Category Archives: Opinions
How long is a year?
Romans 6:23 “For the wages of sin is death; but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.”
Memories of my school years bring back nightmares of boredom. Bored was not a word I would have dared use. Had it been, an immediate task would have been issued to end that awful condition!
The thoughts of the hours that seemed like days, the weeks that seemed like years and the years that
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Thieves don’t always do prison time
The reports from the VA’s Office of Inspector General are mind-boggling outlines of just how low scammers will go to steal money, and just how much they are able to take. 
Not all of them, however, will do prison time.
A recent report indicates that one man was able to scam over $1 billion by creating fake medical drug and device claims. This scheme used telemedicine as well as phone calls, the internet and junk mail to con
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There is no substitute for perseverance
When it comes to finding our place in this world, let’s consider two categories.
The first one, let’s call “floating down the river.” Imagine someone napping in a small 
boat without a compass or a paddle and not caring about where they are going. Having a spectator mentality, they have yet to understand the importance of having an intentional direction and instead settle for just hoping for the best. They are comfortable with what they do not know, and
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Jesus was bivocational
Matthew 9:35: “Jesus went about all the cities and villages, teaching in their synagogues, and preaching the gospel of the kingdom, and healing every disease and every sickness among the people.”
A very difficult goal to achieve with young people is to persuade them to look farther into their future than short term. A goal of many educators is to help students realize and plan for an inevitable future.
When teaching secondary industrial arts, a part
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Courier Letters to the Editor 1-14-26
Burden on taxpayers
Dear Editor,
In 2007, the school board passed the Greenville Plan and borrowed nearly $400 million to build and renovate schools. The school bond millage rate skyrocketed from 19 mills to 58 mills.
I voted “No” on the plan, thought it was excessive, and did an end run around the state constitution that states all that borrowing should go to voter referendum.
As more houses are built to fund that recurring fixed annual bond payment, the tax rate
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Avoiding the flu
There are some good tips out there for avoiding the flu this winter, and given the nature 
of the beast this time, it’s to our benefit to pay attention.
If you’ve listened on the news, you know that the flu this year is worse than usual, arriving a month early and launching like a rocket. This one is an influenza A virus, but not the one they
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Expanding vet cemeteries
The VA awarded $77 million in grants for 20 veteran cemeteries across the country during fiscal year 2025. These grants will allow the establishment of the first state veterans cemetery in Alaska (to serve 12,000 veterans) and the expansion of 19 others.
Besides the establishment of a veterans cemetery in Alaska, the grants will allow
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