To the Editor: Our country is made up of individual communities, each with its own needs that can be as unique as the communities themselves. In the middle on all of these challenges, often in the very heart of our community, is a solution, a trusted institution that makes it its business to understand...
By Sarah Pridgeon I’m sure you’ve heard the news that Baroness Margaret Thatcher, previously the Prime Minister of Great Britain, has passed away at the age of 87. You may also have heard the kerfuffle her death has caused, with debates still raging between those who support her with passionate vehemence and those who...
By Sarah Pridgeon This weekend, I discovered how disconcerting it is to find out that, during your absence, a 1000-foot skyscraper has sprung up in your former back garden. Leaving home was an adventure I undertook on the understanding that everything stay precisely as I left it, perfectly preserved until I returned for a...
By Sarah Pridgeon Living in these wide open spaces, I have grown used to early morning visits from turkeys and deer and the occasional stench of a skunk. Before I moved here, on the other hand, I developed strong suspicions that Wyoming’s claims of abundant wildlife might be something of a myth. During...
Josh Franzen of J. W. Services has the apparent low bid and has been awarded the manhole at the swimming pool. If you recall, this is to control the ground water and hopefully extend the life of the pool liner. The bids were low enough that we will probably extend the walking path sidewalk...
Dear Editor, Recently we had the pleasant experience of dealing with our HomeTown Motors. We were very pleased with their service. They gave us a deal on our car that was as good if not better than we could’ve gotten out of town. If you’re in the market for a car try these people....
By Sarah Pridgeon Your newspaper editor has been muttering something about ducks and depressing musicians for the last couple of weeks and I have finally managed to work out what I’ve done wrong: apparently, an English musician refused to join the cast of Duck Dynasty on Jimmy Kimmel’s show, calling them “animal serial...
By Sarah Pridgeon Easter is a wonderful time of the year, renewing both a Messiah’s pledge of eternal life and the promise of spring flowers. For me, however, it brings mixed emotions, all thanks to a mental short circuit on the part of my mother: when I was ten years old, she made me...
Dear Editor, The economy of Wyoming. The last 50 years Wyoming has become more than a western state to entertain the tourists that come to enjoy our great and beautiful scenery and travel our exciting mountain trails where deer, elk and sheep roam. After they travel our great highways, many of them desire to...
I have spent the best part of this week answering what ought to have been a perfectly simple question: how do you prove that your marriage is real? If you’re anything like me, you’ll snort with laughter and point to the pile of washing up that’s been left to fester beside the sink, but...
