With 95 percent of precincts reporting the Houston Equal Rights Ordinance was voted down by 61 percent to 39 percent last Tuesday. Known by the acronym HERO, the crux of the controversy…
Category: Editorials
Community fire/life safety
Madison Fire Rescue and all the fire services in Madison County are committed to helping City and County residents of Madison with preventing accidental fires and also with educating them about the…
November is National Caregivers Month
November is a month full of family celebrations and I will be highlighting them in my weekly column. This week we are looking at National Caregivers Month. Today in the U.S. over…
Recall Update: USDA issues massive ground beef recall
All American Meats, Inc., an Omaha, Neb. establishment, is recalling approximately 167,427 pounds of ground beef products that may be adulterated with E. coli O157:H7. The ground beef items were produced on…
Christian Concepts: When babies die
“When I tell people about the death of my infant daughter, they often respond that she is in heaven. They tell me that she is an angel now. They tell me that…
Halloween safety
Latest data shows that there are 10,300 fires during the three-day period around Halloween. These fires cause about 25 deaths, 125 injuries and $83 million in property loss. Let’s make our communities…
Head, Heart, Hands & Health: Make safety a priority for Halloween
Halloween will be here this weekend. Children dress up in costumes and ask their neighbors for candy, while parents take pictures and prepare to greet neighborhood trick-or-treaters. Extension Specialists in Home Environment…
National Security: Agincourt
As a military historian, I enjoy walking across quiet battlefields to visualize the ebb and flow of a battle. You can’t do that with either a sea battle or air battle, because…
Christian Concepts: Rochunga Pudaite
I recently learned Rochunga Pudaite died on October 10 of this year. His life is a remarkable testament to the transformative power of the Bible. Here is a part of his story….
Christian Concepts: A traitor named McKenna
Reverend Scott McKenna a minister at the Mayfield Salisbury Parrish Church in Edinburgh, Scotland, says the orthodox teaching of the Church, that Jesus died for mankind’s sins, is wrong and “an obstacle…
Letter to the Editor: Hillary could become the next President?
Continuing the path Democrats have been using the last six years? Just what is it that Hillary would wish to do to the citizens now? Let’s take a look as to what…
Head, Heart, Hands & Health: October is pumpkin season
Each season always brings a change of food to the table and October brings pumpkins. During the month of October, 80 percent of the pumpkin supply is harvested in the United States….
Christian Concepts: The Ashley Madison Expose’
“Life is short. Have an affair.” That’s the motto of Ashley Madison, the online business where one could register to have an affair. Some have nicknamed it Adultery, Inc. The website was…
Recall Update: Kraft Heinz recalls turkey bacon
Hankering for a turkey bacon sandwich? Kraft Heinz, the parent company of Oscar Mayer, issued its recall of turkey bacon products around the same time as the bread recall, due to reports…
Christian Concepts: Myths
According to Greek mythology, Dionysus was the offspring of the Greek god Zeus and a mortal female virgin Semele. Accounts claims he could turn water into wine and had died and been…
H4: Head, Heart, Hands & Health: Madison Farm Bureau’s Special Livestock Show, October 10th
As a community organization, Florida 4-H enjoys partnering with local businesses, organizations and other entities to provide unique positive youth development opportunities for all youth in our area. One of these opportunities…
Recall Update: IKEA recalls Patrull nightlight
The Swedish retail company IKEA and the Consumer Products Safety Commission has issued a recall for nearly half a million IKEA Patrull nightlights sold in the U.S and Canada as well as…
Christian Concepts: To judge or not to judge
I realize that when certain ideas become ingrained in the popular mindset, those ideas are seldom amenable to change. Once we accept a certain viewpoint we are reluctant to reconsider an alternative…
Head, Heart, Hands & Health: Create a family business center
Can’t seem to put your hands on the bill that arrived in the mail last week? Or worse yet, did you temporary lose the paperwork for the insurance that you think is…
Recall Update: “Little Digger” toy scoop recalled
It’s always a cause for concern when children’s toys are recalled, especially for things one thought were banned or outlawed decades ago. In this case, it’s a toy painted with paint containing…