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  • Candidates didn't lie before

    Don Andrews|Oct 23, 2024

    When I was a kid, I was taught lying was very bad. Up until the last few years I wasn’t aware of hardly any outright lies. Then in 2015 Donald Trump lied to the whole world that he didn’t know anything about Russia. He had never been there. Since then, the lies are unending. People don’t care anymore. Don Andrews...

  • What if our president …

    Don Andrews|May 1, 2024

    What if our president went to the Arlington Cemetery to put a wreath on the unknown soldier and said the soldier who gave his life to protect us was a loser and a sucker? What if our president got out of the service draft about a half dozen times by claiming one ailment after another and then bragged that he had torn up his draft card? What if he said John McCain was no hero after his airplane was shot down and the Vietnamese captured him. John did about five years of torture. Was McClain a loser and sucker also? Don Andrews...

  • When America had to stand together to win

    Don Andrews|Mar 20, 2024

    I was just a kid during World War II but I still remember a lot about that time. I remember how America was very close to being beaten by the Axis (Germany, Japan and Italy), they did unspeakable things against the rest of the world, but they didn’t count on how America was all together on defeating them. We lost a lot of heroes to keep our freedom. Today, we are seeing the same kind of people trying to divide us with lies, lies and more lies. Maybe some people think it’s just exciting to divide us. I think lies are awful and so are the peo...

  • Coulee Dam time was like living in a luxury neighborhood

    Don Andrews|Nov 19, 2014

    I have lived here, in Grant County near Electric City, for about 20 years, but I needed a rental house for the summer. Merle Kennedy found a nice little house in Coulee Dam; it was just what I wanted, so I said “I’ll Take it”. I had not thought too much about living in Coulee Dam, but after four months there I was impressed. The utilities were first rate, no trouble with anything; city hall was close so I could just drop in and pay just one combined utility bill. The house itself had been remodeled and everything was new — kitchen, bathroo... Full story