative Christians all over America.

Guest Columnist

As we celebrate the 100th anniversary of the adoption of the Nineteenth Amendment (August 18) giving women the right to vote, we need to retrace our steps to the Seneca Falls, NY convention of 1848 that launched the drive for women’s suffrage. There is some unfinished business to consider.

KC’s Column

GREAT BEGINNINGS, 1739 “Loveliest of trees, the cherry now Is hung with bloom along the bough, And stands about the woodland ride Wearing white for Eastertide.” (the beginning of the poem “Loveliest of Trees, the Cherry Now,” by A.E.

A Special Delivery

My mother would tell me the story as I was growing up. The story is one of classic rural community. There was a tremendous amount of snow in February of 1949. Most of the roads were impassable.

Ask Rusty

Dear Rusty: I am 76 years old and began collecting Social Security when I retired at the age of 62. My wife also began collecting SS when she turned 62 based on my benefits. She did not work enough to qualify on her own for Social Security benefits.

Bowesmont Lives

Monday evening Clarice Mosolf shared supper with Saralee Hoselton. Don Baldock and Judy Stellon returned from Rochester on Thursday. Saralee Hoselton was among those who attended the funeral for Alice Gr zadieleski on Friday at St. Edward’s Catholic Church.

Tidbits from AMAC

Go figure Identical twin sisters, Brittany and Briana Deane, met a pair of identical twin brothers, Joshua and Jeremy Salyers, at a Twins Day festival in 2017. The festival is an annual event that takes place in the town of Twinsburg, OH of course.

Brush with the Bunch

Already it’s the first week of school so I am, once again, behind schedule. Honoring all the students in the reading audience, we show our annual Brush Bunch Art Bus which has been updated to carry all of our Brush Bunch group (I hope).

Is there a tax loophole in the Paycheck Protection Program?

As if things weren’t hard enough for North Dakota’s small businesses, news comes that the Trump administration plans to claw back a chunk of the Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) funds legitimate businesses have used as a lifeline to keep their employees on the payroll.