Opinion
For What It’s Worth: Celebrating, pursuing
When I was growing up in Mankato, the Fourth of July wasn’t really that big of a deal. Even then, as a city of some 40,000 residents, people seemed to scatter – some up and […]
Month: June 2017
Opinion
It’s in Your Court: The Fifth Amendment, a great privilege
You have probably seen many TV "cop" shows such as Dragnet, Miami Vice, Law and Order, and CSI, where the suspense and dramatic music rise to a crescendo, the suspect is arrested and the officer […]
Opinion
Meanness is overtaking us
One can only guess that 66-year-old James T. Hodgkinson of Belleville, Illinois, had decided that he needed to be a hero and single-handedly rescue his country from the malevolent forces that had taken control. Instead, […]
Opinion
Hate speech is still free speech
With the left feverishly attempting to squash unwelcome speech on college campuses, with the president of the United States musing about tightening libel laws, with prominent liberals asserting that so-called hate speech is not protected […]
Opinion
Around the Bend: Fly-by mysteries
I find strangers more interesting when I see them at the airport than when I see them, say, at the doctor’s office or the grocery store. At the grocery store, they’re buying detergent and bread […]
News
Sylvia battles stonewort
A group of Greater Lake Sylvia Association members, a research assistant from Clemson University, personnel from Lake Restoration Inc. and others congregated at the lake’s public access on Wednesday morning, June 21, to fight the […]
News
DaBand’s last march
Deep in the heart of DaBand World Headquarters, somewhere in Annandale, one of the most haphazard ensembles to ever straggle through the streets is preparing for its final parade. Wait, scratch that. Little if any […]
News
A second Pearson to West Point
Ivan Pearson of South Haven recently received an appointment to the U.S. Military Academy at West Point, and will join his brother Tucker there in August. Pearson attended Bendix Elementary and Annandale Middle School through […]
News
Rec park takes shape
As a second summer of construction wears on, the Annandale Recreation Park is gradually becoming a reality. After dirt work, drainage, utilities and more underlying work was carried out last summer, contractors are now beginning […]
News
A full Fourth schedule
It has been 128 years since the first time Annandale celebrated the Fourth of July as a community in 1889, and this year’s event will carry on the tradition in fine style. Festivities begin Friday, […]