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Joe has been sorting about a year. Sorting is a relatively new sport. He is a rookie and is doing very well at it. Last year, he placed 2 in the state competition. The top twenty who place are invited to go to the world finals competition in Fort Worth. Joe is ranked 4 in the nationals at the present time. At the state faire he placed first in the #6 class and 2 place at the state finals.
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Aria Grace Green is thrilled to announce the birth of her sister Georgia Kate. Georgia was born December 25, 2020 in Ada to Miriam (Ingham) and Jeremy Green. She weighed 8 pounds and 10 ounces and was 20 1/2 inches long. Proud grandparents are Speedy and Jody Briggs and Dennis and Michale Green. Georgia is a delight and full of smiles. She loves rolling over and watching her big sister.
Read moreI didn’t know that in order to leave one Baptist church and get into another (and keep your good standing) you had to walk down the would-be new church’s aisle, declare your intentions and instruct their church clerk to write your old church clerk a letter (on her own church’s stationery) and request this letter. Good heavens I thought after my mom had explained all this to me, I wondered what other secrets concerning wellbeing and heaven-going I hadn’t been told about.
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While I was in Boston on business a few weeks ago, I picked up a Father’s Day card for my Dad at a tony downtown stationery shop. I’ve long been both a card guy and a card snob, so the simple but elegant bifold printed on recycled paper drew me like catnip entices a tabby.
Read moreThe Top 10 Things You’ll Never Hear a Dad Say:
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D-Day. June 6th, 1944. Men ran head-on into machine-gun fire and certain death. Do you think today’s generation could do that? No! They’d be like, “That’s too dangerous! I need to wear three masks, get a vaccine, and then hide in my home to avoid a 0.00001% chance of death!”
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