Opinion

You are wonderfully made: your lungs

Published by admin on Thu, 01/25/2024 - 10:34am

The Earth’s atmosphere contains all of the elements we need to breathe and survive on this planet. Your lungs are the vital organs of your respiratory system, which moves about 12,000 quarts of air a day into and out of your lungs. Over 99% of the air we breathe is composed of nitrogen, oxygen, argon and carbon dioxide, in order of volume.

On the clock for one’s own good time

Published by admin on Thu, 01/25/2024 - 10:33am

This week I received an email message from my former son-in-law, who’s still a family friend, that he had to begin work at 6:30 a.m. on Monday. His comment was, “Ugh, I hope that someday Monday will just be another day.”
So that spurred me to begin recalling, as my bizarre memory works, the times in my past revolving around my employment. Of course, my first deadline job, so to speak, was delivering a biweekly newspaper on Thursday afternoons and Sunday mornings.

Economic optimism in the air

Published by admin on Thu, 01/18/2024 - 10:22am

There’s something in the air in our community, and it’s not just Jack Frost. It’s optimism in the economic future of our region.

Simple Act of Kindness

Published by admin on Thu, 01/18/2024 - 10:21am

I am 84 years old and limited physically, but there are still many things I can do to brighten the day for someone else. Just a smile and “Hello” as I see people in a parking lot, a store, the post office, etc., can make someone feel noticed and important.

She runs! She bites! She kicks!

Published by admin on Thu, 01/18/2024 - 10:20am

This phrase was almost put on a tee shirt for me.  I earned it during a funny, somewhat harrowing adventure I had ages ago.

A look at the 2024 Legislative session

Published by admin on Thu, 01/11/2024 - 11:21am

As the Wyoming Legislature readies for 20 days of discussion and debate ahead of the 2024 Legislative Budget Session, we prepare for this work as servants to the people of our communities. Over the past eight months, legislative committees have held 62 standing committee meetings around the state. At these meetings, committees gathered public input and industry perspectives to draft common sense conservative solutions to the problems we face together.

Maintaining empathy will make your life sparkle

Published by admin on Thu, 01/11/2024 - 11:20am

It’s hard to maintain the sparkle long term in a relationship, to remain empathic to your partner (and your family) as you wander your way along that ever-lengthening everyday path. The everyday grind wears off the gleam. And those little burrs become more and more defined. And dig deeper and deeper.

Letter to the editor: Get your home tested for radon

Published by admin on Thu, 01/11/2024 - 11:19am

Dear editor:
How would you like to smoke half a pack of cigarettes a day without ever putting a cigarette in your mouth? Worse yet, how would like your kids or grandkids to smoke without lighting up?

Simple acts of kindness

Published by admin on Thu, 01/11/2024 - 11:18am

The lady who delivers our mail everyday has a difficult job. Long hours. Six days a week. Wyoming weather and wind. Dogs. Dogs. Dogs. Plus the mountains of packages from Amazon. We just take her for granted.
Why not leave a simple treat for her inside the mailbox now and then as a friendly gesture of appreciation?
— Ron McClure

Submit your Simple Acts of Kindness idea to lovelleditor@gmail.com.

 

You meet the nicest people from Wyoming in Texas

Published by admin on Thu, 01/04/2024 - 11:46am

The other day I was grocery shopping at Sprouts when I happened across a guy wearing a T-shirt with a Wyoming bucking bronco. I’ve been in Texas for more than 30 years, and I never pass a chance to say hello to someone from Wyoming.
Sure enough, this guy was from Evanston, and though I can’t remember his name, I knew his dad and grandparents. It was fun to catch up with Evanston and Wyoming in general. Six and a half million people live in the Metroplex, and it is always great to run into someone from Wyoming.