Opinion
RIDGE RUNNER CHRONICLES: Why The Next “New Madrid Earthquake” Will Be Much Worse Than Those Quakes in California
If you live in the Mid-West, you probably have heard that sooner or later, there will be a huge earthquake centered somewhere along the lower Mississippi River. What you might not know is that this anticipated earthquake has the potential to be much more destructive than any of those California earthquakes that seem to happen…
Read MoreOUTDOOR TRUTHS: Balance
If you want deer on your trail cameras this time of year, then make sure you have a salt or trace mineral block out if your game laws allow.
Read MoreROBIN WRITES: It Depends
I flashed my most vibrant ‘I’m about to be a grandma again!’ smile. My cart was full of baby shower gifts, and I only needed one more thing. The nice sales clerk could help me, I decided.
Read MoreROBIN WRITES: In His Hands
Michelle’s daddy can lift a house!” My five-year-old daughter cried giant tears. She wiped her nose with a dirty fist and glared at the back door as it slammed shut behind her. “Michelle says her daddy is the strongest daddy in the WHOLE WORLD.”
Read MoreRIDGE RUNNER CHRONICLES: Whatever Happened to Bernadine Dohrn?
By BILL HOAGLAND Who in the world is Bernadine Dohrn? That is the response you would probably get from anyone who is younger than 75 if you asked about Bernadine Dohrn.
Read MoreOUTDOOR TRUTHS: Life altering moments
As adults, we all can look back on our lives and find people or moments that will forever be etched into our memories. Some of them will not only forever be remembered, but they are the ones that changed the trajectory of our lives. It may be the death of a loved one, an illness,…
Read MoreRIDGE RUNNER CHRONICLES: The “Phillie Phanatic”— A Mascot With An Attitude
It’s baseball season and once again, time to talk some baseball. Right now, the baseball topic that has my attention are the team mascots for the various major league teams. The St. Louis Cardinal team mascot is “Fredbird”, a relatively conservative fowl suitable for the Mid-West frame of mind, and then there is “Phillie Phanatic”,…
Read MoreOUTDOOR TRUTHS: Having experience
When I first began bass fishing as a young adult, I didn’t have the luxury of a bass boat and all its frills. I fished with a friend who had a “V” hull aluminum boat.
Read MoreROBIN WRITES: Blue eye shadows
The women who worked at Pursley’s U-Save Mart knew me well—I lived just up the street and spent hours that summer wandering the store aisles to keep cool and dream of what I would buy.
Read MoreRIDGE RUNNER CHRONICLES: About that Release of More UFO Files
In this column, we are going to discuss the recent release of more UFO files by the US Government. But first things first. Can we stop referring to UFOs as Unidentified Anomalous Phenomena or “UAPs?”
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