I think that February might be my favorite month of the year. It’s not because of Valentine’s Day, (though I hope I get dark chocolate) or because it’s a short month, (though that’s not a bad reason either). February usually fills me with the hope that winter is coming to an end and spring is just around the corner!
Bah, humbug! Where is the snow! I love snow. I wait all year for snow.
My name is Mike Carney and I am the senior department service officer for the Disabled American Veteran’s organization (DAV).
Next week marks the second round of parent-teacher conferences for students in the Leavenworth School District this year.
I’ve read that Mort Walker, creator of the long-running and highly popular comic strip Beetle Bailey, sometimes asks serving military members to provide suggestions for the strip.
Every October The American Humane Association honors Hero Dogs at a ceremony held in Hollywood.
I've been known to swing either way — between being a blue collar and white collar that is.
In the last article, I gave an example of Bob and Mary’s estimate of their retirement needs.
I recommend that Leavenworth businesses add some interest to the city’s sidewalks in the shopping district by embedding bronze disks or plates in the sidewalks that provide information about our historic figures. You can see examples of this when you walk around the Legends shopping area.
In This Issue
• Immigration and Liquor Back in Debate
• More on Budget and Taxes
• Veterans, Military Affairs & Homeland Security
• Corrections & Juvenile Justice
• Judiciary
• Keep in Touch
At deadline it was almost 60 degrees with nary a flake of snow on the ground. Or, for that matter, anywhere else in the area.
Here we are in February, and my bulbs are coming up already. For that matter, my antique rose bush still has green leaves.
Soldiers from the Army's 4th Squadron, 4th Cavalry Regiment had spent several hours securing a perilous southern Afghanistan village on Apr. 10, 2011, when Sgt. Jamie Jarboe relayed an order to leave.
Their name is Dougherty. And Ellen ( Jackson ) Dougherty was the first among them to achieve academic excellence at Leavenworth High School and the first recipient in her family to receive a Les Novelettes scholarship back in 1955.
Too few know that the first national leader to recognize the independence of the United States was a Muslim, Muhammad III, the Sultan of Morocco.
The news is not all that “new.” However, it is serious and 4-H has stepped up to do something about it.
Last week, I was on the topic of a delightful little bird, the brown creeper. I guess some other little brown birds are shouldering in on the action because they want their stories told, too!
For several years shortly after the new class of international military students arrived at the fort for the vaunted “Best Year of Their Lives” I wrote a column about the complicated nature of the English language.
Stories abound describing examples of interspecies relationships. We love hearing about these unusual alliances.
