The many permutations of ‘A Christmas Carol’
I must have been about 7 when I was given a quarter for the Saturday afternoon matinee at the Goetz Theater in Monroe, Wis. “A Christmas Carol” was playing, and I found it so frightening that I might well have wet my pants, although I don’t think I did.
Tons of treasures could be found at Trail’s End (‘Amish Walmart’)
As I headed home from La Crosse on Saturday, and after passing through Portland, I saw a huge plume of black smoke fill the eastern sky. It appeared to be a fire in Cashton, and though I drove slowly, paying careful attention, I could no longer spot the smoke once I was in Cashton.
Local news is under threat
If you have a taste for fresh shrimp, Brunswick, Ga., may be the place to be. All I know about shrimping is what I learned from the movie “Forrest Gump” when Tom Hanks hooks up with Gary Sinise to run a shrimp boat.
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Recalling Martin Luther King
17 hours agoby County Line
It has been a very long time since I thought about church camp. Yes, I know many readers will find it hard to believe that this cynical but bleeding-heart liberal actually went to church camp.
One man with a gun can change so many lives
November 26th, 2021by County Line
When I tuned in the news today, the announcer reminded me that 58 years ago Lyndon Johnson was sworn in as president after the assassination of John F. Kennedy.
Could revised FEMA rules improve small towns’ prospects?
November 4th, 2021by County Line
No, it’s not your imagination. Ontario has looked like a sad case for some time now. Yes, it was three years ago in August when the Kickapoo taught us all a lesson about the power of an angry mother nature to shake up our understanding of what is a 100-year or 500-year flood.
Opioid crisis has been underreported
October 28th, 2021by County Line
There are times when it appears the Wisconsin legislature is made up of such dullards that they really ought to come with a warning label on their foreheads: “Hazardous to human health.”
The Pledge of Allegiance’s origins
October 14th, 2021by County Line
My sympathy goes to Francis Bellamy, a writer who never received any financial reward or even much recognition for his work.
What has Facebook, other social media cost us?
October 7th, 2021by County Line
Sunday marked the first day of National Newspaper Week, and, appropriately enough, on Monday, Facebook and its associate, Instagram, went down, leaving millions of social media addicts in the throes of serious withdrawal. On Tuesday the company admitted it was not the victim of hacking, but it was its own monkeying around that caused the six-hour outage. Aw, darn.
Traveling to Peshtigo and environs
September 30th, 2021by County Line
I think I may be finally getting the hang of this retirement thing.
Wilton village officials need to grasp a better understanding of press’s role
August 19th, 2021by County Line
In troubled times like these, we can look back in history to John Peter Zenger. Never heard of him?
When does someone’s liberty cancel out another’s?
August 13th, 2021by County Line
So, if you happen to have a few dimes left after staggering through the grocery store and surviving the usual sticker shock, you might want to roll up the change and send it off to Parents Rights in Education.
Banning books, ideas is fruitless
August 5th, 2021by County Line
Hang out in the newspaper business long enough, you’ll conclude there really is nothing new under the sun.
Ted Radde had remarkable patience with newbies
July 28th, 2021by County Line
By the time my mother died at 93, she had outlived her husband, her six siblings, and nearly everyone else she knew. Who of us doesn’t hope for a long and healthy life, but how few of us are prepared to be the last man standing?
Community
Winter reading begins at Norwalk Public Library
Coloring Challenge pages available at Wilton Public Library
South Side News for Jan. 20
On Campus
Ontario Public Library to host program on DIY yarn banners
Obituaries
Craig L. DeWitt
Jerome “Jerry” A. Martenson
Hunter James (Johnson) Jacobsen
Robert Alan Schendel
Ralph Gosselin
Backtalk
Recalling Martin Luther King
The many permutations of ‘A Christmas Carol’
Tons of treasures could be found at Trail’s End (‘Amish Walmart’)
Local news is under threat
One man with a gun can change so many lives
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