Have you ever had a moment when something jogs your thoughts and you are shocked as you ask yourself where all the time went. You may mutter to yourself, “My how time flies”. One of these epiphanies happened to me recently. I saw the poster for the next Watermelon Festival when I walked into the Farmerville City Hall. The beauty …
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Child trafficking: There’s only one side to this issue
I’m not a movie junkie but I do enjoy a good flick and like to experience it on the big screen. There’s just something special about getting out of the house and being around people. This is an even better experience if the movie has meaning and value and the actors truly turn a story into an epic. Last week …
Read More »David and Goliath
I’m not a movie junkie but I do enjoy a good flick and like to experience it on the big screen. There’s just something special about getting out of the house and being around people. This is an even better experience if the movie has meaning and value and the actors truly turn a story into an epic. Last week …
Read More »4th of July in perspective
Last week we celebrated our most hallowed secular holiday — July 4, our Independence Day. While for many this may be just a date that denotes a day off, a day to barbecue and a day to enjoy the great outdoors. Fireworks, baseball, hot dogs and apple pie fill the air; but what is the real significance of this noble …
Read More »America is more than a nation, it’s an idea worth believing in
By Tuffy Fields I love the 4th of July, one of my 3 most favorite holidays. This year the 4th is under attack like no other time in our lives history. I had hoped that over the years this article would not have to be posted. In our time of instant communication, we are inundated with talk shows, news programs, …
Read More »We have come far, but there’s more to do
By Tuffy Fields America went through a tumultuous time in its’ history during the 1960s. Civil rights went to the forefront of America’s interests and was right there with Viet Nam, the Kennedy assassinations and landing a man on the moon. It was a hard struggle and within Louisiana’s political landscape the ability for minority voting was enhanced with the …
Read More »Wake Up to Reality
Occasionally we wake up to a reality that had only been supposition prior to this realization. Many times we have a tendency to say that the problem is someone else’s issue; “better he than me”. Then one day like a bolt of lightening an epiphany takes place and suddenly reality strikes. What had been supposition becomes life. We are experiencing …
Read More »Teach them to fish
Thomas Fields “If you give a man a fish when he is hungry, he will return when he gets hungry again but if you teach him to fish he will feed himself.” This is my interpretation of a saying that many say is derived from the Bible. In fact this is not a fact, though the principle can be derived …
Read More »Amid the fun, take a moment to reflect on what you’re celebrating
We are about to embark on another summer in the greatest country in the world. Smoke from charcoal smokers will fill the air as music drifts through the back yards, camp sites and homes across the country. Baseball games will be played and parents and grandparents will cheer on the children on the field of play. The holiday that officially …
Read More »Don’t Blame the Cartel
Fentanyl is a synthetic opioid that is manufactured legally for pain and is prescribed by a licensed health care provider. Fentanyl is a synthetic opioid that also is illegally manufactured by criminal elements and is used to lace drugs that are sold to American users of illegal drugs. The legally provided drug is manufactured under extremely high quality control standards …
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