DO JUST ONE THING

When we decorate around the house for the holidays, a lot of us use natural materials like pine cones, evergreen swags and branches with berries to add some festive cheer. To keep these natural materials, well, natural, do just one thing: Avoid painting or gilding them.

Freddie Fu always knew what to do

He said, “Call anytime,” hours before he went into hospice. If only I could. If only the scores – hundreds, probably thousands – of friends of one of the most extraordinary figures in modern orthopedic medicine could call him anytime, or even once more.

Saying goes, ‘First, do no harm’

Many Facebook employees felt their own company helped instigate and organize the mob that stormed the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6.“Haven’t we had enough time to figure out how to manage discourse without enabling violence?” one worker wrote afterward.

CLINTON’S HISTORY 10, 20, 30 AND 50 YEARS AGO

30 YEARS AGOFrom the “Down Memory Lane” feature: 60 years ago – Jim Arrington, president of Marco Corp. opened the Marco Lanes at 2120 Gary Freeway when he rolled the first ball down lane number 7 at the new modern $400,000 plant here in Clinton.● Mrs.

We need more independent voters

Currently in Custer County there are more than 2,400 voters who are registered as independents – which means they have chosen not to be affiliated with any political party. Because we have always been independent on who and what we vote for, this writer is one of them.

National media has gone wild

If you really, really miss Donald Trump, MSNBC may just be for you! Biden is cratering, fuel prices are skyrocketing (hey, anybody seen Greta Thunberg?), hundreds of thousands of illegal aliens are pouring across our border, and the murder rate keeps hitting historic highs.

Dems must get out of their own way

As the nation’s political press obsess over the fate of the administration’s Build Back Better proposal, nothing less than the ultimate success or failure of Joe Biden’s presidency is said to be at stake.

Friend’s sky-high heels ruin evening

DEAR HARRIETTE: I went out to dinner with a couple my husband and I like a lot. We got dressed up, which was a lot of fun. But my friend had on such uncomfortably high heels that she could hardly walk.

It’s cheaper to ship to businesses than home

Did you know it's cheaper and more ecofriendly to have packages shipped to your place of business than your home? Since UPS and FedEx routinely make daily stops at businesses, the rates for delivering to those addresses are lower.

Warren Harding way ahead of his time

Democratic Sen. Byron P. Harrison of Mississippi called the remarks "unfortunate in the extreme." Sen. Thomas E. Watson of Georgia wondered why it was necessary for the speaker to travel to the South "to lecture their people." Today's historians regard the address as surprising.