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Thanksgiving will come three days early this time around
Next week we celebrate Thanksgiving. Although it is a movable feast, 59 years ago Thanksgiving was on November 23. In 2009, November 23 will be Monday, and for most it will be just another weekday. more...
  11/19/2009 4:47pm
Guest column: Third parties push again for fusion voting, ending partisanship
Volunteers from the Oregon Working Families Party and the Oregon Independent Party joined forces to lobby the Legislature for the right of voters to cross-nominate general election candidates for public office; the cross nominations are said to be fused...
  11/18/2009 12:59pm
Guest colum: Do references to ‘nothing' really mean something?
I awoke the other night from a cold-sweat nightmare after reliving one of my high school reunions. Typically, most reunions are all alike, except this one. I almost died. No, I didn't choke on an olive or get into a nasty fight — that would...
  11/17/2009 4:58pm
The BCS football system just keeps getting worse and worse
Last season, I offered some hefty criticism of the Bowl Championship Series football situation and how schools like Boise State University, University of Utah, Brigham Young and others are frozen out of the big money and national BCS bowl games despite...
  11/15/2009 1:33pm
On Biz: A new look, a new location for ComSpan
ComSpan Communications of Roseburg has a new look and a new location.
  11/13/2009 3:53pm
Simple guide to smooth marriage motoring
One of the principles basic to a good marriage is the fair and balanced distribution of jobs and responsibilities. If one spouse has to do more than a fair share of the work, or does not have enough input into the decision-making, unhappiness and...
  11/13/2009 3:51pm
Extension Spotlight: Evaluating your landscape
The fall is a lovely time of the year to view the colors in your yard.
  11/13/2009 3:49pm
Rotary helps lead fight to vanquish polio worldwide for good
There are many families in our country that have a family member who has been affected by the crippling disease of polio. Polio survivors tell their stories with a great deal of passion of the pain and lifestyle changes that polio has inflicted on them.
  11/13/2009 6:29pm
Now is a good time to reflect on the power of forgiveness
The closest the Germans got to invading England during World War II was their occupation of the Guernsey Island, a British possession off of France. The occupation is featured in an excellent BBC television series called “The Enemy at the...
  11/12/2009 4:59pm
From humble beginnings, former paper boy helped his country
“Paper sir?” I can still remember the first day of my first job. A newspaper salesman for The News-Review. I made 10 cents. Even back in the stone age of 1972, 10 cents was not anything to brag about. But, for me that dime meant a lot. It was...
  11/11/2009 6:34pm
Guest column: Insurance companies not the culprit in health care reform
I was pleasantly surprised when I heard the president announce that insurance companies' profits aren't the culprit to high health insurance premiums. And it took how long to get here? Per last year's report, published by the state of...
  11/10/2009 12:38pm
Eileen Burmeister meets "The Calorie King"
Counting calories: What you don't know can kill you
  11/06/2009 2:38pm
Extension Spotlight: Backyard tree thinning
Do you own a mature woodland, overgrown plantation or even a clump of trees in your backyard? Have you ever wondered how to select the best of the bunch?
  11/06/2009 2:33pm
Guest column: Eagle Scouts are so much more than outdoor adventurers
When a baby boy is born, parents and grandparents hold that special baby in their arms and wonder and dream about what he will become and achieve. Will he become a business man? A teacher? A soldier?
  11/06/2009 12:19pm
Time to shed light on the real history of daylight savings
If you were early to church last Sunday and got up too early for work on Monday it was because the clock was off by an hour. By now, you should be settled into the new time in the semiannual ritual of losing an hour in the spring and gaining it back in...
  11/05/2009 5:42pm
Senior Times: Volunteer opportunities
The cover story in today's Senior Times tells about the important work volunteers are doing for the Senior Health Insurance Assistance (SHIBA) program. If that programs interests you, SHIBA is looking for computer and Internet literate volunteers to...
  11/04/2009 12:05pm
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