You know, for a while there, I thought the phone creatures had taken me off their list. It’s been a couple of weeks, and I hadn’t had a call from one of them. I was gettin’ worried.
Rusty is headed somewhere, so I thought I’d take the helm this week, whatever a helm is. He told me where he was going, but I probably wasn’t paying attention.
I was sittin’ in a restaurant the other day when somethin’ weird happened. I was asked for an interview. No, it was not a formal interview.
Here lately, all of the phone calls I’ve been gettin’ have been those blame robocalls. Man, you can’t have any fun with those things. Well, I guess you could call ‘em back, but who wants to do that?
I’m sure that a lot of you have probably never seen a hornet before. If you ever see one, you’ll never forget it. They’re big. Really big. They look like a wasp on steroids. And you talk about…
There has been more rain than sun recently and that is the sort of weather that sends me looking for a good book to read. I have more than a few to choose from. I’ve collected books most of my…
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On March 2, four teams from Don Gill Elementary in Wellsboro competed at the North Central PA Odyssey of the Mind Regional Competition in Berwick.
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The Second Rural Resilience Film Series will begin and run for six Friday nights in the upstairs Community Room of the Deane Center in Wellsboro. There will be a dish to pass community supper …
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SABINSVILLE — One Christmas tree is not enough for Sabinsville resident Sandy Osgood to show her Christmas spirit. Instead, she has 32 trees, and counting, to show her enthusiasm for the holidays.
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Shared Ministry Christmas Eve service will be held at Saint Paul’s Lutheran church Monday, Dec. 24, at 7 p.m.
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This past weekend, we celebrated Gaudet Sunday, the third Sunday of Advent, so called from the first word of the Introit at Mass (Gaudete, i.e. Rejoice).
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Thomas Putnam, artistic director for Hamilton-Gibson Productions based in Wellsboro, has announced audition and registration dates and locations for the “Aladdin Junior” Winter Theater Arts Ca…
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WPL’s Classic Christmas was a blast! Special thanks to Trevor Foster.
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The Elkland Area Senior Citizen’s Club met on Dec. 6. Club President Dick Vargeson welcomed everyone and Raymond Doan opened with a prayer, followed by Dick Vargeson leading the Pledge of Allegiance.
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Students may wonder why an education is necessary. Examples of Bill Gates or other mega-company CEOs dropping out of college are used to support the fact that a good education is not necessary…
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The Christmas Cantata, The Wondrous Story, was held on Sunday afternoon Dec. 9, at 3 p.m. at the Whitneyville United Methodist Church. The Psalm 100 Choir includes members from Whitneyville, N…
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The Roseville United Methodist Church Kids’ eXpress held an Advent Night at the church on Dec. 5 with craft activities centered around the theme of hope, joy, love and peace. A meal was provided.
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The following people have donated to our annual fundraising appeal: Ted & Bonnie Meyers, Darla & T. James Davis in memory of Kevin Treat.
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It is hard to believe that we are in the second week of Advent, with just a couple of weeks to go before the celebration of the birth of our Lord, Jesus Christ. The season of Advent is a call …
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This past weekend, we celebrated the Feast of Christ the King, the end of the church liturgical year. This weekend, the first weekend in the 2018 Advent season, we begin the new liturgical yea…
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Boy howdy, I don’t know about y’all, but I’m not gettin’ as many calls from phone creatures here lately as I used to. Of course, my wife Janet did put us on one of those “do not call” lists. I…
I saw a chinaberry tree the other day and I don’t think I’ve ever seen one that big in my life. I got to thinkin’ after I saw that tree that I haven’t seen as many chinaberry trees as I used to.
I wrote this about four years ago and a lady remembered it and asked if I would rerun it. Well, you know me; I cannot turn down a request from a pretty lady, so here it is.
You know, I dial wrong numbers all the time, and usually as soon as the person on the other end answers, I know I’ve dialed the wrong number.
Remember kids; don’t try anything you read here. You see, back when I was a kid, we used to do some really stupid stuff with fireworks. I know, that’s hard to believe, me bein’ the upstandin’ …
I’m sure some of you have already started your Christmas shoppin’. You’re puttin’ up decorations and such, and gettin’ ready for visitors, and plannin’ to have a big time. Some say that they w…
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Have any of y’all ever been to a poetry readin‘? I went to one awhile back.
About this time every year, I’m asked to rerun this old story. It is one of my most requested.
I was asked if I would rerun one of Janet’s old articles. What you are fixin’ to read is not current; it is from about 10 years ago, so I’ve moved on to other things.
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Awhile back, I went in for a check-up at my doctor’s office. I would tell you who my doctor is, but he won’t let me. Really! When I go in to see him, the first thing he does is ask me the same…
Before you read any further, I would like to issue a warning. The story you are about to read is not for the faint of heart. It is a tale of two enemies. One an animal, one a man; pitted again…
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The Greenlick Run bridge and trail project turned out to be more involved than any of us had planned. So I’ll try to fill in more of the details, beginning still on Friday, Oct. 25, the day I …
I was lookin’ at myself in our bathroom mirror the other day when Janet walked in.
As you recall from last week’s excitin’ episode, my cousin Coy, Little Rusty, Wee Whoa and myself, oh yeah, and Bones, the dog, were about to embark on a dangerous mission.
I was asked this past week by my buddy, Larry Gilley, if I would rerun his favorite story. It first appeared in the paper 15 years ago this month, but has been rerun several times as it’s one …
Man, for a while there I thought the phone creatures had taken me off their list. I haven’t talked to one in a few weeks. Believe it or not, I sort of missed them.
Kids now-a-days have got it made. Man, they’ve got everything. They’ve got laptop computers, computer games, cell phones and all sorts of gadgets. Heck, they’ve got more stuff hangin’ off thei…
Six years ago when this story appeared, a lady wrote to the paper complainin’ that the article was “lascivious.” Well, I had to look up that word and found out, to my surprise, lascivious is n…
If a man’s home is his castle, then a boy’s room is his. I know my room was. My room was also a museum.
As y’all know, I hate to shop. Well, I guess that’s not entirely true. I like goin’ into gun shops, and tool stores, and such. It’s the other stuff I don’t like to shop for, like clothes and stuff.
Mike Wolfe, Frank Fritz and their team are returning to Pennsylvania. They plan to film episodes of the hit series American Pickers throughout this area in November.
I was asked by a teacher to rerun this. It seems like teachers like this one for some reason. Anywho, here it is.
Senior Lunch & Learn will begin again on Sept. 19 at the S.W. Smith Memorial Public Library in Port Allegany.
OK, I’m gonna get on my soapbox today. If you don’t know what that means, then ask your momma or daddy. If they don’t know what it means, ask your grandma or grandpa.