Opinion

THIS AND THAT * The Stockton Pumpkin Patch is this weekend!! A Halloween event near and dear to my heart. This, and other community events could not be possible without the hard work of many volunteers helping out before, behind the scenes, and during these events to make them happen!

Surely I’ve mentioned this before, but I love to travel by Google Air, navigating with one finger as I “fly over” any place in the world. Recently I learned that there is another Webster Lake that has a very interesting story.

* Just an FYI….For all you Pioneer Woman people, Ree Drummond will be starring in the first ever Food Network Christmas movie, entitled “Candy Coated Christmas.” * Just wondering if the Rock cried any manly tears about what happened and is happening in Afghanistan. * Just saying….

* Don’t go to the paint store to get thinner, it does not work. * It’s the little things that count! A former McDonald’s worker has admitted to putting an extra chicken nugget in the boxes for years! Way to go! * Unleaded gas was $2.94 at the end of July.

With this being the beginning of another school year, even though I don’t have a child anxiously waiting for the first day, I do have six of our seven grandchildren enrolled in school, one place or another, from first grade through second year in college.

This summer, my sweet niece and goddaughter, Jenny, took her family of five on a road trip from California throughout the Midwest, and back again. The more than month-long trip was quite the adventure for them and it was planned out to a T!

It’s that most wonderful time of the year! As late summer rolls around, kids and their parents make lists of everything each child will need to start school. But before school starts, here in Rooks County, kids of all ages look forward to FAIR TIME!

* A word of advice….DO NOT watch “The Buddy Holly Story” and “LaBama” on the same weekend, let alone the same day! Just saying! * Why didn’t anyone style John Goodman’s hair for those Slotomania commercials?

THIS AND THAT * Read this quote after I wrote my Dog Days of Summer editorial…And God said, “I will send them without wings so no one suspects they are angels.” * What is your favorite Disney coaster? I love Big Thunder Railroad and Seven Dwarfs Mine.

We all celebrate New Year’s Day on January 1, and we probably all have certain traditions associated with that special day that we hold dear, such as watching parades and football games, or binge-watching movies; playing games with the family; eating a certain meal that is a family tradition;...