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Remebering Dean Martin I believe he was past 100 the last time he called. Dean Martin of Sherman would telephone me several times a year for a number of years, always pleasant, brief with his remarks, and usually with a joke. Most often the joke concerned golf.

The l ...

Powering up The adrenaline rush when the engines roar to life. The heart-pounding excitement when the machines, built for speed, take off, under your control. It's a thrill that, until last week, has been denied me.

No. I'm not talking about NASCAR. This is ...

You can take the turkey What kind of a "vore" are you? For some reason, my grandchildren are really aware of whether an animal is an herbivore, a carnivore or an omnivore. But humans?

For about half of my life I have been either a vegetarian or a vegan -- in short, an ...

History's mysteries By DONNA HUNT

Herald Democrat

I don't know if it is because of the color - or lack of color - to my hair or the fact that I write about old, sometimes historic things around the area, but I get a lot of questions about early day people and things p ...

Meteor shower coming It's time to pull out the lawn chair, the one that leans way back and a couple of good, warm blankets (or the ubiquitous snuggies), set your alarm clock for 2:30 a.m. and mix a thermos of hot drinks.

The Leonids are here -- arguably Earth's most ...

Scary movies So, I'm not normally a big fan of horror movies. Sure, I've seen the classics, like "Psycho" and most of Alfred Hitchcock's stuff. I loved "The Twilight Zone" as a kid. As I've grown up, however, I've kind of stopped watching such shows, with one big ...

Current health insurance problem sending jobs overseas

The exorbitant cost of health insurance in the U.S.A. is a major cause of the hemorrhage of jobs to overseas locations. Medicare For All is the only responsible health care reform option for the well-being of the American people.

Mary Davis

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