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The little buggers

With all the rainy and hot weather as of late, we know what often accompanies it — mosquitoes. Now there may be someone reading this who actually likes mosquitoes, but I don’t. I don’t like the buzzing, and, as a fair-skinned Irishman, I don’t like the biting. They...

The best things in life are not free

A popular adage says the best things in life are free. But are they? A few decades back, I was in a staff meeting about truth in advertising with a representative from the Iowa Attorney General’s office. We were told no advertising should publish that promotes...

Keep your shirt on

This column is dedicated to all the painters out there. Not the Pablo Picasso types. You are great, too, but this one is for those of you with the paint rollers, the 4-inch brushes, the power sprayers and the dozens of drop cloths. You have my respect and admiration. ...

Outdoor mass held at Lake Panorama’s Boulder Beach on Sunday

By Shane Goodman | Times Vedette The Catholic parishes of St. Mary’s (Guthrie Center), St. Patrick’s (Bayard) and St. Cecilia’s (Panora) held an outdoor mass at Boulder Beach at Lake Panorama starting at 9:30 a.m. A dinner, hosted by the Panora Knight of Columbus, was...