Don’t look, Ethel!

Oct 13, 2025 | Publisher's Column

While driving to work the other day, I heard a song that some of you may remember and one that certainly made me smile — “The Streak.” Yes, the “Ethel, you get your clothes on” song. Follow the link and give it a listen, but only if you want to smile.  This 1974 No. 1...

The hot lunch tray

Oct 10, 2025 | Publisher's Column

Hard, sturdy plastic. A palate of faded colors. Stackable and easy to clean. These words describe something most all of us used at more schooltime meals than we can count: the hot lunch tray.  Its image is likely coming to mind now. A silverware space along the...

Fall festival held at Twin Vines on Saturday

Oct 7, 2025 | News

Photos by Jolene Goodman and Susan Thompson | Times Vedette Twin Vines held its annual fall festival on Saturday, Oct. 4 from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Zipp’s Pizzaria food truck was on hand, along with live music by the band Blacktop. Approximately 20 vendors were also...

Chicken dinner

Oct 6, 2025 | News

Photos by Jolene Goodman | Times Vedette St. Cecelia’s Catholic Church held a chicken dinner on Sunday, Oct. 5 from 11 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. at the Community Center in...

The world’s dirtiest man

Oct 6, 2025 | Publisher's Column

“If a rooster crows three times on the tail of a beaver, don’t take a bath.” That was advice that a guy named Vern told my buddy Dave and me when we were in middle school. It seemed reasonable at the time. In fact, I still find times to use that memorable quote…  like...