During the April 19 City Council meeting on police use-of-force Mayor Sean VanGordon stated, “progress is different than perfection.” Implied in VanGordon’s statement is: 1. Perfection starts with progress. 2. Striving for perfection (excellence) is a worthy and real goal for Springfield. Longtime observers of…

Over the last year, I’ve been graced with dozens of individuals, parents and grandparents who utilize their uninterrupted hour on my massage table to ponder the changes that have occurred in their lives since COVID first hit U.S. soil just over a year ago.  It…

LTD has 11 electric buses in its fleet, and is adding another 19. The Xcelsior battery-electric 40-foot heavy-duty transit buses are from one of the world’s leading bus manufacturers. Emptying out the notebook …  Last week I wrote about the visceral reaction I had to…

We called the past week “Holy Week.” It was the week that preceded Easter weekend and Resurrection Sunday. This is the time Christians celebrate the entrance of Christ into Jerusalem to face His death on the cross for the sins of the world.  It was…

I was fortunate to spend time close to the NHRA drag racing circuit in my career. Mostly, it was in the 1990s while I was sports editor at the paper in Gainesville, Fla., where the Gatornationals event took place each spring. It was a big…

A reader asked me to describe the astrological profile of Kamala Harris, the first woman U.S. vice president who also has Black and Asian heritage. Our vice president was born under the sun sign Libra during the lunar Year of the Dragon.  Individuals born during…

A reader asked if I could tell her about her 3-year-old daughter – who was born under the sun sign Gemini during the lunar Year of the Rooster. This is a creative, imaginative, and at times ethereal, sign. A Gemini-Rooster will speak their opinions freely…

In honor of National Ag Week, March 21-27, I’d like to share a few things I’ve learned while working for Oregon Farm Bureau since 2004. Moss 1. There’s room for and a need for all types of farming. Organic, conventional, biotech, no-tech, small-scale, mid-size, commercial-scale,…