By Jim Glenn / Columnist Sept. 11 marked the second anniversary of the terrorist attacks in New York, Washington, D.C., and the aborted attack that ended with a plane crash in a grassy field in western Pennsylvania. In some ways, it is hard to believe that it has been over two years since that horrific…

By James Clark I have previously joked in this column that before long someone would invent a sofa equipped with a commode. Yes folks, I believe we have almost reached that point of laziness.The commode sofa invention hasn’t made its way into production (at least to my knowledge), but serious couch potatoes can rejoice in…

By Joan Ryan / Columnist With just a few weeks until the San Francisco mayoral election, candidate Gavin Newsom’s wife of two years is renting an apartment in New York to follow her dreams of television stardom.The news of Kimberly Guilfoyle Newsom’s departure so close to the election triggered gossip about the state of the…

By Ed Kimbrell / Columnist For 27 years, Project Censored has listed the top 10 “censored stories” from around the country. It’s complied by 200 students and faculty from Sonoma State University and the stories are ones that have been deemed significant.Fifth-ranked was the effort to make unions disappear, as had been reported in small…

By Charles W. Johnson / Columnist Being a movie buff, I have always been fascinated with the larger-than-life stars of the silver screen. Of course, most of us know those glamorous icons are, in most part, the creation of the much touted Hollywood image machine.And we also know that one of the first things that…

Our Viewpoint Anyone who has picked up a newspaper or watched TV news over the past two years has probably heard about the sex scandal which has hammered the Catholic Church.Members of the church, most notably several priests, are charged with using their position of power and trust to sexually exploit small children, especially boys.…

BABY BOYAiden Zayne Cummings arrived Aug. 18 at River Park Hospital weighing 8 pounds, 3 ounces.The baby’s parents are Shae Hodges and Chris Cummings of Rock Island. He has two half-brothers, Leland and C.J. Cummings.The grandparents are Paula Wright and Paul Young of Rock Island, Donna and Ricki Cummings of McMinnville.BABY BOYJonathan Hamilton Lackey weighed…

Cleo McBride was congratulated for receiving 10 ribbons on her entries at the Warren County A&L Fair when Bonner Family and Community Education Club members convened Sept. 12 at the Magnolia Room.Freda Bouldin filled in for Vita Gulley, who usually presides over the meeting. Mrs. Bouldin welcomed Jane Spear as a guest and read a…

The Tony Award Winning comedy that has entertained two generations of Americans is playing in Crossville. On Sept. 11, the laughter will belong to Cumberland County Play goers who come to see Neil Simon’s Little Me, the play Simon wrote to showcase Sid Caesar’s enormous comedic talent and Bob Fosse’s incredible dance numbers which netted…

The golden wedding anniversary of Billy and Violet Cates Mason was celebrated Sept. 7 at an old-fashioned cookout held at the Mt. Zion Road home of the couple’s son, Tony Mason and his wife, Cindy.The celebrants are also the parents of two daughters, Angela Mason and Connie Zahn and have seven grandchildren and one great-grandchild,…