School Daze Horace Smedley, a civic-minded geezer from nearby Shirley, recently got motivated to participate in the local grade school’s student tutoring program. This ongoing project enlists qualified adults from the community to work one-on-one with students who need help in reading and/or math. … [Read more...]
DISABILITIES By Daniel J. Vance, MS, LPC, NCC
Disability Film Festival a Big Hit It blossomed from one city in 2007 to fourteen cities in 2013. More will come. The ReelAbilities Film Festival is the world's largest event promoting awareness and appreciation of juried international films that share the lives, stories, and artistic expressions … [Read more...]
OUT OF BOUNDS By Geary (Smedley) Leason
A Primer on How to Get Elected Pierre Smedley, resident scholar of Smedley Practical Political Policies, has recently issued his masterwork on all things political, titled Running Roughshod Over the Opposition. This column feels it is important to review this latest book by Smedley so as to expose … [Read more...]
OUT OF BOUNDS By Geary (Smedley) Leason
Tales of the Trapped! In August of 2000, the Russian submarine Kursk, following an explosion in their torpedo room, floundered 350 feet below sea level on the bottom of the Barents Sea. One hundred sixteen men were trapped, and unfortunately after four days of rescue attempts failed, they … [Read more...]
DISABILITIES By Daniel J. Vance, MS, LPC, NCC
Tada Sings Oscar Nominated Song, Doesn't The movie Alone Yet Not Alone chronicles the true, faith-filled story of Regina and Barbara Leininger surviving the eighteenth-century French and Indian War. In mid-January this year, the movie's theme song (bearing the same name) received an Oscar … [Read more...]
OUT OF BOUNDS By Geary (Smedley) Leason
“The Frog and the Pot of Water”...a Cautionary Tale “Dear Geezer, I am troubled by the slide - perhaps landslide is a better word - in the moral fabric of our nation. Just fifty years ago, 70% of U.S. citizens polled agreed that pre-marital sex was wrong and that homosexuality was a sin. Today, … [Read more...]
OUT OF BOUNDS By Geary (Smedley) Leason
Why I Hate Poetry, But Love Opera To me, throwing words into a washing machine is what poetry is all about - A blue sock tangled in the drum with Michael Jordan’s underwear Makes the same sense as the poet’s phrase of ‘a‘willowy tree near a bowl of sauerkraut’. I have no patience to unravel the … [Read more...]
OUT OF BOUNDS By Geary (Smedley) Leason
The Real Biggest Losers A story that captured my attention recently led me to explore a fascinating subject: what is the largest loss of money generated by one person acting alone. The story that stimulated this topic was that a civilian, Casey James Fury, age 25, in May 23, 2012, while working on … [Read more...]
DISABILITIES By Daniel J. Vance, MS, LPC, NCC
Lately, I have had a couple of eye-opening experiences about disability. For one, while looking up a number of dictionary definitions for spina bifida, I noticed each called the condition either a “congenital defect” or a “birth defect.” That hooked me. For further clarification, I looked up the … [Read more...]
OUT OF BOUNDS By Geary (Smedley) Leason
(Editors Note: The FFB News has been asked by hundreds of its readers to carry an “Advice” column, much like Dear Abby - but different so as to address the perplexing problems of senior citizens. We have therefore added to our weekly edition the syndicated column, Dear Geezer. The column begins … [Read more...]
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