Opinion/Letters to the Editor

Here is a summary of the seniors profiles I did this year: Bob (Gordon) and Patty Horning will celebrate their 60th wedding anniversary in December. He met Patty Fleming at a dance in Nukko Lake in 1960 – they got married and the rest is history.

What a year! For many people, we have been trapped in our houses, unable to socialize or gather in large groups. We are all wearing masks to protect ourselves from a deadly virus. And loved ones near and far seem just a little farther away.

Since brain injury, any joy I felt about the festive season before has disappeared. Thanks to COVID, I don't need to explain my lack of enthusiasm to the people in or outside of my bubble. I don't mean to sound negative and Scrooge-like.

'Twas the night before Christmas, and all through the land, Not a church choir was singing, for all had been banned; The masks were hung from the people’s faces with care, In the hope “normal life” would soon resume somewhere.

In recent decades, there has been a global phenomenon of the superrich getting richer while the middle class shrinks. This is a danger not only to our economy, but to democracy itself.

“Damn the torpedoes - full steam ahead!” That was the battle cry attributed to Rear Admiral David Farragut during the Naval battle of Mobile Bay, Alabama, between the North and the Confederacy during the Civil War, back when underwater mines were cal

So I read that Premier John Horgan changed his Christmas dinner plans because apparently he thought it would be OK to have his son and daughter inlaw over who are not part of his household.

I was humbled this week. I was informed by a prospect that they were going to choose between our firm and another business coach. They chose the other business coach for a reason that made sense to them.

If there’s one biblical character that should inspire in this difficult year, even more than the words and example of Jesus Christ, it is Job.

All to often we forget or fail to mention the contribution a person makes to our society. Myrt Turner is one of those people that have passed but deserve a special mention.