Tecumseh Golden Age Center

I hope everyone has an optimistic hope for the new year of 2024! We extend our sympathy to the family of Betty Wood who had to face the new year with a great loss. She was a sweet lady who served others, and we will miss her.

Residents Invited To Participate In Community Health Survey

Residents of Pottawatomie County will soon have the opportunity to provide input to the future health and well-being of their community through a Community Health Needs Assessment (CHNA), a measurement of the overall health and well-being of Pottawatomie County that will take place throughout 2024.

Happily Ever After

I received quite a shock in the mail last month. The envelope looked governmental, and it was addressed to my full, formal name. I almost threw it away thinking it was another politician begging for my vote.

Cows & Cabbage

So, I just celebrated my 60th trip around the sun, and I gotta say, it was a bit underwhelming. Don’t get me wrong, being here is awesome, but I woke up the morning of my birthday, and it was just like any other day. I mean, come on, I was expecting at least a hint of newfound wisdom, but nope.

Behold, All Things Are Become New

Confession first: Today’s column is, at best, non-standard. Many rules of composition have been left in my sixth-grade grammar book. This column will focus on new products, events, and foods that I experienced for the first time. No order or evaluation of importance is attempted.

How To Become An Online Influencer

In a recent conversation I got schooled about how to become an online Influencer. “First you make a movie; then you put it on YouTube. Then you are famous. And rich!” My seven-year-old grandson is normally only interested in soccer and Monster Trucks. I chuckled.

Night Sky Report

There is a saying that I heard in my youth that went, “If you want it to rain….wash your car”….. Well it seems that it also applies to astronomy… .”If you want it to cloud over….

The Very First Christmas

And it came to pass in those days, that there went out a decree from Caesar Augustus, that all the world should be taxed. (And this taxing was first made when Cyrenius was governor of Syria.) And all went to be taxed, every one into his own city.

Wrapping Up Christmas Cheer...

It’s pushing midnight on a Monday, and Christmas is just around the corner. True to form, I find myself far from ready. I’m a certified last-minute shopper with a couple of things in the bag and a mountain of gifts still on my mind.

When Old-Fashioned Christmases Were New

(Truth in reporting: they were new to me.) Hint: Think of stringing popcorn, colored ropes made of construction paper brought home from school, and the now-outlawed bubbling lights. Hopefully, you are not about to stop reading.