Opinion
Perspectives on David White’s termination
It was moving at this week’s Hillsboro Board of Education meeting to see all the current students, former students, former teachers, current tea...
April 19th, 2019 updated: April 19th, 2019. |
Treasuring small-town lives
Garrison Keillor said, “When a man lives in one place for most of his life, he doesn’t need GPS. He is guided by memories of boyhood bike ...
I will never say never
You would have thought, after 45 years of consistently being proven wrong on a nearly daily basis, I would have learned to “never say never.R...
Happy belated Tax Day
April 15 is the day our federal government has decided that you must pay the taxes owed for the previous year. For many of us, we pay these incrementa...
… And all that jazz
I have always taken pride in the fact that I appreciate many types of music. While my musical preference has always rested in the country field, I als...
Self-education is power
During the last few decades, the politicization of education has changed its purpose from creating an informed citizenry and an educated workforce to ...
Blessed by two families
The year was 1993. I had just began my junior year at Lynchburg-Clay High School and for some reason the start of the school year seemed different. I ...
In need of a safety net
The young guitar player, Jim Lindsey, who was down on his luck, ran his fingers across the cold, hard bars of the Mayberry jail, looking out at Andy a...
Heartfelt thanks to kindergarten volunteers
My staff at the Hillsboro City Schools Early Childhood Center and I would like to extend a heartfelt thank you to the many volunteers who donated thei...
Happy birthday, my love
This week I want to spend some time talking about something near and dear to my heart. Something, actually someone, who often gets overlooked, taken f...
