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Records of the Year Part 1: Nos. 10 to six

The bulk of 2020’s forced isolation left many with nothing to do but bake bread, do push-ups and listen to music. Or perhaps that is what your 2019 and every year before was like. ...

DATE: Dec 10, 2020 | CATEGORY: Downtown Lowdown

Dad’s girlfriend upsets daughter

Dear Abby: I’m really uncomfortable about my father’s new relationship. He is 50 and dating a girl who is 19 – only two years older than I am. She went to my high school. I t...

DATE: Dec 10, 2020 | CATEGORY: Dear Abby

This holiday season, give the gifts that keep on giving

Are you at a loss for ideas of gifts to give this holiday season? Remember that gifts can take shape in many forms. And the greatest gifts come from the heart. Sometimes, a meanin...

DATE: Dec 9, 2020 | CATEGORY: From the Extension Office

Make sure stress doesn’t throw away all your nutrients

Do this with me, breathe in deep through your nose and out slowly through your mouth. (Repeat three times.) It’s been a peculiar year to say the least! With the COVID-19 pandemic,...

DATE: Dec 9, 2020 | CATEGORY: Healing Nutrition

Boyfriend’s true colors are revealed

Dear Abby: I need your opinion. I have been with the same guy for 27 years. We never married because we were both married before, and I wasn’t into doing it again. I have stuck by him th...

DATE: Dec 8, 2020 | CATEGORY: Dear Abby

John Simpson: School board veils intent, cost of bonds approved in recent election

While I am pleased that the School District 9-R bond issue passed in the November election, I am concerned with the subterfuge planned for the next step of the process. The school board told...

DATE: Dec 8, 2020 | CATEGORY: Guest Columns

Action Line passes the torch

Dear Action Line: Is it true you took a job with city and are giving up the column? – Dazed and Confused Dear Dazed: It is true. This is my final column. I have taken a job with the ci...

DATE: Dec 7, 2020 | CATEGORY: Action Line

Hey, neighbors: We will be cooking holiday meals for you

If you’ve read my articles over the years, you probably have a good sense of my upbringing. My grandpa, my dad, my sister and I were either born in Durango or nearby (my grandpa ...

DATE: Dec 7, 2020 | CATEGORY: From the Extension Office

Michelle Goldberg: The MAGA Revolution Devours Its Own

Gabriel Sterling, a Georgia election official and longtime Republican, held a news conference this week in which he excoriated Donald Trump’s lies about voter fraud and the threats of violen...

DATE: Dec 5, 2020 | CATEGORY: Guest Columns

Our View: Despite district’s best efforts, some students are falling behind

Despite district’s best efforts, some students need more help to catch up

DATE: Dec 5, 2020 | CATEGORY: Guest Columns

The sweetest gift – from me and to me!

It all just sort of happened. The news that my granddaughter had to begin her high school years online instead of in person devastated me. I remember how fun high school was – the crushes, t...

DATE: Dec 5, 2020 | CATEGORY: Authentic Aging

Moving on from 2020 without Rita

I saw a joke the other day on the internet saying that “2020” is going to be considered a term used for profanity. We have a new four-letter word in our vernacular. I laughed (we ...

DATE: Dec 5, 2020 | CATEGORY: From the Chamber