Mannen Clements, Sr. decided to take a break from politicking on Mar.

Their bright red color is very distinctive in the dead of winter. Red birds (aka Cardinals,) are one of the favorites of avid bird watchers.

The state’s unemployment rate dropped to 6.8% in January, down a tick from December’s 6.9% rate but double the record low of 3.4% in May 2019. It is unclear what effect the mid-February winter storm had on employment, when power outages swept the state and many roads were impassable. We’ll find out next month.

Have you ever uttered words before you engaged your brain? Words so awful or ill-timed that you learned they were a mistake the minute they escaped your lips? I certainly have and some of them still continue to haunt me until this very day. But here I go again…I don’t even have the good sense to refrain from repeating them to you good friends and strangers.

To the Editor: I met and talked with school administrators on the plan they are considering to provide free supper for students. Finding out that every student could get this although the expected number would be a few hundred, I felt that I should take the pulse of this community on this issue.

To the Editor: It has been suggested that, because of the duration of the COVID-19 pandemic, we should downgrade its status to the lesser epidemic which is expected to occur year after year. By definition, an epidemic happens when more cases of a disease than expected affect a given area or specific group of people.

To the Editor: Judge (General) Joe Weber is moving more than dirt at the river. He is taking care of the business of the county.

To the Editor: Biden’s administration from day one threatened America’s freedom and has made a mockery of truth, transparency, and unity. As of March 10, the day before his first address to the nation, he had signed 69 Executive Orders, Memorandums, and Actions.

Why? Why are we feared? Why are we considered less than? Is it our Why are we treated with distain? Is it our determination? Why are we not equal? Is it our body? Why are we paid less? Is it our joy? Why must we shout to be heard? Is it our voices? Why are we relegated to the lowest of jobs? Is it our abilities? Why are we not promoted to head large corporations? Is it our smile? Why are we considered less smart, less capable, less intelligent, less strong, and more emotional? Is it our tears? Why are we disliked when we show we are smart, intelligent, able, strong, angry, and shrewd? Is it your fear? Why are we restricted if we are so powerless, so incapable, so lacking in abilities? Why are you afraid of us, the women of the world?.

By the third week of March 1967, the sensational scam was the talk of the international art world. A Texas tycoon was the not-so-proud owner of the biggest collection of forgeries on the planet.