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Biting The Hand That Feeds Us

by Curt Kovener We’ve passed along the funny mistakes of newspaper stories and headlines. We’ve passed along the humorous errors of church bulletin bloopers. So maybe it is time to be equal opportunity and poke fun at the people who help pay our bills: advertisers....

Learning From The Wisdom & Wit Of Others

by Curt Kovener Our friend, former English educator, wordsmith, and collector of quotes Ron Atkins shared with me some of his collection so I feel obliged to share it with you. We can always learn from the wisdom and wit of others. •If you’re not the lead dog, the...

Like Having A Church Pitch-In Sinner

by Curt Kovener (Since we are dealing with some changes in our publishing life, this is an encore column from the Curt Comments archives.) We make our share of boo-boos in the newspaper industry. But unlike other businesses, government or education, when we err it is...

New Vocabulary For Working Folks

by Curt Kovener School is just about out for most students but for the true professionals, we know that education is a year-long life-long experience. So as an early start of summer school, study up on these new ‘real-world business’ vocabulary words so that you will...

Spring Finally Arrives In The Wilderness

by Curt Kovener No matter how long the winter lasts, spring does not miss its turn. After what seemed like an unusually l-o-n-g winter—the winter that wouldn’t go away—spring has arrived in the wilderness. The rest of the native trees and bushes are leafing out and...

Some Signs I’d Like to See

by Curt Kovener Those of you who call the newspaper and leave a message with our electronic secretary or perhaps you see some of our ads know that we promote ourselves as “The Best Little Paper In Town!” And now, according to the United State Postal Service we are...