By Rod Bernu Special to the Dispatch In the 1930’s, before the invention of television and other distractions, it was common for farm families to spend their free time enjoying the simple things in life like family picnics, visiting friends and neighbors, and of course fishing. From the time I was a young boy, my parents let me… Read More

Once in a while, I get hold of a Reader’s Digest magazine which, although it usually is kind of sappy, does have new words and funny stories. In the issue I’m going to be quoting, there are several stories about smart people being dumb, or doing dumb things, or saying dumb stuff. First comes some classically dumb… Read More

To the Editor, Many of us were born and raised in rural communities or on small farms and continue to live and grow where we were planted.  There is something about the sunrise of a spring morning or the soft summer breeze that carries the scent of fresh mowed alfalfa that keeps us rooted here! We’ve grown… Read More