Opinion

HOMECOMING MEMORIES Yes, I am still on my trip down Memory Lane and thought I would reminisce about my Homecomings while I was in high school.

Dear Editor: Hey guys, very disturbing. I just saw headline on internet from DEA.

THE LETTER JACKET I am taking a trip down Memory Lane since I saw the SHS cheerleaders wearing their letter “sweaters” at one of the recent home football games. It brought back bittersweet memories for me that I cherish to this day.

__ In the business of rental property, I have experience only with government property, such as the HUD apartments that I manage for the Stockton Housing Authority. And within the five-inch-thick manual of rules and regulations, there is the allowance for an “emotional support animal.

Dear Editor: I am an SJH football player. I have recently noticed that you do not cover the junior high or high school games, or have very small articles about us.

Since I am on the Nova Theatre Board, a lot of people ask why the Nova has to wait a few weeks to run a movie when it is already in other theatres, doesn’t get this movie or that movie, or has to run a movie for two weeks, etc. So I thought I would explain how the studios work.

Last week I shared the story of my Goertzen ancestors who immigrated to America from Russia in 1874. The story kept growing as I went along, to where—late Sunday evening—I decided to break the story into two parts. Anything of this importance to my own life story is worth a thousand words.

* So sorry to hear of Queen Elizabeth’s passing. She was a go-getter and took her title seriously.

Last week I shared the story of how the last name of my ancestors was changed way back in the 1600s. I can understand that it may not mean much to you as a reader, but for me, it is fascinating, and so I was happy to share the story.

By Nancy Becker I have in my possession the story of my ancestors, dated in the mid-1600s. This story is archived in the church records of the Alexanderwohl Mennonite Church, my home church, in Goessel, Kansas.